Original sentence: After Muhammad gained increasing criticism and scorn from the Jewish tribes, a friendship that he cherished highly, suddenly it was decided on shifting the qibla (direction for prayer) from Jerusalem to a site more close to home for the Arab people
Edited sentence: After Muhammad gained increasing criticism and scorn from the Jewish tribes, a friendship that he cherished highly, suddenly he decided on shifting the qibla (direction for prayer) from Jerusalem to a site more close to home for the Arab people