Al-Baqarah 2:177 ۞ ليس البر ان تولوا وجوهكم قبل المشرق والمغرب ولاكن البر من امن بالله واليوم الاخر والملايكة والكتاب والنبيين واتى المال على حبه ذوي القربى واليتامى والمساكين وابن السبيل والسايلين وفي الرقاب واقام الصلاة واتى الزكاة والموفون بعهدهم اذا عاهدوا والصابرين في الباساء والضراء وحين الباس اولايك الذين صدقوا واولايك هم المتقون ١٧٧
۞ لَّيۡسَ
ٱلۡبِرَّ
أَن
تُوَلُّواْ
وُجُوهَكُمۡ
قِبَلَ
ٱلۡمَشۡرِقِ
وَٱلۡمَغۡرِبِ
وَلَٰكِنَّ
ٱلۡبِرَّ
مَنۡ
ءَامَنَ
بِٱللَّهِ
وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ
ٱلۡأٓخِرِ
وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ
وَٱلۡكِتَٰبِ
وَٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ
وَءَاتَى
ٱلۡمَالَ
عَلَىٰ
حُبِّهِۦ
ذَوِي
ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰ
وَٱلۡيَتَٰمَىٰ
وَٱلۡمَسَٰكِينَ
وَٱبۡنَ
ٱلسَّبِيلِ
وَٱلسَّآئِلِينَ
وَفِي
ٱلرِّقَابِ
وَأَقَامَ
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ
وَءَاتَى
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ
وَٱلۡمُوفُونَ
بِعَهۡدِهِمۡ
إِذَا
عَٰهَدُواْۖ
وَٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ
فِي
ٱلۡبَأۡسَآءِ
وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ
وَحِينَ
ٱلۡبَأۡسِۗ
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
صَدَقُواْۖ
وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
هُمُ
ٱلۡمُتَّقُونَ
١٧٧
Righteousness is not in turning your faces towards the east or the west. Rather, the righteous are those who believe in Allah, the Last Day, the angels, the Books, and the prophets; who give charity out of their cherished wealth to relatives, orphans, the poor, ˹needy˺ travellers, beggars, and for freeing captives; who establish prayer, pay alms-tax, and keep the pledges they make; and who are patient in times of suffering, adversity, and in ˹the heat of˺ battle. It is they who are true ˹in faith˺, and it is they who are mindful ˹of Allah˺.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but [true] righteousness is [in] one who believes in Allāh, the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets and gives wealth, in spite of love for it, to relatives, orphans, the needy, the traveler, those who ask [for help], and for freeing slaves; [and who] establishes prayer and gives zakāh; [those who] fulfill their promise when they promise; and [those who] are patient in poverty and hardship and during battle. Those are the ones who have been true, and it is those who are the righteous.
— Saheeh International
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