Sura 2 Al-Baqarah (The Cow), ayah 177

  1. لَيْسَ الْبِرَّ أَنْ تُوَلُّوا وُجُوهَكُمْ قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَلَٰكِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالْكِتَابِ وَالنَّبِيِّينَ وَآتَى الْمَالَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِ ذَوِي الْقُرْبَىٰ وَالْيَتَامَىٰ وَالْمَسَاكِينَ وَابْنَ السَّبِيلِ وَالسَّائِلِينَ وَفِي الرِّقَابِ وَأَقَامَ الصَّلَاةَ وَآتَى الزَّكَاةَ وَالْمُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِهِمْ إِذَا عَاهَدُوا ۖ وَالصَّابِرِينَ فِي الْبَأْسَاءِ وَالضَّرَّاءِ وَحِينَ الْبَأْسِ ۗ أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا ۖ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُتَّقُونَ

    Translation by words

    لَّيْسَ
    It is not
    ٱلْبِرَّ
    [the] righteousness
    أَن
    that
    تُوَلُّوا۟
    you turn
    وُجُوهَكُمْ
    your faces
    قِبَلَ
    towards
    ٱلْمَشْرِقِ
    the east
    وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ
    and the west,
    وَلَٰكِنَّ
    [and] but
    ٱلْبِرَّ
    the righteous[ness]
    مَنْ
    (is he) who
    ءَامَنَ
    believes
    بِٱللَّهِ
    in Allah
    وَٱلْيَوْمِ
    and the Day
    ٱلْءَاخِرِ
    [the] Last,
    وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ
    and the Angels,
    وَٱلْكِتَٰبِ
    and the Book,
    وَٱلنَّبِيِّۦنَ
    and the Prophets,
    وَءَاتَى
    and gives
    ٱلْمَالَ
    the wealth
    عَلَىٰ
    in
    حُبِّهِۦ
    spite of his love (for it)
    ذَوِى
    (to) those
    ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ
    (of) the near relatives,
    وَٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ
    and the orphans,
    وَٱلْمَسَٰكِينَ
    and the needy,
    وَٱبْنَ
    and (of)
    ٱلسَّبِيلِ
    the wayfarer,
    وَٱلسَّآئِلِينَ
    and those who ask,
    وَفِى
    and in
    ٱلرِّقَابِ
    freeing the necks (slaves)
    وَأَقَامَ
    and (who) establish
    ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ
    the prayer,
    وَءَاتَى
    and give
    ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ
    the zakah,
    وَٱلْمُوفُونَ
    and those who fulfill
    بِعَهْدِهِمْ
    their covenant
    إِذَا
    when
    عَٰهَدُوا۟
    they make it;
    وَٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ
    and those who are patient
    فِى
    in
    ٱلْبَأْسَآءِ
    [the] suffering
    وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ
    and [the] hardship,
    وَحِينَ
    and (the) time
    ٱلْبَأْسِ
    (of) [the] stress.
    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ
    Those
    ٱلَّذِينَ
    (are) the ones who
    صَدَقُوا۟
    are true
    وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ
    and those,
    هُمُ
    [they]
    ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ
    (are) the righteous.

    Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but (true) righteousness is (in) one who believes in Allah, 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 zakah; (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.

    2:177

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 2 Al-Baqarah (The Cow)