The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة

al-Baqarah (The Cow)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

2:177

لَّيْسَ

الْبِرَّ

أَن

تُوَلُّوا

وُجُوهَكُمْ

قِبَلَ

الْمَشْرِقِ

وَالْمَغْرِبِ

وَلَكِنَّ

الْبِرَّ

مَنْ

آمَنَ

بِاللَّهِ

وَالْيَوْمِ

الْآخِرِ

وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ

وَالْكِتَابِ

وَالنَّبِيِّينَ

وَآتَى

الْمَالَ

عَلَى

حُبِّهِ

ذَوِي

الْقُرْبَى

وَالْيَتَامَى

وَالْمَسَاكِينَ

وَابْنَ

السَّبِيلِ

وَالسَّائِلِينَ

وَفِي

الرِّقَابِ

وَأَقَامَ

الصَّلَاةَ

وَآتَى

الزَّكَاةَ

وَالْمُوفُونَ

بِعَهْدِهِمْ

إِذَا

عَاهَدُوا

وَالصَّابِرِينَ

فِي

الْبَأْسَاءِ

وَالضَّرَّاءِ

وَحِينَ

الْبَأْسِ

أُولَئِكَ

الَّذِينَ

صَدَقُوا

وَأُولَئِكَ

هُمُ

الْمُتَّقُونَ

laysa l-birra ʾan tuwallū wujūhakum qibala l-mashriqi wa-l-maghribi wa-lākinna l-birra man ʾāmana bi-llāhi wa-l-yawmi l-ʾākhiri wa-l-malāʾikati wa-l-kitābi wa-n-nabiyyīna wa-ʾātā l-māla ʿalā ḥubbihī dhawī l-qurbā wa-l-yatāmā wa-l-masākīna wa-bna s-sabīli wa-s-sāʾilīna wa-fī r-riqābi wa-ʾaqāma ṣ-ṣalāta wa-ʾātā z-zakāta wa-l-mūfūna bi-ʿahdihim ʾidhā ʿāhadū wa-ṣ-ṣābirīna l-baʾsāʾi wa-ḍ-ḍarrāʾi wa-ḥīna l-baʾsi ʾulāʾika lladhīna ṣadaqū wa-ʾulāʾika humu l-muttaqūna

Righteousness is not determined by facing East or West during prayer. Righteousness consists of the belief in God, the Day of Judgment, the angels, the Books of God, His Prophets; to give money for the love of God to relatives, orphans, the destitute, and those who are on a journey and in urgent need of money, beggars; to set free slaves and to be steadfast in prayer, to pay the religious tax (zakat) to fulfill one's promises, and to exercise patience in poverty, in distress, and in times of war. Such people who do these are truly righteous and pious.

Muhammad Sarwar