177. It is not Al-Birr (piety, righteousness, and each and
every act of obedience to Allâh, etc.) that you turn your faces
towards east and (or) west (in prayers); but Al-Birr is (the
quality of) the one who believes in Allâh, the Last Day, the
Angels, the Book, the Prophets and gives his wealth, in spite of
love for it, to the kinsfolk, to the orphans, and to
Al-Masâkin (the poor), and to the wayfarer, and to those who
ask, and to set slaves free, performs As-Salât
(Iqâmat-as-Salât), and gives the Zakât, and who
fulfill their covenant when they make it, and who are
As-Sâbirin (the patient ones, etc.) in extreme poverty and
ailment (disease) and at the time of fighting (during the battles).
Such are the people of the truth and they are AlMuttaqûn
(pious - see V.2:2).
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