لَّیْسَ الْبِرَّ أَن تُوَلُّوا وُجُوهَکُمْ قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَلَـکِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِاللهِ وَالْیَوْمِ الاَْخِرِ وَالْمَلَـئِکَةِ وَالْکِتَـبِ وَالنَّبِیِّنَ وَءَاتَى الْمَالَ عَلَى حُبِّهِ ذَوِى الْقُرْبَى وَالْیَتَـمَى وَالْمَسَـکِینَ وَابْنَ السَّبِیلِ وَالسَّآئِلِینَ وَفِى الرِّقَابِ وَأَقَامَ الصَّلَوةَ وَءَاتَى الزَّکَوةَ وَالْمُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِهِمْ إِذَا عَـهَدُوا وَالصَّـبِرِینَ فِى الْبَأْسَآءِ وَالضَّرَّآءِ وَحِینَ الْبَأْسِ أُوْلَـئِکَ الَّذِینَ صَدَقُوا وَأُوْلَـئِکَ هُمُ الْمُتَّقُونَ(( 177 ))

177- RIGHTEOUSNESS IS NOT ONLY TO TURN YOUR FACES TOWARDS THE EAST AND THE WEST. (TRUE) RIGHTEOUSNESS IS RATHER: TO BELIEVE IN ALLAH - AND THE LAST DAY - AND THE ANGELS - AND THE BOOK - AND THE PROPHETS - AND WHO GIVES HIS WEALTH FOR THE LOVE OF ALLAH, TO: HIS KINSFOLK - AND ORPHAN - AND TO THE NEEDIES - AND TO THE WAYFARER - AND TO THOSE WHO ASK - AND TO RANSOM THE SLAVE - AND TO PERFORM THE PRAYER - AND PAYING THE ALMS-TAX - AND THOSE WHO FULFIL THEIR COVENANT WHICH THEY HAVE MADE - AND THE PATIENT IN DISTRESS AND ADVERSARY, AND IN TIME OF WAR - SUCH ARE THE TRUTHFUL, AND SUCH ARE THOSE WHO AVOID EVIL.