It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces towards East or West (in prayers);
but it is righteousness ―
to believe in Allah
and the Last Day
and the Angels
and the Book
and the Messengers;
to spend of your substance out of love for Him,
for your kin, for orphans for the needy,
for the wayfarer for those who ask and for the ransom of slaves;
to be steadfast in prayer and practise regular charity;
to fulfil the contracts which ye have made;
and to be firm and patient in pain (or suffering)
and adversity and throughout all periods of panic.
Such are the people of truth the Allah-fearing. (177)
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Quran: Chapter Al-Baqara (2), Verse 177.
