177. Righteousness is not only that you turn your faces to the east or the west. Instead, righteousness is (personified by) those who believe in Allah and the Last Day, the angels, the Book and the prophets, and who, for the love of Allah, give away (some of) their wealth to their (needy) relatives, to the orphans, to the poor, to the travellers, to the beggars and for the liberation of captives; and who establish the prayer and give the alms due. Moreover, those who fulfil their covenants when they pledge, and those who are patient in distress and adversity and at times of danger (or war) are the ones who are true (in belief and righteousness) and the ones who are God-conscious.

ليس البر أن تولوا وجوهكم قبل المشرق والمغرب ولـكن البر من آمن بالله واليوم الآخر والملآئكة والكتاب والنبيين وآتى المال على حبه ذوي القربى واليتامى والمساكين وابن السبيل والسآئلين وفي الرقاب وأقام الصلاة وآتى الزكاة والموفون بعهدهم إذا عاهدوا والصابرين في البأساء والضراء وحين البأس أولـئك الذين صدقوا وأولـئك هم المتقون