Al-Baqarah 2:177
۞لَّيۡسَ ٱلۡبِرَّ أَن تُوَلُّواْ وُجُوهَكُمۡ قِبَلَ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغۡرِبِ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلۡبِرَّ مَنۡ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِ وَٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ وَٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ وَءَاتَى ٱلۡمَالَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِۦ ذَوِي ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰ وَٱلۡيَتَٰمَىٰ وَٱلۡمَسَٰكِينَ وَٱبۡنَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَٱلسَّآئِلِينَ وَفِي ٱلرِّقَابِ وَأَقَامَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَى ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱلۡمُوفُونَ بِعَهۡدِهِمۡ إِذَا عَٰهَدُواْۖ وَٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ فِي ٱلۡبَأۡسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ وَحِينَ ٱلۡبَأۡسِۗ أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ صَدَقُواْۖ وَأُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُتَّقُونَ
Righteousness is not in turning your faces towards the east or the west. Rather, the righteous are those who believe in Allah, the Last Day, the angels, the Books, and the prophets; who give charity out of their cherished wealth to relatives, orphans, the poor, ˹needy˺ travellers, beggars, and for freeing captives; who establish prayer, pay alms-tax, and keep the pledges they make; and who are patient in times of suffering, adversity, and in ˹the heat of˺ battle. It is they who are true ˹in faith˺, and it is they who are mindful ˹of Allah˺.
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وَٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ
wal-malāikati
and the Angels
Vocabularyوَٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ
wal-nabiyīna
and the Prophets
Vocabularyحُبِّهِۦ
ḥubbihi
spite of his love (for it)
Vocabularyٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰ
l-qur'bā
(of) the near relatives
Vocabularyوَٱلۡمَسَٰكِينَ
wal-masākīna
and the needy
Vocabularyوَٱلسَّآئِلِينَ
wal-sāilīna
and those who ask
Vocabularyٱلرِّقَابِ
l-riqābi
freeing the necks (slaves)
Vocabularyوَٱلۡمُوفُونَ
wal-mūfūna
and those who fulfill
Vocabularyوَٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ
wal-ṣābirīna
and those who are patient
Vocabularyوَٱلضَّرَّآءِ
wal-ḍarāi
and [the] hardship
Vocabularyٱلۡمُتَّقُونَ
l-mutaqūna
(are) the righteous
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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.