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Verse of righteousness (al-birr) Qur’an 2:177
۞ لَّيْسَ ٱلْبِرَّ أَن تُوَلُّوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ قِبَلَ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلْبِرَّ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْءَاخِرِ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ وَٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَٱلنَّبِيِّۦنَ وَءَاتَى ٱلْمَالَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِۦ ذَوِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَٰكِينَ وَٱبْنَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَٱلسَّآئِلِينَ وَفِى ٱلرِّقَابِ وَأَقَامَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَى ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱلْمُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِهِمْ إِذَا عَٰهَدُوا۟ ۖ وَٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ فِى ٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ وَحِينَ ٱلْبَأْسِ ۗ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا۟ ۖ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ
Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but [true] righteousness is [in] one who believes in Allah, the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets and gives wealth, in spite of love for it, to relatives, orphans, the needy, the traveler, those who ask [for help], and for freeing slaves; [and who] establishes prayer and gives zakah; [those who] fulfill their promise when they promise; and [those who] are patient in poverty and hardship and during battle. Those are the ones who have been true, and it is those who are the righteous.
Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.
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Word by word
| Arabic | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ۞ لَّيْسَ | laysa | It is not |
| ٱلْبِرَّ | l-bira | [the] righteousness |
| أَن | an | that |
| تُوَلُّوا۟ | tuwallū | you turn |
| وُجُوهَكُمْ | wujūhakum | your faces |
| قِبَلَ | qibala | towards |
| ٱلْمَشْرِقِ | l-mashriqi | the east |
| وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ | wal-maghribi | and the west |
| وَلَـٰكِنَّ | walākinna | [and] but |
| ٱلْبِرَّ | l-bira | the righteous[ness] |
| مَنْ | man | (is he) who |
| ءَامَنَ | āmana | believes |
| بِٱللَّهِ | bil-lahi | in Allah |
| وَٱلْيَوْمِ | wal-yawmi | and the Day |
| ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ | l-ākhiri | [the] Last |
| وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ | wal-malāikati | and the Angels |
| وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِ | wal-kitābi | and the Book |
| وَٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ | wal-nabiyīna | and the Prophets |
| وَءَاتَى | waātā | and gives |
| ٱلْمَالَ | l-māla | the wealth |
| عَلَىٰ | ʿalā | in |
| حُبِّهِۦ | ḥubbihi | spite of his love (for it) |
| ذَوِى | dhawī | (to) those |
| ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ | l-qur'bā | (of) the near relatives |
| وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰ | wal-yatāmā | and the orphans |
| وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينَ | wal-masākīna | and the needy |
| وَٱبْنَ | wa-ib'na | and (of) |
| ٱلسَّبِيلِ | l-sabīli | the wayfarer |
| وَٱلسَّآئِلِينَ | wal-sāilīna | and those who ask |
| وَفِى | wafī | and in |
| ٱلرِّقَابِ | l-riqābi | freeing the necks (slaves) |
| وَأَقَامَ | wa-aqāma | and (who) establish |
| ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ | l-ṣalata | the prayer |
| وَءَاتَى | waātā | and give |
| ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ | l-zakata | the zakah |
| وَٱلْمُوفُونَ | wal-mūfūna | and those who fulfill |
| بِعَهْدِهِمْ | biʿahdihim | their covenant |
| إِذَا | idhā | when |
| عَـٰهَدُوا۟ ۖ | ʿāhadū | they make it |
| وَٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ | wal-ṣābirīna | and those who are patient |
| فِى | fī | in |
| ٱلْبَأْسَآءِ | l-basāi | [the] suffering |
| وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ | wal-ḍarāi | and [the] hardship |
| وَحِينَ | waḥīna | and (the) time |
| ٱلْبَأْسِ ۗ | l-basi | (of) [the] stress |
| أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ | ulāika | Those |
| ٱلَّذِينَ | alladhīna | (are) the ones who |
| صَدَقُوا۟ ۖ | ṣadaqū | are true |
| وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ | wa-ulāika | and those |
| هُمُ | humu | [they] |
| ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ | l-mutaqūna | (are) the righteous |
In context
The verses around 2:177 in Al-Baqarah.
- 2:175أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ٱلضَّلَٰلَةَ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ وَٱلْعَذَابَ بِٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ ۚ فَمَآ أَصْبَرَهُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِThose are the ones who have exchanged guidance for error and forgiveness for punishment. How patient they are in pursuit of the Fire!
- 2:176ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ نَزَّلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لَفِى شِقَاقٍۭ بَعِيدٍۢThat is [deserved by them] because Allah has sent down the Book in truth. And indeed, those who differ over the Book are in extreme dissension.
- 2:178يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْقِصَاصُ فِى ٱلْقَتْلَى ۖ ٱلْحُرُّ بِٱلْحُرِّ وَٱلْعَبْدُ بِٱلْعَبْدِ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰ بِٱلْأُنثَىٰ ۚ فَمَنْ عُفِىَ لَهُۥ مِنْ أَخِيهِ شَىْءٌۭ فَٱتِّبَاعٌۢ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَأَدَآءٌ إِلَيْهِ بِإِحْسَٰنٍۢ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ تَخْفِيفٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَرَحْمَةٌۭ ۗ فَمَنِ ٱعْتَدَىٰ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فَلَهُۥ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭO you who have believed, prescribed for you is legal retribution for those murdered - the free for the free, the slave for the slave, and the female for the female. But whoever overlooks from his brother anything, then there should be a suitable follow-up and payment to him with good conduct. This is an alleviation from your Lord and a mercy. But whoever transgresses after that will have a painful punishment.
- 2:179وَلَكُمْ فِى ٱلْقِصَاصِ حَيَوٰةٌۭ يَٰٓأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَAnd there is for you in legal retribution [saving of] life, O you [people] of understanding, that you may become righteous.
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