۞ لَّيْسَ It is not ٱلْبِرَّ [the] righteousness أَن that تُوَلُّوا۟ you turn وُجُوهَكُمْ your faces قِبَلَ towards ٱلْمَشْرِقِ the east وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ and the west وَلَـٰكِنَّ [and] but ٱلْبِرَّ the righteous[ness] مَنْ (is he) who ءَامَنَ believes بِٱللَّهِ in Allah وَٱلْيَوْمِ and the Day ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ [the] Last وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ and the Angels وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِ and the Book وَٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ and the Prophets وَءَاتَى and gives ٱلْمَالَ the wealth عَلَىٰ in حُبِّهِۦ spite of his love (for it) ذَوِى (to) those ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ (of) the near relatives وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰ and the orphans وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينَ and the needy وَٱبْنَ and (of) ٱلسَّبِيلِ the wayfarer وَٱلسَّآئِلِينَ and those who ask وَفِى and in ٱلرِّقَابِ freeing the necks (slaves) وَأَقَامَ and (who) establish ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ the prayer وَءَاتَى and give ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ the zakah وَٱلْمُوفُونَ and those who fulfill بِعَهْدِهِمْ their covenant إِذَا when عَـٰهَدُوا۟ ۖ they make it وَٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ and those who are patient فِى in ٱلْبَأْسَآءِ [the] suffering وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ and [the] hardship وَحِينَ and (the) time ٱلْبَأْسِ ۗ (of) [the] stress أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ Those ٱلَّذِينَ (are) the ones who صَدَقُوا۟ ۖ are true وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ and those هُمُ [they] ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ (are) the righteous ١٧٧
Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but [true] righteousness is [in] one who believes in Allāh, 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 zakāh; [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.
— Come To Light