"It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces Towards east or west; but it is righteousness to believe in God 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 practice 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 God-fearing."
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Quran, 2:177, translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1938). The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary. Kashmiri Bazar, Lahore: Shaik Muhammad Ashraf.
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