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Quran Maqasid

the Verse of Righteousness (Ayat al-Birr)

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 177

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ليس البر ان تولوا وجوهكم قبل المشرق والمغرب ولكن البر من امن بالله واليوم الاخر والملائكة والكتاب والنبيين واتى المال على حبه ذوي القربى واليتامى والمساكين وابن السبيل والسائلين وفي الرقاب واقام الصلاة واتى الزكاة والموفون بعهدهم اذا عاهدوا والصابرين في الباساء والضراء وحين الباس اولئك الذين صدقوا واولئك هم المتقون

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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  • Verse 177 of 286
  • Juz 2
  • Page 27

Word by word

  1. ۞ لَّيْسَIt is notlaysa
  2. ٱلْبِرَّ[the] righteousnessl-bira
  3. أَنthatan
  4. تُوَلُّوا۟you turntuwallū
  5. وُجُوهَكُمْyour faceswujūhakum
  6. قِبَلَtowardsqibala
  7. ٱلْمَشْرِقِthe eastl-mashriqi
  8. وَٱلْمَغْرِبِand the westwal-maghribi
  9. وَلَـٰكِنَّ[and] butwalākinna
  10. ٱلْبِرَّthe righteous[ness]l-bira
  11. مَنْ(is he) whoman
  12. ءَامَنَbelievesāmana
  13. بِٱللَّهِin Allahbil-lahi
  14. وَٱلْيَوْمِand the Daywal-yawmi
  15. ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ[the] Lastl-ākhiri
  16. وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِand the Angelswal-malāikati
  17. وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِand the Bookwal-kitābi
  18. وَٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَand the Prophetswal-nabiyīna
  19. وَءَاتَىand giveswaātā
  20. ٱلْمَالَthe wealthl-māla
  21. عَلَىٰinʿalā
  22. حُبِّهِۦspite of his love (for it)ḥubbihi
  23. ذَوِى(to) thosedhawī
  24. ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ(of) the near relativesl-qur'bā
  25. وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰand the orphanswal-yatāmā
  26. وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينَand the needywal-masākīna
  27. وَٱبْنَand (of)wa-ib'na
  28. ٱلسَّبِيلِthe wayfarerl-sabīli
  29. وَٱلسَّآئِلِينَand those who askwal-sāilīna
  30. وَفِىand inwafī
  31. ٱلرِّقَابِfreeing the necks (slaves)l-riqābi
  32. وَأَقَامَand (who) establishwa-aqāma
  33. ٱلصَّلَوٰةَthe prayerl-ṣalata
  34. وَءَاتَىand givewaātā
  35. ٱلزَّكَوٰةَthe zakahl-zakata
  36. وَٱلْمُوفُونَand those who fulfillwal-mūfūna
  37. بِعَهْدِهِمْtheir covenantbiʿahdihim
  38. إِذَاwhenidhā
  39. عَـٰهَدُوا۟ ۖthey make itʿāhadū
  40. وَٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَand those who are patientwal-ṣābirīna
  41. فِىinfī
  42. ٱلْبَأْسَآءِ[the] sufferingl-basāi
  43. وَٱلضَّرَّآءِand [the] hardshipwal-ḍarāi
  44. وَحِينَand (the) timewaḥīna
  45. ٱلْبَأْسِ ۗ(of) [the] stressl-basi
  46. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَThoseulāika
  47. ٱلَّذِينَ(are) the ones whoalladhīna
  48. صَدَقُوا۟ ۖare trueṣadaqū
  49. وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَand thosewa-ulāika
  50. هُمُ[they]humu
  51. ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ(are) the righteousl-mutaqūna

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