Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
Basic virtue is not just to turn faces to the East and
the West, but true righteousness is that one must believe in
Allah and the Last Day and the angels and the Book and the
Prophets; and out of love for Allah, to give treasured wealth
to relatives and to the orphans and the needy and the
traveller, and to those who ask, and to set slaves free; and
to keep the prayer established and to pay the charity; and
those who fulfil their obligations when they make an
agreement; and the patient during times of calamity, in
hardships and during holy war; it is they who have proved true
to their word; it is they who are the pious.
Yusuf Ali:
It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces Towards east
or West; but it is righteousness- to believe in Allah 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 Allah-fearing.
Pickthal:
It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces to the East
and the West; but righteous is he who believeth in Allah and the Last Day
and the angels and the Scripture and the prophets; and giveth wealth, for
love of Him, to kinsfolk and to orphans and the needy and the wayfarer and
to those who ask, and to set slaves free; and observeth proper worship and
payeth the poor-due. And those who keep their treaty when they make one,
and the patient in tribulation and adversity and time of stress. Such are
they who are sincere. Such are the Allah-fearing.
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