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It is not

[the] righteousness

that

you turn

your faces

towards

the east

and the west

[and] but

the righteous[ness]

(is he) who

believes

in Allah

and the Day

[the] Last

and the Angels

and the Book

and the Prophets

and gives

the wealth

in

spite of his love (for it)

(to) those

(of) the near relatives

and the orphans

and the needy

and (of)

the wayfarer

and those who ask

and in

freeing the necks (slaves)

and (who) establish

the prayer

and give

the zakah

and those who fulfill

their covenant

when

they make it

and those who are patient

in

[the] suffering

and [the] hardship

and (the) time

(of) [the] stress

Those

(are) the ones who

are true

and those

[they]

(are) the righteous

O you

who

believe[d]

Prescribed

for you

(is) the legal retribution

in

(the matter of) the murdered

the freeman

for the freeman

and the slave

for the slave

and the female

for the female

But whoever

is pardoned

[for it]

from

his brother

anything

then follows up

with suitable

[and] payment

to him

with kindness

That (is)

a concession

from

your Lord

and mercy

Then whoever

transgresses

after

that

then for him

(is) a punishment

painful

And for you

in

the legal retribution

(is) life

O men

(of) understanding

So that you may

(become) righteous

Prescribed

for you

when

approaches

any of you

[the] death

if

he leaves

good

(making) the will

for the parents

and the near relatives

with due fairness

a duty

on

the righteous ones

Then whoever

changes it

after what

he (has) heard [it]

so only

its sin

(would be) on

those who

alter it

Indeed

Allah

(is) All-Hearing

All-Knowing