True Goodness and Faith

Laysa al-birra an tuwallū wujūhakum qibala al-mashriqi wal- -maghrib,

walākinna al-birra man āmana billāhi wal- yawmil-ākhir, wal-malā’ikati wal-kitābi wan-nabiyyīn, wa ātā al-māla

‘alā ḥubbihi dhawī al-qurbā wal- yatāmā wal-masākīn, wabna as -sabīli was-sā’ilīn wa fī ar-riqāb,

wa aqāma as-ṣalāta wa ātā az-zakāh, wal-mūfūna bi‘ahdihim idhā ‘āhadū,

waṣ-ṣābirīna fī al-ba’sā’i wa ad-ḍarrā’i wa ḥīna al- ba’s. Ulā’ika alladhīna ṣadaqū, wa ulā’ika humul-

muttaqūn. It's not the East, - nor turning West

- that shows the heart, the truest test. -

But faith in Allah, - pure and whole, -