The Good Life
Real Piety
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REAL PIETY
Piety does not consist in turning your faces towards
the east or the west. The pious are those who
believe in God and in the Last Day, in the angels
and the scriptures and the prophets; who for the
love of God give their wealth to kinsfolk, orphans,
the poor, wayfarers in need and beggars, and for
the redemption of captives; who attend to their
prayers and pay the poor their due; who are true to
their promises and endure with fortitude
misfortune, hardships and peril. These are the true
believers, these are the God-fearing (2:177).
