Quranic Reflection No. 476. Āyat 2:189 – Following the Right Course of Action
وَلَيْسَ الْبِرُّ بِأَن تَأْتُوا الْبُيُوتَ مِن ظُهُورِهَا وَلَـٰكِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنِ اتَّقَىٰ ۗ وَأْتُوا الْبُيُوتَ مِنْ أَبْوَابِهَا ۚ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّـهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ Wa laysal-birru bi-an ta’tūl-buyūta min zuhūrihā wallakinnal-birra manittaqā, wa’tul-buyūta min abwābiha. wattaqullāha la‘allakum tuflihūn It is not righteousness that you enter houses from the back; rather, righteousness is [personified by] one who is God … Read more