Piety does not lie in turning your face to East or West : Piety lies in believing in God , the Last Day and the angels , the Scriptures and the prophets , and disbursing your wealth out of love for God among your kin and the orphans , the wayfarers and mendicants , freeing the slaves , observing your devotional obligations , and in paying the zakat and fulfilling a pledge you have given , and being patient in hardship , adversity , and times of peril . These are the men who affirm the truth , and they are those who follow the straight path .