Face or Countenance Of Allah

And to Allāh belongs the east and the west. So wherever you [might] turn, there is the Face¹ of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is all-Encompassing and Knowing.

Not upon you, [O Muḥammad], is [responsibility for] their guidance, but Allāh guides whom He wills. And whatever good you [believers] spend is for yourselves, and you do not spend except seeking the face [i.e., approval] of Allāh. And whatever you spend of good¹ - it will be fully repaid to you, and you will not be wronged.

And do not send away those who call upon their Lord morning and afternoon, seeking His face [i.e., favor]. Not upon you is anything of their account and not upon them is anything of your account.¹ So were you to send them away, you would [then] be of the wrongdoers.

And those who are patient, seeking the face [i.e., acceptance] of their Lord, and establish prayer and spend from what We have provided for them secretly and publicly and prevent evil with good - those will have the good consequence of [this] home¹ -

And keep yourself patient [by being] with those who call upon their Lord in the morning and the evening, seeking His face [i.e., acceptance]. And let not your eyes pass beyond them, desiring adornments of the worldly life, and do not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance and who follows his desire and whose affair is ever [in] neglect.¹

And do not invoke with Allāh another deity. There is no deity except Him. Everything will be destroyed except His Face.¹ His is the judgement, and to Him you will be returned.

So give the relative his right, as well as the needy and the traveler. That is best for those who desire the face [i.e., approval] of Allāh, and it is they who will be the successful.

And whatever you give for interest [i.e., advantage] to increase within the wealth of people¹ will not increase with Allāh. But what you give in zakāh,² desiring the face [i.e., approval] of Allāh - those are the multipliers.³

And there will remain the Face¹ of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.

[Saying], "We feed you only for the face [i.e., approval] of Allāh. We wish not from you reward or gratitude.

But only seeking the face [i.e., acceptance] of his Lord, Most High.