The Cow - 2:177
It is not good that you turn your faces towards the east or the west. The righteous are those who believe in Allah, the Last Day, the angels, the Book and the Prophets, and they give freely to relatives, orphans, the needy, the stranded, the beggars, and to free the slaves, and they observe the prayer, and pay the zakat, and keep their word when they contract, and they resist hardship, distress and oppression. It is they who are the righteous, and it is they who are the virtuous.
The most important criterion of belief:
The Cattle/6:82
Those who believe and do not mix their faith with wrongdoing, they deserve security and they have found the truth.
Luqman/31:13
"When Lokman advised his son, he said: "My dear son, do not associate partners with Allah; surely shirk (associating partners with God) is a great wrong."
The Companies/39:65
It has been revealed to you and those before you that if you associate partners, all that you do will be in vain and you will be of the losers.