Parents-Property
Parents:
Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him. Be good to your parents and relatives and to orphans and the very poor, and to neighbours who are related to you and neighbours who are not related to you, and to companions and travellers and your slaves. Allah does not love anyone vain or boastful. (36)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’ (Women), Surah # 4: Ayah #36)
Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him. Be good to your parents and relatives and to orphans and the very poor, and to neighbours who are related to you and neighbours who are not related to you, and to companions and travellers and your slaves. Allah does not love anyone vain or boastful. (36)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 36)
Say: ‘Come and I will recite to you what your Lord has made forbidden for you’: that you do not associate anything with Him; that you are good to your parents; that you do not kill your children because of poverty–We will provide for you and them; that you do not approach indecency– outward or inward; that you do not kill any person Allah has made inviolate– except with the right to do so. That is what He instructs you to do so that hopefully you will use your intellect. (151) And that you do not go near the property of orphans before they reach maturity–except in a good way; that you give full measure and full weight with justice– We impose on no self any more than it can bear; that you are equitable when you speak–even if a near relative is concerned; and that you fulfill Allah’s contract. That is what He instructs you to do, so that hopefully you will pay heed. (152) This is My Path and it is straight, so follow it. Do not follow other ways or you will become cut off from His Way. That is what He instructs you to do, so that hopefully you will guard against evil. (153)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-An’am (The Cattle), Surah # 6: Ayah # 151-153)
And that you should show kindness to your parents. Whether one or both of them reach old age with you, do not say ‘Ugh!’ to them out of irritation and do not be harsh with them but speak to them with gentleness and generosity. (23) Take them (your parents) under your wing, out of mercy, with due humility and say: ‘Lord, show mercy to them as they did in looking after me when I was small.’ (24) Your Lord knows best what is in your selves. If you are righteous, He is Ever-Forgiving to the remorseful. (25)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah # 23-25)
We have instructed man to honour his parents, but if they endeavour to make you associate with Me something about which you have no knowledge, do not obey them. It is to Me you will return and I will inform you about the things you did. (8)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al ‘Ankabut (The Spider), Surah # 29: Ayah # 8)
We have instructed man concerning his parents. Bearing him caused his mother great debility and the period of his weaning was two years: ‘Give thanks to Me and to your parents. I am your final destination.’ (14) (We have instructed man concerning his parents:) ‘But if they try to make you associate something with Me about which you have no knowledge, do not obey them. Keep company with them correctly and courteously in this world but follow the Way of him who turns to Me. Then you will return to Me and I will inform you about the things you did.’ (15)
(Holy Quran, Surah Luqman (Luqman), Surah # 31: Ayah # 14-15)
We have instructed man to be good to his parents. His mother bore him with difficulty and with difficulty gave birth to him; and his bearing and weaning take thirty months. Then when he achieves his full strength and reaches forty, he says, ‘My Lord, keep me thankful for the blessing You bestowed on me and on my parents, and keep me acting rightly, pleasing You. And make my descendants righteous. I have repented to You and I am truly one of the Muslims.’ (46:15)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Ahqaf (Winding Sand-tracts), Surah # 46: Ayah # 15)
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Patience:
Be patient. But your patience is only by Allah. Do not be grieved by them and do not be constricted by the plots they hatch. (127) Allah is with those who have fear of Him and with those who are good-doers. (128)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nahl (The Bee), Surah # 16: Ayah #127-128)
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People:
(Luqman said,) Do not avert your face from people out of haughtiness and do not strut about arrogantly on the earth. Allah does not love anyone who is vain or boastful. (18)
(Holy Quran, Surah Luqman (Luqman), Surah # 31: Ayah # 18)
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Permission:
O ye who believe! Enter not houses other than your own, until ye have asked permission and saluted those in them: that is best for you, in order that ye may heed (what is seemly). (27) If ye find no one in the house, enter not until permission is given to you: if ye are asked to go back, go back: that makes for greater purity for yourselves: and Allah knows well all that ye do. (28)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Nur (The light), Surah # 24: Ayah # 27-28)
You who believe! Those you own as slaves and those of you who have not yet reached puberty should ask your permission to enter at three times: before the Dawn Prayer, when you have undressed at noon, and after the Prayer of Night–three times of nakedness for you. There is nothing wrong for you or them at other times in moving around among yourselves from one to another. In this way Allah makes the Signs clear to you. Allah is All-Knowing,
All-Wise. (58) Once your children have reached puberty, they should ask your permission to enter as those before them also asked permission. In this way Allah makes His Signs clear to you. Allah is All- Knowing, All-Wise. (59)
(Surah Al Nur (The light), Surah # 24: Ayah # 58-59) The believers are those who believe in Allah and His Messenger and who, when they are with him on a matter of common concern, do not leave until they have asked him for permission. Those people who ask you for permission are the ones who truly believe in Allah and His Messenger. If they ask your permission to attend to their own affairs, give permission to any of them you please; and ask Allah’s forgiveness for them. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (62)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Nur (The light), Surah # 24: Ayah # 62)
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Petitioner:
So as for orphans, do not oppress them. (9) Nor repulse the petitioner (unheard); (10) And as for the blessing of your Lord, speak out! (11)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Duha (The Glorious Morning Light), Surah # 93: Ayah # 9-11)
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Pilgrimage:
The pilgrimage takes place during certain well known months. If anyone undertakes the obligation of pilgrimage in them, there must be no sexual intercourse, no wrongdoing, nor any quarrelling during pilgrimage. Whatever good you do, Allah knows it. Take provision; but the best provision is fear of Allah. So have fear of Me, people of intelligence! (197)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #197)
Perform the pilgrimage and the pious visit for Allah. If you are forcibly prevented, make whatever sacrifice is feasible. But do not shave your heads until the sacrificial animal has reached the place of sacrifice. If any of you are ill or have a head injury, the expiation is fasting or charity or sacrifice when you are safe and well again. And if you are secure, then he who takes advantage of a pious visit before the pilgrimage should make whatever sacrifice is feasible. For any one who cannot, there is three days’ fast on pilgrimage and seven on your return–that is ten in all. That is for anyone whose family does not live near the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram). Have fear of Allah and know that Allah is fierce in retribution. (196) The pilgrimage takes place during certain wellknown months. If anyone undertakes the obligation of pilgrimage in them, there must be no sexual intercourse, no wrongdoing, nor any quarrelling during pilgrimage. Whatever good you do, Allah knows it. Take provision; but the best provision is fear of Allah. So have fear of Me, people of intelligence! (197) There is nothing wrong in seeking bounty from your Lord. When you pour down from Arafat, remember Allah at the Sacred Landmark. Remember Him because He has guided you, even though before this you were astray. (198) Then press on from where the people press on and ask Allah’s forgiveness. Allah is Ever- Forgiving, Most Merciful. (199) When you have completed your rites, remember Allah as you used to remember your forefathers–or even more. There are some people who say, ‘Our Lord, give us good in this world.’ They will have no share in the hereafter. (200)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #196-200)
Remember Allah on the designated days. Those who hurry on in two days have done no wrong, and those who stay another day have done no wrong–those of them who guard against evil. So have fear of Allah. And know that you will be gathered back to Him. (203)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #203)
In it are Clear Signs–the place where Ibrahim stood (to pray). All who enter it are safe. Pilgrimage to the House is a duty owed to Allah by all mankind–those who can find a way to do it. But if anyone disbelieves, Allah is Rich Beyond Need of any being. (97)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al ‘Imran (The Family Of 'Imran, The House Of 'Imran), Surah # 3: Ayah # 97)
You who believe! Fulfil your contracts. All livestock animals are lawful for you, except those that are recited to you now; but it is still not lawful to hunt while you are in the state of pilgrimage. Allah makes whatever judgements He wills. (1) You who believe! Do not profane the sacred rites of Allah or the sacred months, or the sacrificial animals, or the ritual garlands, or those heading for the Sacred House, desiring profit and good pleasure from their Lord. When your pilgrimage is over, then you may hunt. Do not let hatred for a people who debar you from the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) incite you into going beyond the limits. Help each other to goodness and heedfulness. Do not help each other to wrongdoing and enmity. Have fear of Allah. Allah is severe in retribution. (2)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Ma’ida (The Table, The Table Spread), Surah # 5: Ayah # 1-2)
You who believe! Do not kill game while you are in the state of pilgrimage. If one of you kills any deliberately, the reprisal for it is a livestock animal equivalent to what he killed, as judged by two just men among you, a sacrifice to reach the Kaaba, or expiation by feeding the poor, or fasting commensurate with that, so that he may taste the evil consequences of what he did. Allah has pardoned all that took place in the past; but if anyone does it again Allah will take revenge on him. Allah is Almighty, Exactor of Revenge. (95) Anything you catch in the sea is lawful for you, and all food from it, for your enjoyment and that of travellers, but land game is forbidden for you while you are in the state of pilgrimage. So have fear of Allah, Him to Whom you will be gathered. (96)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Ma’ida (The Table, The Table Spread), Surah # 5: Ayah # 95-96)
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Poor(s):
Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him. Be good to your parents and relatives and to orphans and the very poor, and to neighbours who are related to you and neighbours who are not related to you, and to companions and travellers and your slaves. Allah does not love anyone vain or boastful. (36)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’ (Women), Surah # 4: Ayah #36)
Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him. Be good to your parents and relatives and to orphans and the very poor, and to neighbours who are related to you and neighbours who are not related to you, and to companions and travellers and your slaves. Allah does not love anyone vain or boastful. (36)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 36)
Say: ‘Come and I will recite to you what your Lord has made forbidden for you’: that you do not associate anything with Him; that you are good to your parents; that you do not kill your children because of poverty–We will provide for you and them; that you do not approach indecency– outward or inward; that you do not kill any person Allah has made inviolate–except with the right to do so. That is what He instructs you to do so that hopefully you will
use your intellect. (151) And that you do not go near the property of orphans before they reach maturity–except in a good way; that you give full measure and full weight with justice– We impose on no self any more than it can bear; that you are equitable when you speak–even if a near relative is concerned; and that you fulfill Allah’s contract. That is what He instructs you to do, so that hopefully you will pay heed. (152) This is My Path and it is straight, so follow it. Do not follow other ways or you will become cut off from His Way. That is what He instructs you to do, so that hopefully you will guard against evil. (153)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-An’am (The Cattle), Surah # 6: Ayah # 151-153)
Know that when you take any booty a fifth of it belongs to Allah, and to the Messenger, and to close relatives, orphans, the very poor and travellers, if you believe in Allah and in what We sent down to Our servant on the Day of Discrimination, the day the two groups met– Allah has power over all things. (41)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War), Surah # 8: Ayah # 41)
Give your relatives their due, and the very poor and travelers…
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah #26)
And even if thou has to turn away from them pursuit of the mercy from thy Lord which thou dost expect, yet speak to them a word of easy kindness. (28)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah #28)
Do not kill your children out of fear of being poor. We will provide for them and you. Killing them is a terrible mistake. (31)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah # 31)
Give relatives their due, and the poor and travellers. That is best for those who seek the pleasure of Allah. They are the ones who are successful. (38)
(Holy Quran, Surah Ar-Rum (The Romans, The Byzantines), Surah # 30: Ayah # 38)
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Prayer:
Perform prayer and give the alms and bow with those who bow. (43)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah # 43)
Seek help in steadfastness and prayer. But that is a very hard thing, except for the humble.(45)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah # 45)
You who believe! Seek help in steadfastness and prayer. Allah is with the steadfast. (153)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah # 153)
Safeguard the prayer–especially the middle one. Stand in obedience to Allah. (238) If you are afraid, then perform prayer on foot or mounted. But when you are safe, remember Allah in the way He taught you when previously you did not know. (239)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #238-239)
You who believe! Do not approach the prayer when you are drunk, so that you will know what you are saying, nor in a state of major impurity– unless you are travelling–until you have washed yourselves completely. If you are ill or on a journey, or any of you have come from the lavatory or touched women, and you cannot find any water, then take for yourselves clean earth, wiping your faces and your hands. Allah is Ever-Pardoning, Ever-Forgiving. (43)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 43)
When you are travelling in the land, there is nothing wrong in your shortening your prayer if you fear that those who disbelieve may harass you. The disbelievers are your clear-cut enemies. (101) When you are with them and leading them in prayer, a group of them should stand with you, keeping hold of their weapons. When they prostrate, the others should guard your backs. Then the other group who have not yet prayed should come and pray with you. They too should be careful and keep hold of their weapons. Those who disbelieve would like
you to be negligent of your arms and equipment so that they can swoop down on you once and for all. There is nothing wrong, if you are bothered by rain or you are ill, in laying your weapons down; but take every precaution. Allah has prepared a humiliating punishment for the disbelievers. (102) When you have finished prayer remember Allah standing, sitting and lying on your sides. When you are safe again perform prayer in the normal way. The prayer is prescribed for the believers at specific times. (103)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 101-103)
You who believe! When you get up to perform prayer, wash your faces and your hands and your arms to the elbows, and wipe over your heads, and (wash) your feet to the ankles. If you are in a state of major impurity, then purify yourselves. But if you are ill or on a journey, or have come from the lavatory, or have touched women, and cannot find any water, then take for yourselves clean earth, and wipe your faces and your hands therewith. Allah does not want to make things difficult for you, but He does want to purify you and to perfect His blessing upon you so that hopefully you will be thankful. (6)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Ma’ida (The Table, The Table Spread), Surah # 5: Ayah # 6)
(Say:) ‘And (We are commanded) to perform prayer and guard against evil of Him. It is He to Whom you will be gathered.’ (72)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-An’am (The Cattle), Surah # 6: Ayah # 72)
Perform prayer at each end of the day and in the first part of the night. Good actions eradicate bad actions. This is a reminder for people who pay heed. (114) And be steadfast. Allah does not let the wage of good-doers go to waste. (115)
(Holy Quran, Surah Hud (The Prophet Hud), Surah # 11: Ayah # 114-115)
Tell My servants who believe that they should perform prayer and give from what We have provided for them, secretly and openly, before a Day arrives on which there will be no trading and no friendship. (31)
(Holy Quran, Surah Ibrahim (The Prophet Abraham), Surah # 14: Ayah # 31)
Perform prayer from the time the sun declines until the darkening of the night…
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah # 78)
And stay awake for prayer during part of the night as a supererogatory action for yourself. It may well be that your Lord will raise you to a Praiseworthy Station. (79)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah # 79)
Instruct your family to perform prayer, and be constant in it. We do not ask you for provision. We provide for you. And the outcome rests on doing your duty. (132)
(Holy Quran, Surah Ta Ha, Surah 20, Ayah # 132)
Perform prayer and give the alms and obey the Messenger so that hopefully mercy will be shown to you.
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Nur (The light), Surah # 24: Ayah # 56)
–turning towards Him. Have fear of Him and perform prayer. Do not be among the idolaters. (31)
(Holy Quran, Surah Ar-Rum (The Romans, The Byzantines), Surah # 30: Ayah # 31)
(Luqman said,) ‘My son, perform prayer and command what is right and forbid what is wrong and be steadfast in the face of all that happens to you. That is certainly the most resolute course to follow. (17)
(Holy Quran, Surah Luqman (Luqman), Surah # 31: Ayah # 17)
Prostrate before Allah and worship Him! (62)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Najm (The Star), Surah # 53: Ayah # 62)
You who believe! When you are called to prayer on the Day of Friday, hasten to the remembrance of Allah and abandon trade. That is better for you if you only knew. (9) Then when the prayer is finished spread through the earth and seek Allah’s bounty and remember Allah much so that hopefully you will be successful. (10)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Jumu’ah (Friday), Surah # 62: Ayah # 9-10)
Your Lord knows that you stay up nearly two thirds of the night–or half of it, or a third of it– and a group of those with you. Allah determines the night and day. He knows you will not keep count of it, so He has turned towards you. Recite as much of the Qur’an as is easy for you. He knows that some of you are ill and that others are travelling in the land seeking Allah’s bounty, and that others are fighting in the Way of Allah. So recite as much of it as is easy for you. And perform prayer and give the alms and lend a generous loan to Allah. Whatever good you send ahead for yourselves you will find it with Allah as something better and as a greater reward. And seek forgiveness from Allah. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (20)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Muzzammil (The Enfolded One), Surah #73: Ayah 20)
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Profligation:
It is He Who produces gardens, both cultivated and wild, and palm-trees and crops of diverse kinds, and olives and pomegranates, both similar and dissimilar. Eat of their fruits when they bear fruit and pay their due on the day of their harvest, and do not be profligate. He does not love the profligate. (141)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-An’am (The Cattle), Surah # 6: Ayah # 141)
Children of Adam! Wear fine clothing in every mosque and eat and drink but do not be profligate. He does not love the profligate. (31)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-A’araf (The Heights), Surah # 7: Ayah # 31)
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Promise:
Do not, by your oaths, make Allah a pretext to avoid good action and guarding against evil and putting things right between people. Allah is All- Hearing, All-Knowing. (224) Allah will not take you to task for inadvertent statements in your oaths, but He will take you to task for the intention your hearts have made. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, All-Forbearing. (225)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #224-225)
Those who swear to abstain from sexual relations with their wives can wait for a period of up to four months. If they then retract their oath, Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (226)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #226)
Allah does not take you to task for your inadvertent oaths, but He will take you to task for oaths you make intentionally. The expiation in that case is to feed ten poor people with the average amount you feed your family, or clothe them, or free a slave. Anyone without the means to do so should fast three days. That is the expiation for breaking oaths when you have sworn them. Keep your oaths. In this way Allah makes His Signs clear to you, so that
hopefully you will be thankful. (89)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Ma’ida (The Table, The Table Spread), Surah # 5: Ayah # 89)
Be true to Allah’s contract when you have agreed to it, and do not break your oaths once they are confirmed and you have made Allah your guarantee. Allah knows what you do. (91)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nahl (The Bee), Surah # 16: Ayah # 91)
Do not make your oaths a means of deceiving one another or your foot will slip after it was firmly placed and you will taste evil for barring access to the Way of Allah and you will have a terrible punishment. (94) Do not sell Allah’s contract for a paltry price. What is with Allah is better for you if you only knew. (95)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nahl (The Bee), Surah # 16: Ayah # 94-95)
Fulfill your contracts. Contracts will be asked about. (34)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah # 34)
Those of you possessing affluence and ample wealth should not make oaths that they will not give to their relatives and the very poor and those who have migrated in the way of Allah. They should rather pardon and overlook. Would you not love Allah to forgive you? Allah is Ever- Forgiving, Most Merciful.
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Nur (The light), Surah # 24: Ayah # 22)
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Property:
Do not devour one another’s property by false means nor offer it to the judges as a bribe, trying through crime to knowingly usurp a portion of other people’s property. (2:188)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #188)
(Allah makes the Signs clear to you, so that hopefully you will reflect) on this world and the hereafter. They will ask you about the property of orphans. Say, ‘Managing it in their best interests is best.’ If you mix your property with theirs, they are your brothers. Allah knows a squanderer from a good manager. If Allah had wanted, He could have been hard on you. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise. (220)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #220)
You who believe! Do not consume one another’s property by false means, but only by means of mutually agreed trade. And do not kill yourselves. Allah is Most Merciful to you. (29) As for anyone who does that out of enmity and wrongdoing, We will roast him in a Fire. That is an easy matter for Allah. (30) If you avoid the serious wrong actions you have been forbidden, We will erase your bad actions from you and admit you by a Gate of Honour. (31) Do not covet what Allah has given to some of you in preference to others–men have a portion of what they acquire and women have a portion of what they acquire; but ask Allah for His bounty. Allah has knowledge of all things. (32)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah #29-32)
Do not go near the property of orphans before they reach maturity, except in a good way…
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah # 34)
Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him. Be good to your parents and relatives and to orphans and the very poor, and to neighbours who are related to you and neighbours who are not related to you, and to companions and travellers and your slaves. Allah does not love anyone vain or boastful. (36)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’ (Women), Surah # 4: Ayah #36)
Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him. Be good to your parents and relatives and to orphans and the very poor, and to neighbours who are related to you and neighbours who are not related to you, and to companions and travellers and your slaves. Allah does not love anyone vain or boastful. (36)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 36)
Say: ‘Come and I will recite to you what your Lord has made forbidden for you’: that you do not associate anything with Him; that you are good to your parents; that you do not kill your children because of poverty–We will provide for you and them; that you do not approach indecency– outward or inward; that you do not kill any person Allah has made inviolate– except with the right to do so. That is what He instructs you to do so that hopefully you will use your intellect. (151) And that you do not go near the property of orphans before they reach maturity–except in a good way; that you give full measure and full weight with justice– We impose on no self any more than it can bear; that you are equitable when you speak–even if a near relative is concerned; and that you fulfill Allah’s contract. That is what He instructs you to do, so that hopefully you will pay heed. (152) This is My Path and it is straight, so follow it. Do not follow other ways or you will become cut off from His Way. That is what He instructs you to do, so that hopefully you will guard against evil. (153)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-An’am (The Cattle), Surah # 6: Ayah # 151-153)
And that you should show kindness to your parents. Whether one or both of them reach old age with you, do not say ‘Ugh!’ to them out of irritation and do not be harsh with them but speak to them with gentleness and generosity. (23) Take them (your parents) under your wing, out of mercy, with due humility and say: ‘Lord, show mercy to them as they did in looking after me when I was small.’ (24) Your Lord knows best what is in your selves. If you are righteous, He is Ever-Forgiving to the remorseful. (25)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah # 23-25)
We have instructed man to honour his parents, but if they endeavour to make you associate with Me something about which you have no knowledge, do not obey them. It is to Me you will return and I will inform you about the things you did. (8)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al ‘Ankabut (The Spider), Surah # 29: Ayah # 8)
We have instructed man concerning his parents. Bearing him caused his mother great debility and the period of his weaning was two years: ‘Give thanks to Me and to your parents. I am your final destination.’ (14) (We have instructed man concerning his parents:) ‘But if they try to make you associate something with Me about which you have no knowledge, do not obey them. Keep company with them correctly and courteously in this world but follow the Way of him who turns to Me. Then you will return to Me and I will inform you about the things you did.’ (15)
(Holy Quran, Surah Luqman (Luqman), Surah # 31: Ayah # 14-15)
We have instructed man to be good to his parents. His mother bore him with difficulty and with difficulty gave birth to him; and his bearing and weaning take thirty months. Then when he achieves his full strength and reaches forty, he says, ‘My Lord, keep me thankful for the blessing You bestowed on me and on my parents, and keep me acting rightly, pleasing You. And make my descendants righteous. I have repented to You and I am truly one of the Muslims.’ (46:15)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Ahqaf (Winding Sand-tracts), Surah # 46: Ayah # 15)
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Patience:
Be patient. But your patience is only by Allah. Do not be grieved by them and do not be constricted by the plots they hatch. (127) Allah is with those who have fear of Him and with those who are good-doers. (128)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nahl (The Bee), Surah # 16: Ayah #127-128)
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People:
(Luqman said,) Do not avert your face from people out of haughtiness and do not strut about arrogantly on the earth. Allah does not love anyone who is vain or boastful. (18)
(Holy Quran, Surah Luqman (Luqman), Surah # 31: Ayah # 18)
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Permission:
O ye who believe! Enter not houses other than your own, until ye have asked permission and saluted those in them: that is best for you, in order that ye may heed (what is seemly). (27) If ye find no one in the house, enter not until permission is given to you: if ye are asked to go back, go back: that makes for greater purity for yourselves: and Allah knows well all that ye do. (28)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Nur (The light), Surah # 24: Ayah # 27-28)
You who believe! Those you own as slaves and those of you who have not yet reached puberty should ask your permission to enter at three times: before the Dawn Prayer, when you have undressed at noon, and after the Prayer of Night–three times of nakedness for you. There is nothing wrong for you or them at other times in moving around among yourselves from one to another. In this way Allah makes the Signs clear to you. Allah is All-Knowing,
All-Wise. (58) Once your children have reached puberty, they should ask your permission to enter as those before them also asked permission. In this way Allah makes His Signs clear to you. Allah is All- Knowing, All-Wise. (59)
(Surah Al Nur (The light), Surah # 24: Ayah # 58-59) The believers are those who believe in Allah and His Messenger and who, when they are with him on a matter of common concern, do not leave until they have asked him for permission. Those people who ask you for permission are the ones who truly believe in Allah and His Messenger. If they ask your permission to attend to their own affairs, give permission to any of them you please; and ask Allah’s forgiveness for them. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (62)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Nur (The light), Surah # 24: Ayah # 62)
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Petitioner:
So as for orphans, do not oppress them. (9) Nor repulse the petitioner (unheard); (10) And as for the blessing of your Lord, speak out! (11)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Duha (The Glorious Morning Light), Surah # 93: Ayah # 9-11)
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Pilgrimage:
The pilgrimage takes place during certain well known months. If anyone undertakes the obligation of pilgrimage in them, there must be no sexual intercourse, no wrongdoing, nor any quarrelling during pilgrimage. Whatever good you do, Allah knows it. Take provision; but the best provision is fear of Allah. So have fear of Me, people of intelligence! (197)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #197)
Perform the pilgrimage and the pious visit for Allah. If you are forcibly prevented, make whatever sacrifice is feasible. But do not shave your heads until the sacrificial animal has reached the place of sacrifice. If any of you are ill or have a head injury, the expiation is fasting or charity or sacrifice when you are safe and well again. And if you are secure, then he who takes advantage of a pious visit before the pilgrimage should make whatever sacrifice is feasible. For any one who cannot, there is three days’ fast on pilgrimage and seven on your return–that is ten in all. That is for anyone whose family does not live near the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram). Have fear of Allah and know that Allah is fierce in retribution. (196) The pilgrimage takes place during certain wellknown months. If anyone undertakes the obligation of pilgrimage in them, there must be no sexual intercourse, no wrongdoing, nor any quarrelling during pilgrimage. Whatever good you do, Allah knows it. Take provision; but the best provision is fear of Allah. So have fear of Me, people of intelligence! (197) There is nothing wrong in seeking bounty from your Lord. When you pour down from Arafat, remember Allah at the Sacred Landmark. Remember Him because He has guided you, even though before this you were astray. (198) Then press on from where the people press on and ask Allah’s forgiveness. Allah is Ever- Forgiving, Most Merciful. (199) When you have completed your rites, remember Allah as you used to remember your forefathers–or even more. There are some people who say, ‘Our Lord, give us good in this world.’ They will have no share in the hereafter. (200)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #196-200)
Remember Allah on the designated days. Those who hurry on in two days have done no wrong, and those who stay another day have done no wrong–those of them who guard against evil. So have fear of Allah. And know that you will be gathered back to Him. (203)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #203)
In it are Clear Signs–the place where Ibrahim stood (to pray). All who enter it are safe. Pilgrimage to the House is a duty owed to Allah by all mankind–those who can find a way to do it. But if anyone disbelieves, Allah is Rich Beyond Need of any being. (97)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al ‘Imran (The Family Of 'Imran, The House Of 'Imran), Surah # 3: Ayah # 97)
You who believe! Fulfil your contracts. All livestock animals are lawful for you, except those that are recited to you now; but it is still not lawful to hunt while you are in the state of pilgrimage. Allah makes whatever judgements He wills. (1) You who believe! Do not profane the sacred rites of Allah or the sacred months, or the sacrificial animals, or the ritual garlands, or those heading for the Sacred House, desiring profit and good pleasure from their Lord. When your pilgrimage is over, then you may hunt. Do not let hatred for a people who debar you from the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) incite you into going beyond the limits. Help each other to goodness and heedfulness. Do not help each other to wrongdoing and enmity. Have fear of Allah. Allah is severe in retribution. (2)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Ma’ida (The Table, The Table Spread), Surah # 5: Ayah # 1-2)
You who believe! Do not kill game while you are in the state of pilgrimage. If one of you kills any deliberately, the reprisal for it is a livestock animal equivalent to what he killed, as judged by two just men among you, a sacrifice to reach the Kaaba, or expiation by feeding the poor, or fasting commensurate with that, so that he may taste the evil consequences of what he did. Allah has pardoned all that took place in the past; but if anyone does it again Allah will take revenge on him. Allah is Almighty, Exactor of Revenge. (95) Anything you catch in the sea is lawful for you, and all food from it, for your enjoyment and that of travellers, but land game is forbidden for you while you are in the state of pilgrimage. So have fear of Allah, Him to Whom you will be gathered. (96)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Ma’ida (The Table, The Table Spread), Surah # 5: Ayah # 95-96)
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Poor(s):
Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him. Be good to your parents and relatives and to orphans and the very poor, and to neighbours who are related to you and neighbours who are not related to you, and to companions and travellers and your slaves. Allah does not love anyone vain or boastful. (36)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’ (Women), Surah # 4: Ayah #36)
Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him. Be good to your parents and relatives and to orphans and the very poor, and to neighbours who are related to you and neighbours who are not related to you, and to companions and travellers and your slaves. Allah does not love anyone vain or boastful. (36)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 36)
Say: ‘Come and I will recite to you what your Lord has made forbidden for you’: that you do not associate anything with Him; that you are good to your parents; that you do not kill your children because of poverty–We will provide for you and them; that you do not approach indecency– outward or inward; that you do not kill any person Allah has made inviolate–except with the right to do so. That is what He instructs you to do so that hopefully you will
use your intellect. (151) And that you do not go near the property of orphans before they reach maturity–except in a good way; that you give full measure and full weight with justice– We impose on no self any more than it can bear; that you are equitable when you speak–even if a near relative is concerned; and that you fulfill Allah’s contract. That is what He instructs you to do, so that hopefully you will pay heed. (152) This is My Path and it is straight, so follow it. Do not follow other ways or you will become cut off from His Way. That is what He instructs you to do, so that hopefully you will guard against evil. (153)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-An’am (The Cattle), Surah # 6: Ayah # 151-153)
Know that when you take any booty a fifth of it belongs to Allah, and to the Messenger, and to close relatives, orphans, the very poor and travellers, if you believe in Allah and in what We sent down to Our servant on the Day of Discrimination, the day the two groups met– Allah has power over all things. (41)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War), Surah # 8: Ayah # 41)
Give your relatives their due, and the very poor and travelers…
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah #26)
And even if thou has to turn away from them pursuit of the mercy from thy Lord which thou dost expect, yet speak to them a word of easy kindness. (28)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah #28)
Do not kill your children out of fear of being poor. We will provide for them and you. Killing them is a terrible mistake. (31)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah # 31)
Give relatives their due, and the poor and travellers. That is best for those who seek the pleasure of Allah. They are the ones who are successful. (38)
(Holy Quran, Surah Ar-Rum (The Romans, The Byzantines), Surah # 30: Ayah # 38)
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Prayer:
Perform prayer and give the alms and bow with those who bow. (43)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah # 43)
Seek help in steadfastness and prayer. But that is a very hard thing, except for the humble.(45)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah # 45)
You who believe! Seek help in steadfastness and prayer. Allah is with the steadfast. (153)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah # 153)
Safeguard the prayer–especially the middle one. Stand in obedience to Allah. (238) If you are afraid, then perform prayer on foot or mounted. But when you are safe, remember Allah in the way He taught you when previously you did not know. (239)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #238-239)
You who believe! Do not approach the prayer when you are drunk, so that you will know what you are saying, nor in a state of major impurity– unless you are travelling–until you have washed yourselves completely. If you are ill or on a journey, or any of you have come from the lavatory or touched women, and you cannot find any water, then take for yourselves clean earth, wiping your faces and your hands. Allah is Ever-Pardoning, Ever-Forgiving. (43)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 43)
When you are travelling in the land, there is nothing wrong in your shortening your prayer if you fear that those who disbelieve may harass you. The disbelievers are your clear-cut enemies. (101) When you are with them and leading them in prayer, a group of them should stand with you, keeping hold of their weapons. When they prostrate, the others should guard your backs. Then the other group who have not yet prayed should come and pray with you. They too should be careful and keep hold of their weapons. Those who disbelieve would like
you to be negligent of your arms and equipment so that they can swoop down on you once and for all. There is nothing wrong, if you are bothered by rain or you are ill, in laying your weapons down; but take every precaution. Allah has prepared a humiliating punishment for the disbelievers. (102) When you have finished prayer remember Allah standing, sitting and lying on your sides. When you are safe again perform prayer in the normal way. The prayer is prescribed for the believers at specific times. (103)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 101-103)
You who believe! When you get up to perform prayer, wash your faces and your hands and your arms to the elbows, and wipe over your heads, and (wash) your feet to the ankles. If you are in a state of major impurity, then purify yourselves. But if you are ill or on a journey, or have come from the lavatory, or have touched women, and cannot find any water, then take for yourselves clean earth, and wipe your faces and your hands therewith. Allah does not want to make things difficult for you, but He does want to purify you and to perfect His blessing upon you so that hopefully you will be thankful. (6)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Ma’ida (The Table, The Table Spread), Surah # 5: Ayah # 6)
(Say:) ‘And (We are commanded) to perform prayer and guard against evil of Him. It is He to Whom you will be gathered.’ (72)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-An’am (The Cattle), Surah # 6: Ayah # 72)
Perform prayer at each end of the day and in the first part of the night. Good actions eradicate bad actions. This is a reminder for people who pay heed. (114) And be steadfast. Allah does not let the wage of good-doers go to waste. (115)
(Holy Quran, Surah Hud (The Prophet Hud), Surah # 11: Ayah # 114-115)
Tell My servants who believe that they should perform prayer and give from what We have provided for them, secretly and openly, before a Day arrives on which there will be no trading and no friendship. (31)
(Holy Quran, Surah Ibrahim (The Prophet Abraham), Surah # 14: Ayah # 31)
Perform prayer from the time the sun declines until the darkening of the night…
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah # 78)
And stay awake for prayer during part of the night as a supererogatory action for yourself. It may well be that your Lord will raise you to a Praiseworthy Station. (79)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah # 79)
Instruct your family to perform prayer, and be constant in it. We do not ask you for provision. We provide for you. And the outcome rests on doing your duty. (132)
(Holy Quran, Surah Ta Ha, Surah 20, Ayah # 132)
Perform prayer and give the alms and obey the Messenger so that hopefully mercy will be shown to you.
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Nur (The light), Surah # 24: Ayah # 56)
–turning towards Him. Have fear of Him and perform prayer. Do not be among the idolaters. (31)
(Holy Quran, Surah Ar-Rum (The Romans, The Byzantines), Surah # 30: Ayah # 31)
(Luqman said,) ‘My son, perform prayer and command what is right and forbid what is wrong and be steadfast in the face of all that happens to you. That is certainly the most resolute course to follow. (17)
(Holy Quran, Surah Luqman (Luqman), Surah # 31: Ayah # 17)
Prostrate before Allah and worship Him! (62)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Najm (The Star), Surah # 53: Ayah # 62)
You who believe! When you are called to prayer on the Day of Friday, hasten to the remembrance of Allah and abandon trade. That is better for you if you only knew. (9) Then when the prayer is finished spread through the earth and seek Allah’s bounty and remember Allah much so that hopefully you will be successful. (10)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Jumu’ah (Friday), Surah # 62: Ayah # 9-10)
Your Lord knows that you stay up nearly two thirds of the night–or half of it, or a third of it– and a group of those with you. Allah determines the night and day. He knows you will not keep count of it, so He has turned towards you. Recite as much of the Qur’an as is easy for you. He knows that some of you are ill and that others are travelling in the land seeking Allah’s bounty, and that others are fighting in the Way of Allah. So recite as much of it as is easy for you. And perform prayer and give the alms and lend a generous loan to Allah. Whatever good you send ahead for yourselves you will find it with Allah as something better and as a greater reward. And seek forgiveness from Allah. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (20)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Muzzammil (The Enfolded One), Surah #73: Ayah 20)
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Profligation:
It is He Who produces gardens, both cultivated and wild, and palm-trees and crops of diverse kinds, and olives and pomegranates, both similar and dissimilar. Eat of their fruits when they bear fruit and pay their due on the day of their harvest, and do not be profligate. He does not love the profligate. (141)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-An’am (The Cattle), Surah # 6: Ayah # 141)
Children of Adam! Wear fine clothing in every mosque and eat and drink but do not be profligate. He does not love the profligate. (31)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-A’araf (The Heights), Surah # 7: Ayah # 31)
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Promise:
Do not, by your oaths, make Allah a pretext to avoid good action and guarding against evil and putting things right between people. Allah is All- Hearing, All-Knowing. (224) Allah will not take you to task for inadvertent statements in your oaths, but He will take you to task for the intention your hearts have made. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, All-Forbearing. (225)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #224-225)
Those who swear to abstain from sexual relations with their wives can wait for a period of up to four months. If they then retract their oath, Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (226)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #226)
Allah does not take you to task for your inadvertent oaths, but He will take you to task for oaths you make intentionally. The expiation in that case is to feed ten poor people with the average amount you feed your family, or clothe them, or free a slave. Anyone without the means to do so should fast three days. That is the expiation for breaking oaths when you have sworn them. Keep your oaths. In this way Allah makes His Signs clear to you, so that
hopefully you will be thankful. (89)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Ma’ida (The Table, The Table Spread), Surah # 5: Ayah # 89)
Be true to Allah’s contract when you have agreed to it, and do not break your oaths once they are confirmed and you have made Allah your guarantee. Allah knows what you do. (91)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nahl (The Bee), Surah # 16: Ayah # 91)
Do not make your oaths a means of deceiving one another or your foot will slip after it was firmly placed and you will taste evil for barring access to the Way of Allah and you will have a terrible punishment. (94) Do not sell Allah’s contract for a paltry price. What is with Allah is better for you if you only knew. (95)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nahl (The Bee), Surah # 16: Ayah # 94-95)
Fulfill your contracts. Contracts will be asked about. (34)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah # 34)
Those of you possessing affluence and ample wealth should not make oaths that they will not give to their relatives and the very poor and those who have migrated in the way of Allah. They should rather pardon and overlook. Would you not love Allah to forgive you? Allah is Ever- Forgiving, Most Merciful.
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Nur (The light), Surah # 24: Ayah # 22)
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Property:
Do not devour one another’s property by false means nor offer it to the judges as a bribe, trying through crime to knowingly usurp a portion of other people’s property. (2:188)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #188)
(Allah makes the Signs clear to you, so that hopefully you will reflect) on this world and the hereafter. They will ask you about the property of orphans. Say, ‘Managing it in their best interests is best.’ If you mix your property with theirs, they are your brothers. Allah knows a squanderer from a good manager. If Allah had wanted, He could have been hard on you. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise. (220)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #220)
You who believe! Do not consume one another’s property by false means, but only by means of mutually agreed trade. And do not kill yourselves. Allah is Most Merciful to you. (29) As for anyone who does that out of enmity and wrongdoing, We will roast him in a Fire. That is an easy matter for Allah. (30) If you avoid the serious wrong actions you have been forbidden, We will erase your bad actions from you and admit you by a Gate of Honour. (31) Do not covet what Allah has given to some of you in preference to others–men have a portion of what they acquire and women have a portion of what they acquire; but ask Allah for His bounty. Allah has knowledge of all things. (32)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah #29-32)
Do not go near the property of orphans before they reach maturity, except in a good way…
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah # 34)
