Salam-Struting
Salam:
When you are greeted with a greeting, return the greeting or improve on it. Allah takes account of everything. (86)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 86)
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Say:
You who believe! Do not say, ‘Listen to us,’ say, ‘Look at us,’ and listen well. The disbelievers will have a painful punishment. (104)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah # 104)
Say, ‘Shall I tell you of something better than that?’ Those who guard against evil will have Gardens with their Lord, with rivers flowing under them, remaining in them timelessly, for ever, and purified wives, and the Pleasure of Allah. Allah sees His servants. (15)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al ‘Imran (The Family Of 'Imran, The House Of 'Imran), Surah # 3: Ayah # 15)
(His servants are) those who say, ‘Our Lord, we believe, so forgive us our wrong actions and safeguard us from the punishment of the Fire.’ (16)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al ‘Imran (The Family Of 'Imran, The House Of 'Imran), Surah # 3: Ayah # 16)
Say, ‘O Allah! Master of the Kingdom! You give sovereignty to whoever You will You take sovereignty from whoever You will. You exalt whoever You will You abase whoever You will. All good is in Your hands. You have power over all things.’ (26) (Say, ‘O Allah!) You merge the night into the day. You merge the day into the night. You bring out the living from the dead. You bring out the dead from the living. You provide for whoever You will without any reckoning.’ (27)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al ‘Imran (The Family Of 'Imran, The House Of 'Imran), Surah # 3: Ayah # 26-27)
Say, ‘People of the Book, why do you reject Allah’s Signs when Allah is witness of everything you do?’ (98) Say, ‘People of the Book, why do you bar those who believe from the Way of Allah, seeking in it something crooked, when you yourselves are witnesses to it? Allah is not unaware of what you do.’ (99)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al ‘Imran (The Family Of 'Imran, The House Of 'Imran), Surah # 3: Ayah # 98-99)
Say: ‘Bad things and good things are not the same, even though the abundance of the bad things may seem attractive to you.’ Have fear of Allah, people of intelligence, so that hopefully you will be successful. (100)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Ma’ida (The Table, The Table Spread), Surah # 5: Ayah # 100)
Say: ‘Are we to call on something besides Allah which can neither help nor harm us, and to turn on our heels after Allah has guided us, like someone the Satans have lured away in the earth, leaving him confused and stupefied, despite the fact that he has companions calling him to guidance, saying, "Come with us!"?’ Say: ‘Allah's guidance that is true guidance. We are commanded to submit as Muslims to the Lord of all the worlds.’ (71) (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 # 71-72)
Say: ‘My Lord has forbidden indecency, both open and hidden, and wrong action, and unrightful tyranny, and associating anything with Allah for which He has sent down no authority, and saying things about Allah you do not know.’ (33)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-A’araf (The Heights), Surah # 7: Ayah # 33)
(Say:) ‘My Protector is Allah Who sent down the Book. He takes care of the righteous.’ (196)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-A’araf (The Heights), Surah # 7: Ayah # 196)
Say: ‘My Lord has commanded justice. Stand and face Him in every mosque and call on Him, making your religion sincerely His. As He originated you, so you will return.’ (29)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-A’araf (The Heights), Surah # 7: Ayah # 29)
Say: ‘If your fathers or your sons or your brothers or your wives or your tribe, or any wealth you have acquired, or any business you fear may slump, or any house which pleases you, are dearer to you than Allah and His Messenger and striving in His Way, then wait until Allah brings about His command. Allah does not guide people who are deviators.’ (24)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Tawbah (The Repentance) or Bara’ah (The Disavowal), Surah # 9: Ayah # 24)
Say: ‘My Lord, make my entry sincere and make my leaving sincere and grant me supporting authority direct from Your Presence.’ (80)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah # 78-80)
Say: ‘Allah knows best how long they stayed. The Unseen of the heavens and the earth belongs to Him. How perfectly He sees, how well He hears! They have no protector apart from Him. Nor does He share His rule with anyone.’ (26)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Kahf (The Cave), Surah # 18: Ayah # 26)
Say: ‘My Lord, increase me in knowledge.’ (114)
(Holy Quran, Surah Ta Ha, Surah 20, Ayah # 114)
(The servants of the All-Merciful are) those who say, ‘Our Lord, avert from us the punishment of Hell, its punishment is inescapable pain.’ (65) Evil indeed is it as an abode, and as a place to rest in; (66)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Furqan (The Criterion), Surah # 25: Ayah #65-66)
(Believers are) those who say, ‘Our Lord, give us joy in our wives and children and make us a good example for those who guard against evil’. (74)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Furqan (The Criterion), Surah # 25: Ayah #74)
Say: ‘Travel about the earth and see how He brought creation out of nothing. Then later Allah will bring about the next existence. Allah has power over all things.’ (20)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al ‘Ankabut (The Spider), Surah # 29: Ayah # 20)
Say: ‘Allah is a sufficient witness between me and you.’ He knows everything in the heavens and the earth. Those who believe in falsehood and reject Allah, they are the losers. (52)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al ‘Ankabut (The Spider), Surah # 29: Ayah # 20)
Say: ‘Praise be to Allah.’ (63)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-‘Ankabut (The Spider), Surah # 29; Ayah # 63)
Say: ‘Travel about the earth and see the final fate of those before. Most of them were idolaters.’ (42)
(Holy Quran, Surah Ar-Rum (The Romans, The Byzantines), Surah # 30: Ayah # 42)
…Say: ‘Praise be to Allah!’… (25)
(Holy Quran, Surah Luqman (Luqman), Surah # 31: Ayah # 25)
If We had made it a Qur’an in a foreign tongue they would have said, ‘Why have its Signs not been made plain? What! A foreign language for an Arab? ’Say: ‘It is guidance and healing for people who believe. Those who do not believe have heaviness in their ears and for them it is blindness. Such people are being called from a very distant place.’ (44)
(Holy Quran, Surah Fussilat (Expounded) or HA MIM, Surah # 41: Ayah # 44)
Tell those who believe that they should forgive those who feel no fear about the Days of Allah, when He will repay people according to what they earned. (14)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Jathiyah (The Kneeling Down), Surah # 45: Ayah # 14)
Say: ‘You Jews, if you claim to be the friends of Allah to the exclusion of all other people, then wish for death if you are telling the truth.’ (6)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Jumu’ah (Friday), Surah # 62: Ayah # 6)
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Slave:
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)
Marry off those among you who are unmarried and those of your slaves and slavegirls who are righteous. If they are poor, Allah will enrich them from His bounty. Allah is All- Encompassing, All-Knowing. (32) Those who cannot find the means to marry should be abstinent until Allah enriches them from His bounty. If any slaves you own want to make a contract to free themselves, write it for them if you know of good in them and give them some of the wealth Allah has given you. Do not force your slavegirls to prostitute themselves if they desire to be virtuous women out of your desire for the goods of this world. If anyone forces them, then after they have been forced, Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (33)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Nur (The light), Surah # 24: Ayah # 32-33)
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Spending (money):
Spend in the Way of Allah. Do not cast yourselves into destruction. And do good: Allah loves good-doers. (195)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #195)
They will ask you what they should give away. Say, ‘Any wealth you give away should go to your parents and relatives and to orphans and the very poor and travellers.’ Whatever good you do, Allah knows it. (215)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #215)
They will ask you about alcoholic drinks and gambling. Say, ‘There is great wrong in both of them and also certain benefits for mankind. But the wrong in them is greater than the benefit.’ They will ask you what they should give away. Say, ‘Whatever is surplus to your needs.’ In this way Allah makes the Signs clear to you, so that hopefully you will reflect. (2:219)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #219)
(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! Give away some of what We have provided for you before a Day arrives on which there is no trading, no close friendship and no intercession. It is the disbelievers who are the wrongdoers. (254)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #254)
You who believe! Do not nullify your charity by demands for gratitude or insulting words, like him who spends his wealth, showing off to people and not believing in Allah and the Last Day. His likeness is that of a smooth rock coated with soil, which, when heavy rain falls on it, is left stripped bare. They have no power over anything they have earned. Allah does not guide disbelieving people. (264) The metaphor of those who spend their wealth, desiring the pleasure of Allah and firmness for themselves, is that of a garden on a hillside. When heavy rain falls on it, it doubles its produce; and if heavy rain does not fall, there is dew. Allah sees what you do. (265)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #264-265)
You who believe! Give away some of the good things you have earned and some of what the earth produces for you. Do not have recourse to bad things when you give, things you would only take with your eyes tight shut! Know that Allah is Rich Beyond Need, Praiseworthy. (267) Satan promises you poverty and commands you to avarice. Allah promises you forgiveness from Him and abundance. Allah is All-Encompassing, All-Knowing. (268) He gives wisdom to whoever He wills and he who has been given wisdom has been given great good. But no one pays heed but people of intelligence. (269)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #267-269)
Those who give away their wealth by night and day, secretly and openly, will have their reward with their Lord. They will feel no fear and will know no sorrow. (274)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #274)
Arm yourselves against them with all the firepower and cavalry you can muster, to terrify the enemies of Allah and your enemies, and others besides them whom you do not know. Allah knows them. Anything you spend in the Way of Allah will be repaid to you in full. You will not be wronged. (60)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War), Surah # 8: Ayah # 60)
Those who believe and migrate and strive in the Way of Allah with their wealth and themselves have a higher rank with Allah. They are the ones who are victorious. (20)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Tawbah (The Repentance) or Bara’ah (The Disavowal), Surah # 9: Ayah # 20)
You who believe! Many of the rabbis and monks devour people’s property under false pretences and bar people from access to the Way of Allah. As for those who hoard up gold and silver and do not spend it in the Way of Allah, give them the news of a painful punishment. (34)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Tawbah (The Repentance) or Bara’ah (The Disavowal), Surah # 9: Ayah # 34)
Go out to fight, light-armed and heavy-armed, and strive with your wealth and yourselves in the Way of Allah. That is better for you if you only knew. (41)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Tawbah (The Repentance) or Bara’ah (The Disavowal), Surah # 9: Ayah # 41)
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)
But do not squander what you have. (26) Squanderers are brothers to the Satans, and Satan was ungrateful to his Lord. (27)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah # 26-27)
Do not keep your hand chained to your neck but do not extend it either to its full extent so that you sit there blamed and destitute. (29) Your Lord expands the provision of anyone He wills and restricts it. He is aware of and sees His servants. (30)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah # 29-30)
(Believers are) those who, when they spend, are neither extravagant nor mean, but take a stance mid way between the two. (67)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Furqan (The Criterion), Surah # 25: Ayah # 67)
You who believe! Do not let your wealth or children divert you from the remembrance of Allah. Whoever does that is lost. (9) Give from what We have provided for you before death comes to one of you and he says, ‘My Lord, if only you would give me a little more time so that I can give charity and be one of the righteous!’(10)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Munafiqun (The Hypocrites), Surah # 63: Ayah 9-10)
So have fear of Allah, as much as you are able to, and listen and obey and spend for your own benefit. It is the people who are safe-guarded from the avarice of their own selves who are successful. (16) If you make a generous loan to Allah He will multiply it for you and forgive you. Allah is All- Thankful, Most Forbearing. (17) (Allah is) the Knower of the Unseen and the Visible, the Almighty, the All-Wise. (18)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Taghabun (The Mutual Loss and Gain), Surah # 64: Ayah # 16-18)
He who has plenty should spend out from his plenty, but he whose provision is restricted should spend from what Allah has given him. Allah does not demand from any self more than He has given it. Allah will appoint after difficulty, ease. (7)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Talaq (Divorce), Surah # 65: Ayah #7)
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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Steadfastness:
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)
You who believe, be steadfast; be supreme in steadfastness; be firm on the battlefield; and have fear of Allah; so that hopefully you will be successful. (200)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al ‘Imran (The Family Of 'Imran, The House Of 'Imran), Surah # 3: Ayah # 200)
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)
(Believers are) those who are steadfast and put their trust in their Lord. (42)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nahl (The Bee), Surah # 16: Ayah # 42)
What is with you runs out but what is with Allah goes on for ever. Those who were steadfast will be recompensed according to the best of what they did. (96)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nahl (The Bee), Surah # 16: Ayah # 96)
So be steadfast in the face of what they say and glorify your Lord with praise before the rising of the sun and before its setting. And glorify Him during part of the night and at both ends of the day, so that hopefully you will be pleased. (130) Do not direct your eyes longingly to what We have given certain of them to enjoy, the flower of the life of this world, so that We can test them by it. Your Lord’s provision is better and longer lasting. (131)
(Holy Quran, Surah Ta Ha, Surah # 20, Ayah # 130-131)
(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)
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Struting (walking arrogantly):
Do not strut arrogantly about the earth. You will certainly never split the earth apart nor will you ever rival the mountains in height. (37)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah # 37)
(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)
When you are greeted with a greeting, return the greeting or improve on it. Allah takes account of everything. (86)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 86)
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Say:
You who believe! Do not say, ‘Listen to us,’ say, ‘Look at us,’ and listen well. The disbelievers will have a painful punishment. (104)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah # 104)
Say, ‘Shall I tell you of something better than that?’ Those who guard against evil will have Gardens with their Lord, with rivers flowing under them, remaining in them timelessly, for ever, and purified wives, and the Pleasure of Allah. Allah sees His servants. (15)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al ‘Imran (The Family Of 'Imran, The House Of 'Imran), Surah # 3: Ayah # 15)
(His servants are) those who say, ‘Our Lord, we believe, so forgive us our wrong actions and safeguard us from the punishment of the Fire.’ (16)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al ‘Imran (The Family Of 'Imran, The House Of 'Imran), Surah # 3: Ayah # 16)
Say, ‘O Allah! Master of the Kingdom! You give sovereignty to whoever You will You take sovereignty from whoever You will. You exalt whoever You will You abase whoever You will. All good is in Your hands. You have power over all things.’ (26) (Say, ‘O Allah!) You merge the night into the day. You merge the day into the night. You bring out the living from the dead. You bring out the dead from the living. You provide for whoever You will without any reckoning.’ (27)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al ‘Imran (The Family Of 'Imran, The House Of 'Imran), Surah # 3: Ayah # 26-27)
Say, ‘People of the Book, why do you reject Allah’s Signs when Allah is witness of everything you do?’ (98) Say, ‘People of the Book, why do you bar those who believe from the Way of Allah, seeking in it something crooked, when you yourselves are witnesses to it? Allah is not unaware of what you do.’ (99)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al ‘Imran (The Family Of 'Imran, The House Of 'Imran), Surah # 3: Ayah # 98-99)
Say: ‘Bad things and good things are not the same, even though the abundance of the bad things may seem attractive to you.’ Have fear of Allah, people of intelligence, so that hopefully you will be successful. (100)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Ma’ida (The Table, The Table Spread), Surah # 5: Ayah # 100)
Say: ‘Are we to call on something besides Allah which can neither help nor harm us, and to turn on our heels after Allah has guided us, like someone the Satans have lured away in the earth, leaving him confused and stupefied, despite the fact that he has companions calling him to guidance, saying, "Come with us!"?’ Say: ‘Allah's guidance that is true guidance. We are commanded to submit as Muslims to the Lord of all the worlds.’ (71) (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 # 71-72)
Say: ‘My Lord has forbidden indecency, both open and hidden, and wrong action, and unrightful tyranny, and associating anything with Allah for which He has sent down no authority, and saying things about Allah you do not know.’ (33)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-A’araf (The Heights), Surah # 7: Ayah # 33)
(Say:) ‘My Protector is Allah Who sent down the Book. He takes care of the righteous.’ (196)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-A’araf (The Heights), Surah # 7: Ayah # 196)
Say: ‘My Lord has commanded justice. Stand and face Him in every mosque and call on Him, making your religion sincerely His. As He originated you, so you will return.’ (29)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-A’araf (The Heights), Surah # 7: Ayah # 29)
Say: ‘If your fathers or your sons or your brothers or your wives or your tribe, or any wealth you have acquired, or any business you fear may slump, or any house which pleases you, are dearer to you than Allah and His Messenger and striving in His Way, then wait until Allah brings about His command. Allah does not guide people who are deviators.’ (24)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Tawbah (The Repentance) or Bara’ah (The Disavowal), Surah # 9: Ayah # 24)
Say: ‘My Lord, make my entry sincere and make my leaving sincere and grant me supporting authority direct from Your Presence.’ (80)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah # 78-80)
Say: ‘Allah knows best how long they stayed. The Unseen of the heavens and the earth belongs to Him. How perfectly He sees, how well He hears! They have no protector apart from Him. Nor does He share His rule with anyone.’ (26)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Kahf (The Cave), Surah # 18: Ayah # 26)
Say: ‘My Lord, increase me in knowledge.’ (114)
(Holy Quran, Surah Ta Ha, Surah 20, Ayah # 114)
(The servants of the All-Merciful are) those who say, ‘Our Lord, avert from us the punishment of Hell, its punishment is inescapable pain.’ (65) Evil indeed is it as an abode, and as a place to rest in; (66)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Furqan (The Criterion), Surah # 25: Ayah #65-66)
(Believers are) those who say, ‘Our Lord, give us joy in our wives and children and make us a good example for those who guard against evil’. (74)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Furqan (The Criterion), Surah # 25: Ayah #74)
Say: ‘Travel about the earth and see how He brought creation out of nothing. Then later Allah will bring about the next existence. Allah has power over all things.’ (20)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al ‘Ankabut (The Spider), Surah # 29: Ayah # 20)
Say: ‘Allah is a sufficient witness between me and you.’ He knows everything in the heavens and the earth. Those who believe in falsehood and reject Allah, they are the losers. (52)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al ‘Ankabut (The Spider), Surah # 29: Ayah # 20)
Say: ‘Praise be to Allah.’ (63)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-‘Ankabut (The Spider), Surah # 29; Ayah # 63)
Say: ‘Travel about the earth and see the final fate of those before. Most of them were idolaters.’ (42)
(Holy Quran, Surah Ar-Rum (The Romans, The Byzantines), Surah # 30: Ayah # 42)
…Say: ‘Praise be to Allah!’… (25)
(Holy Quran, Surah Luqman (Luqman), Surah # 31: Ayah # 25)
If We had made it a Qur’an in a foreign tongue they would have said, ‘Why have its Signs not been made plain? What! A foreign language for an Arab? ’Say: ‘It is guidance and healing for people who believe. Those who do not believe have heaviness in their ears and for them it is blindness. Such people are being called from a very distant place.’ (44)
(Holy Quran, Surah Fussilat (Expounded) or HA MIM, Surah # 41: Ayah # 44)
Tell those who believe that they should forgive those who feel no fear about the Days of Allah, when He will repay people according to what they earned. (14)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Jathiyah (The Kneeling Down), Surah # 45: Ayah # 14)
Say: ‘You Jews, if you claim to be the friends of Allah to the exclusion of all other people, then wish for death if you are telling the truth.’ (6)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Jumu’ah (Friday), Surah # 62: Ayah # 6)
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Slave:
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)
Marry off those among you who are unmarried and those of your slaves and slavegirls who are righteous. If they are poor, Allah will enrich them from His bounty. Allah is All- Encompassing, All-Knowing. (32) Those who cannot find the means to marry should be abstinent until Allah enriches them from His bounty. If any slaves you own want to make a contract to free themselves, write it for them if you know of good in them and give them some of the wealth Allah has given you. Do not force your slavegirls to prostitute themselves if they desire to be virtuous women out of your desire for the goods of this world. If anyone forces them, then after they have been forced, Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (33)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Nur (The light), Surah # 24: Ayah # 32-33)
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Spending (money):
Spend in the Way of Allah. Do not cast yourselves into destruction. And do good: Allah loves good-doers. (195)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #195)
They will ask you what they should give away. Say, ‘Any wealth you give away should go to your parents and relatives and to orphans and the very poor and travellers.’ Whatever good you do, Allah knows it. (215)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #215)
They will ask you about alcoholic drinks and gambling. Say, ‘There is great wrong in both of them and also certain benefits for mankind. But the wrong in them is greater than the benefit.’ They will ask you what they should give away. Say, ‘Whatever is surplus to your needs.’ In this way Allah makes the Signs clear to you, so that hopefully you will reflect. (2:219)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #219)
(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! Give away some of what We have provided for you before a Day arrives on which there is no trading, no close friendship and no intercession. It is the disbelievers who are the wrongdoers. (254)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #254)
You who believe! Do not nullify your charity by demands for gratitude or insulting words, like him who spends his wealth, showing off to people and not believing in Allah and the Last Day. His likeness is that of a smooth rock coated with soil, which, when heavy rain falls on it, is left stripped bare. They have no power over anything they have earned. Allah does not guide disbelieving people. (264) The metaphor of those who spend their wealth, desiring the pleasure of Allah and firmness for themselves, is that of a garden on a hillside. When heavy rain falls on it, it doubles its produce; and if heavy rain does not fall, there is dew. Allah sees what you do. (265)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #264-265)
You who believe! Give away some of the good things you have earned and some of what the earth produces for you. Do not have recourse to bad things when you give, things you would only take with your eyes tight shut! Know that Allah is Rich Beyond Need, Praiseworthy. (267) Satan promises you poverty and commands you to avarice. Allah promises you forgiveness from Him and abundance. Allah is All-Encompassing, All-Knowing. (268) He gives wisdom to whoever He wills and he who has been given wisdom has been given great good. But no one pays heed but people of intelligence. (269)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #267-269)
Those who give away their wealth by night and day, secretly and openly, will have their reward with their Lord. They will feel no fear and will know no sorrow. (274)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #274)
Arm yourselves against them with all the firepower and cavalry you can muster, to terrify the enemies of Allah and your enemies, and others besides them whom you do not know. Allah knows them. Anything you spend in the Way of Allah will be repaid to you in full. You will not be wronged. (60)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War), Surah # 8: Ayah # 60)
Those who believe and migrate and strive in the Way of Allah with their wealth and themselves have a higher rank with Allah. They are the ones who are victorious. (20)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Tawbah (The Repentance) or Bara’ah (The Disavowal), Surah # 9: Ayah # 20)
You who believe! Many of the rabbis and monks devour people’s property under false pretences and bar people from access to the Way of Allah. As for those who hoard up gold and silver and do not spend it in the Way of Allah, give them the news of a painful punishment. (34)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Tawbah (The Repentance) or Bara’ah (The Disavowal), Surah # 9: Ayah # 34)
Go out to fight, light-armed and heavy-armed, and strive with your wealth and yourselves in the Way of Allah. That is better for you if you only knew. (41)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Tawbah (The Repentance) or Bara’ah (The Disavowal), Surah # 9: Ayah # 41)
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)
But do not squander what you have. (26) Squanderers are brothers to the Satans, and Satan was ungrateful to his Lord. (27)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah # 26-27)
Do not keep your hand chained to your neck but do not extend it either to its full extent so that you sit there blamed and destitute. (29) Your Lord expands the provision of anyone He wills and restricts it. He is aware of and sees His servants. (30)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah # 29-30)
(Believers are) those who, when they spend, are neither extravagant nor mean, but take a stance mid way between the two. (67)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Furqan (The Criterion), Surah # 25: Ayah # 67)
You who believe! Do not let your wealth or children divert you from the remembrance of Allah. Whoever does that is lost. (9) Give from what We have provided for you before death comes to one of you and he says, ‘My Lord, if only you would give me a little more time so that I can give charity and be one of the righteous!’(10)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Munafiqun (The Hypocrites), Surah # 63: Ayah 9-10)
So have fear of Allah, as much as you are able to, and listen and obey and spend for your own benefit. It is the people who are safe-guarded from the avarice of their own selves who are successful. (16) If you make a generous loan to Allah He will multiply it for you and forgive you. Allah is All- Thankful, Most Forbearing. (17) (Allah is) the Knower of the Unseen and the Visible, the Almighty, the All-Wise. (18)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Taghabun (The Mutual Loss and Gain), Surah # 64: Ayah # 16-18)
He who has plenty should spend out from his plenty, but he whose provision is restricted should spend from what Allah has given him. Allah does not demand from any self more than He has given it. Allah will appoint after difficulty, ease. (7)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Talaq (Divorce), Surah # 65: Ayah #7)
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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Steadfastness:
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)
You who believe, be steadfast; be supreme in steadfastness; be firm on the battlefield; and have fear of Allah; so that hopefully you will be successful. (200)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al ‘Imran (The Family Of 'Imran, The House Of 'Imran), Surah # 3: Ayah # 200)
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)
(Believers are) those who are steadfast and put their trust in their Lord. (42)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nahl (The Bee), Surah # 16: Ayah # 42)
What is with you runs out but what is with Allah goes on for ever. Those who were steadfast will be recompensed according to the best of what they did. (96)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nahl (The Bee), Surah # 16: Ayah # 96)
So be steadfast in the face of what they say and glorify your Lord with praise before the rising of the sun and before its setting. And glorify Him during part of the night and at both ends of the day, so that hopefully you will be pleased. (130) Do not direct your eyes longingly to what We have given certain of them to enjoy, the flower of the life of this world, so that We can test them by it. Your Lord’s provision is better and longer lasting. (131)
(Holy Quran, Surah Ta Ha, Surah # 20, Ayah # 130-131)
(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)
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Struting (walking arrogantly):
Do not strut arrogantly about the earth. You will certainly never split the earth apart nor will you ever rival the mountains in height. (37)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah # 37)
(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)
