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sophistication. The world's first hospitals were built in the
Islamic world, and the treatment of the mentally ill by means of
suggestion was first applied there. The moral values of the
Qur'an gave Muslims the compassion, affection, reason and un-
derstanding to do this.
Islamic moral values encourage believers to feel affection
and act compassionately towards the poor, the weak, the lowly,
the needy and those unable to care for themselves, and to make
sacrifices for, care for and protect them. In some of the verses of
the Qur'an, God has revealed how the weak, the poor and the el-
derly should be treated:
"… Worship none but God and be good to your parents and
to relatives and orphans and the very poor. And speak good
words to people. And perform prayer and give the alms."
(Surat al-Baqara, 83)
It is not devoutness to turn your faces to the East or to the
West. Rather, those with true devoutness are those who
believe in God and the Last Day, the Angels, the Book and
the prophets, and who, despite their love for it, give away
their wealth to their relatives and to orphans and the very
poor, and to travelers and beggars and to set slaves free, and
who perform prayer and give the alms; those who honor
their contracts when they make them, and are steadfast in
poverty and illness and in battle. Those are the people who
are true. They are the people who guard against evil. (Surat
al-Baqara, 177)
They will ask you what they should give away. Say, "Any
wealth you give away should go to your parents and rela-
tives and to orphans and the very poor and travelers."
Whatever good you do, God knows it. (Surat al-Baqara, 215)
Worship God and do not associate anything with Him. Be
good to your parents and relatives and to orphans and
the very poor, and to neighbors who are related to you
and neighbors who are not related to you, and to compan-
ions and travelers and your slaves. God does not love any-
one vain or boastful. (Surat an-Nisa', 36)