Page 36 - Learning from the Qur'an

To give relatives, the very poor
and travellers their due . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
To urge and support the protection
and feeding of the poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
To raise orphans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
To be indulgent to parents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
To treat adopted children well . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
To be tolerant towards captives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
To feed captives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
Not to eat meat over which the name of Allah
has not been mentioned as it is cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
To feed both those who ask and
those who are too shy to ask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
To migrate if necessary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
To eat lawful food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
Not to take those who do not migrate as friends . . . . . . . 487
To fulfil promises and contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
To be true to Allah's contract
when one has agreed to it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
To eat of the good things of lawful food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
Not to sell Allah's contract for self-interest . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
Not to say anything that one will not do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
To honour trusts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
To return the trust to its owner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
To bear true witnesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
To change one who has not borne true witness
with a true one . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
Not to lie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
That the believers should not be divided,
but be united . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
To see things with an eye for goodness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
Not to gloat over the plenty of blessings given . . . . . . . . 490
Not to be rebellious . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
To perform good deeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
The description of devoutness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
To act rightly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
To race each other to do good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
To pass on to another task when one is finished . . . . . . . 492
To turn away from worthless talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
To turn away from the ignorant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
Not to talk of the future with certainty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
To be aware that all Power belongs to Allah . . . . . . . . . . . 493
Not to have an insatiable love of wealth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493

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