Page 391 - Learning from the Qur'an

THE QUR'AN COMMANDS PEOPLE
TO FORGIVE AND BE TOLERANT

Allah commands justice and doing good and giving to relatives.
And He forbids indecency and doing wrong and tyranny. He
warns you so that hopefully you will pay heed. (Qur'an, 16:90)
Correct and courteous words accompanied by forgiveness are
better than charity followed by insulting words. Allah is Rich
Beyond Need, All-Forbearing. (Qur'an, 2:263)
Whether you reveal a good act or keep it hidden, or pardon an
evil act, Allah is Ever-Pardoning, All-Powerful. (Qur'an, 4:149)
Make allowances for people, command what is right, and turn
away from the ignorant. (Qur'an, 7:199)
The repayment of a bad action is one equivalent to it. But if
someone pardons and puts things right, his reward is with Allah.
Certainly He does not love wrongdoers. But if people do defend
themselves when they are wronged, nothing can be held against
them for doing that. There are only grounds against those who
wrong people and act as tyrants in the earth without any right to
do so.Such people will have a painful punishment. But if someone
is steadfast and forgives,that is the most resolute course to follow.
(Qur'an, 42:40-43)
Those, who avoid major wrong actions and indecencies and who,
when they are angered, then forgive. (Qur'an, 42:37)

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