Page 469 - Learning from the Qur'an

NOT TO EXULT OVER THE
THINGS THAT ALLAH GIVES
Qarun was one of the people of Musa but he lorded it over them.
We gave him treasures, the keys alone to which were a heavy
weight for a party of strong men. When his people said to him;
'Do not gloat. Allah does not love people who gloat'. (Qur'an,
28:76)
That is so that you will not be grieved about the things that pass
you by or exult about the things that come to you.Allah does not
love any vain or boastful man. (Qur'an, 57:23)
Do not be like those who left their homes in arrogance, showing
off to people and barring them from the way of Allah—Allah
encompasses what they do. (Qur'an, 8:47)

NOT TO DESPISE PEOPLE
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. (Qur'an, 31:18)

TO BE MODERATE
Be moderate in your tread and lower your voice. The most hateful
of voices is the donkey's bray.' (Qur'an, 31:19)
You who believe! Do not raise your voices above the voice of the
Prophet and do not be as loud when speaking to him as you are
when speaking to one another, lest your actions should come to
nothing without your realising it. (Qur'an, 49:2)

NOT TO GIVE BRIBES IN ORDER
TO DEVOUR ONE ANOTHER'S
PROPERTY BY FALSE MEANS
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. (Qur'an, 2:188)

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