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LIVING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE QUR'AN

Those who repent, those who worship, those who praise, those who
fast, those who bow, those who prostrate, those who command the
right, those who forbid the wrong, those who preserve the limits
of God: give good news to the believers. (Surat at-Tawba, 112)

The men and women of the believers are friends of one another.
They command what is right and forbid what is wrong, and per-
form prayer and give the alms, and obey God and His Messenger.
They are the people on whom God will have mercy. God is
Almighty, All-Wise. (Surat at-Tawba, 71)
Would that there had been more people with a vestige of good

among the generations of those who came before you, who forbade
corruption in the earth, other than the few among them whom We
saved. Those who did wrong gladly pursued the life of luxury that
they were given and were evildoers. (Surah Hud, 116)

NOT FORGETTING ABOUT ONE’S SELF WHILE
COMMANDING OTHERS TO DO GOOD
Do you order people to devoutness and forget yourselves, when
you recite the Book? Will you not use your intellect? (Surat al-
Baqarah, 44)

REFRAINING FROM BEING STUBBORN AND
REBELLIOUS
And (We gave Yahya) devotion to his parents–he was not insolent
or disobedient. (Surah Maryam, 14)
God fulfilled His promise to you when you were slaughtering them
by His permission. But then you faltered, disputing the command,

and disobeyed after He showed you what you love. Among you are
those who want this world and among you are those who want the

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