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LIVING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE QUR'AN

REFRAINING FROM HAUGHTINESS; ALWAYS
ADOPTING A MODEST, HUMBLE ATTITUDE IN
THE WAY ONE WALKS, ACTS AND TALKS
Do not avert your face from people out of haughtiness and do not
strut about arrogantly on the earth. God does not love anyone who is
vain or boastful. ‘Be moderate in your tread…(Surah Luqman, 18-19)
Do not strut arrogantly about the earth. You will certainly never
split the earth apart nor will you ever rival the mountains in height.
(Surat al-Isra’, 37)

The servants of the All-Merciful are those who walk lightly on the
earth and, who, when the ignorant speak to them, say, ‘Peace’. (Surat
al-Furqan, 63)
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

neighbours who are related to you and neighbours who are not relat-
ed to you, and to companions and travellers and your slaves. God
does not love anyone vain or boastful. (Surat an-Nisa’, 36)
We have appointed a rite of sacrifice for every nation so that they
may invoke God’s name over the livestock He has given them. Your
God is One God so submit to Him. Give good news to the hum-
ble-hearted. (Surat al-Hajj, 34)
You who believe! If any of you renounce your religion, God will

bring forward a people whom He loves and who love Him, humble
to the believers, fierce to the disbelievers, who strive in the Way of
God and do not fear the blame of any censurer. That is the
unbounded favour of God which He gives to whoever He wills. God
is Boundless, All-Knowing. (Surat al-Ma’idah, 54)
Take them (your parents) under your wing, out of mercy, with due

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