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72 SOLUTION THE VALUES OF THE QUR'AN

Love the poor and be near to them. If you love them, Allah will love you. If you take
care of them, Allah will take care of you. If you clothe them, Allah will clothe you. If
you feed them, Allah will feed you. Allah will be generous to you if you are generous. 7
In the former socialist countries we see another dimension of poverty;
the living standards of almost all individuals are low, independently of
particular conditions unlike those in developed and third world
countries. In these countries, there is a general poverty influencing almost
all the population. Consequences of poverty have an overall
impact over the whole country. The infrastructure of cities and
the social security systems prove to be inadequate, for
instance. Food is scarce. Unlike most countries, even if
you can afford it, food and goods are not available in
the marketplace.
It is possible to list many reasons accounting
for poverty. However, it would be more helpful
to discuss the impact of poverty on society and
ways to eradicate it. In the following chapters,
problems pertaining to poverty are
dealt with under particular sub-
topics.

Extravagance is widespread around
the world. However, there are people
on the streets trying to survive. If we
ignore the existence of these people,
we will not be listening to our
consciences.