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SOME SECRETS OF THE QUR'AN

Those who engage in good deeds

In other verses, God states that He will cover the bad
actions of those who act rightly. Some of the relevant verses
are as follows:
On the Day He gathers you for the Day of Gathering
- that is the Day of Profit and Loss. As for those who
believe in God and act rightly, We will erase their
bad actions from them and admit them into Gardens
with rivers flowing under them, remaining in them
timelessly, forever and ever. That is the Great
Victory! (Surat at-Taghabun: 9)
Except for those who make sincere repentance and
believe and act rightly: God will transform the
wrong actions of such people into good - God is
Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful - (Surat al-Furqan:
70)

Each act and all behaviour displayed to seek the favour of
God are a "righteous deed". For instance, any attitude such as
communicating the morality of the religion to people,
reminding someone who does not put his trust in God about
fate, hindering someone from gossiping, keeping one's house
and body clean, expanding one's horizons by reading and
learning, talking graciously, reminding people about the
hereafter, caring for the sick, showing love and compassion
to the elderly, earning money through lawful means so that
one can use it for the good of people, staving off evil with
good and patience can become righteous deeds when they
are done to earn the good pleasure of God. Those who desire
their wrong actions to be remitted and transformed into good
in the hereafter should always choose to act in the way that