Page 68 - Taking the Qur'an as a Guide

TAKING THE QUR'AN AS A GUIDE

● They are modest. (Surat al-Furqan: 63)
● They are compassionate and merciful. (Surat at-Tawba:
128)
● They enjoin the good and forbid evil. (Surah Al 'Imran:
104)
● They are in a mood of unity and solidarity. (Surah as-Saff:
4)
● They always advocate righteousness and justice, and
never support the wrongdoers. (Surat an-Nisa': 58, 105)
● They keep their promises. (Surat al-Baqara: 177)
● They turn away from profane talk. (Surat al-Furqan: 72)
● They are patient; hardships never deter them. (Surah Al
'Imran: 146; Surah Hud: 55)
● They are reliable and courageous. (Surah Yunus: 71)
● They abide by the principles of Islam. (Surat al-A'raf: 89)
● They do not force people to accept their ideas; they only
explain them. (Surat an-Nahl: 125)
● They do not seek to gain any interests in return for their ef-
forts. (Surat ash-Shura: 23)
● They do not avoid telling the truth. (Surat al-Ma'ida: 54)
● They take pleasure from arts and aesthetics.
● They are against bigotry and intolerance.
When these qualities become dominant, the moral degener-
ation, wars, cruelty, poverty, fraud, social disasters, troubles,
and hardships that currently prevail throughout the world
will be replaced by peace, security, justice, tolerance, friend-
ship, and charity, for the Qur'an's morality brings spiritual and
material wealth and beauty to humanity. In general, living by
the Qur'an will create everlasting solutions to all problems.

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