ذَالِكَ الْكِتَبُ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ هُدًى لِّلْمُتَّقِين.

This is the Book; there is no doubt in it, is guidance for the pious. (Qur’an; 2:2)

الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ وَ يُقِيمُونَ الصَّلَوةَ وَ ممِّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنفِقُون‏ .

The faithful are only those who maintain the prayer and spend out of what We have provided them. (Qur’an; 2:3)

وَ الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بمِا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَ مَا أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ وَ بِالاَخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُون.

It is they who are truly the faithful. They shall have ranks near their Lord, forgiveness and a noble provision. (Qur’an; 2:4)

أُوْلَئكَ عَلىَ‏ هُدًى مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَ أُوْلَئكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُون‏.

Those follow their Lord’s guidance, and it is they who are the felicitous. (Qur’an; 2:5)

فىِ قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ فَزَادَهُمُ اللَّهُ مَرَضًا وَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمُ بِمَا كاَنُواْ يَكْذِبُونَ.

In their hearts is a disease, so God has increased their disease and there awaits them a painful punishment for that they were lying. (Qur’an; 2:10)

صُمُّ بُكْمٌ عُمْىٌ فَهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُون‏.

“Deaf, dumb, and blind, they will not come back.” (Qur’an; 2:18)

وَ لا تَلْبِسُوا الْحَقَّ بِالْباطِلِ وَ تَكْتُمُوا الْحَقَّ وَ أَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُون.

Do not mix the truth with falsehood, nor conceal the truth while you know. (Qur’an; 2:42)

وَ اسْتَعِينُواْ بِالصَّبرِْ وَ الصَّلَوةِ وَ إِنهََّا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا عَلىَ الخَْاشِعِين‏.

And take recourse in patience and prayer, and it is indeed hard except for the humble. (Qur’an; 2:45)

رَبَّنا وَ ابْعَثْ فيهِمْ رَسُولاً مِنْهُمْ يَتْلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ آياتِكَ وَ يُعَلِّمُهُمُ الْكِتابَ وَ الْحِكْمَةَ وَ يُزَكِّيهِمْ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزيزُ الْحَكيم.

Our Lord, raise amongst them an apostle from among them, who should recite to them Your signs, and teach them the Book and wisdom, and purify them. Indeed You are the All-mighty, the All-wise. (Qur’an; 2:129)

فَاذْكُرُوني‏ أَذْكُرْكُمْ وَ اشْكُرُوا لي‏ وَ لا تَكْفُرُون.

Remember Me, and I will remember you, and thank Me, and do not be ungrateful to Me. (Qur’an; 2:152)

يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَعينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ وَ الصَّلاةِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الصَّابِرين.

O you who have faith! Take recourse in patience and prayer; indeed God is with the patient. (Qur’an; 2:153)

وَ لَنَبْلُوَنَّكُمْ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ مِنَ الْخَوْفِ وَ الْجُوعِ وَ نَقْصٍ مِنَ الْأَمْوالِ وَ الْأَنْفُسِ وَ الثَّمَراتِ وَ بَشِّرِ الصَّابِرين .

And we will surely test you with a measure of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth, lives, and fruits; and give good news to those who are patient. (Qur’an; 2:155)

الَّذينَ إِذا أَصابَتْهُمْ مُصيبَةٌ قالُوا إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَ إِنَّا إِلَيْهِ راجِعُون.

Those who, when an affliction visits them, say, “Indeed we belong to God, and to Him do we indeed return. (Qur’an; 2:156)

أُولئِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ صَلَواتٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ وَ رَحْمَةٌ وَ أُولئِكَ هُمُ الْمُهْتَدُون .

It is they who receive the blessings of their Lord and His mercy, and it is they who are the rightly guided. (Qur’an; 2:157)

إِلاَّ الَّذينَ تابُوا وَ أَصْلَحُوا وَ بَيَّنُوا فَأُولئِكَ أَتُوبُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ أَنَا التَّوَّابُ الرَّحيم.

Except those who repent and amend and manifest the truth [which they have concealed], for those I will accept their repentance, for I am the all-clement, the all-merciful. (Qur’an; 2:160)

وَ إِلهُكُمْ إِلهٌ واحِدٌ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ الرَّحْمنُ الرَّحيم.

Your god is the One God, there is no god except Him, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful. (Qur’an; 2:163)

إِنَّ في‏ خَلْقِ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ اخْتِلافِ اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهارِ وَ الْفُلْكِ الَّتي‏ تَجْري فِي الْبَحْرِ بِما يَنْفَعُ النَّاسَ وَ ما أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ مِنَ السَّماءِ مِنْ ماءٍ فَأَحْيا بِهِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِها وَ بَثَّ فيها مِنْ كُلِّ دابَّةٍ وَ تَصْريفِ الرِّياحِ وَ السَّحابِ الْمُسَخَّرِ بَيْنَ السَّماءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ لَآياتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُون .

In the creation of the heavens and the earth, the alternation of the night and the day, in the ships that sail in the sea with their load…. in the rain which God sends down from the sky and thus revives the earth after its death; and then He spread in all kinds of animals; in the changing of the winds, in the clouds which have been left suspending between the heaven and the earth; in all these are clear signs for the people who understand. (Qur’an; 2:164)

وَ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَتَّخِذُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ أَنْداداً يُحِبُّونَهُمْ كَحُبِّ اللَّهِ وَ الَّذينَ آمَنُوا أَشَدُّ حُبًّا لِلَّهِ وَ لَوْ يَرَى الَّذينَ ظَلَمُوا إِذْ يَرَوْنَ الْعَذابَ أَنَّ الْقُوَّةَ لِلَّهِ جَميعاً وَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ شَديدُ الْعَذاب.

Among the people are those who set up compeers besides God, loving them as if loving God but the faithful have a more ardent love for God though the wrongdoers will see, when they sight the punishment, that power, altogether, belongs to God, and that God is severe in punishment. (Qur’an; 2:165)

يا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ كُلُوا مِمَّا فِي الْأَرْضِ حَلالاً طَيِّباً وَ لا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُواتِ الشَّيْطانِ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُبين.

O mankind! Eat of what is lawful and pure in the earth, and do not follow in Satan’s steps. Indeed, he is your manifest enemy. (Qur’an; 2:168)

إِنَّما يَأْمُرُكُمْ بِالسُّوءِ وَ الْفَحْشاءِ وَ أَنْ تَقُولُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ ما لا تَعْلَمُون.

He only prompts you to commit evil and indecent acts, and that you attribute to God what you do not know. (Qur’an; 2:169)

يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنُوا كُلُوا مِنْ طَيِّباتِ ما رَزَقْناكُمْ وَ اشْكُرُوا لِلَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُون.

O you who have faith! Eat of the good things We have provided you, and thank God, if it is Him that you worship. (Qur’an; 2:172)

لَيْسَ الْبِرَّ أَنْ تُوَلُّوا وُجُوهَكُمْ قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَ لكِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَ الْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَ الْمَلائِكَةِ وَ الْكِتابِ وَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ آتَى الْمالَ عَلى‏ حُبِّهِ ذَوِي الْقُرْبى‏ وَ الْيَتامى‏ وَ الْمَساكينَ وَ ابْنَ السَّبيلِ وَ السَّائِلينَ وَ فِي الرِّقابِ وَ أَقامَ الصَّلاةَ وَ آتَى الزَّكاةَ وَ الْمُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِهِمْ إِذا عاهَدُوا وَ الصَّابِرينَ فِي الْبَأْساءِ وَ الضَّرَّاءِ وَ حينَ الْبَأْسِ أُولئِكَ الَّذينَ صَدَقُوا وَ أُولئِكَ هُمُ الْمُتَّقُون .

Piety is not to turn your faces to the east or the west; rather, piety is [personified by] those who have faith in God and the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets. Moreover, who give their wealth, for the love of Him, to relatives, orphans, the needy, the traveler and the beggar, and for [the freeing of] the slaves, and maintain the prayer and give the zakat, and those who fulfill their covenants, when they pledge themselves, and those who are patient in stress and distress, and in the heat of battle. They are the ones who are true] to their covenant [, and it is they who are the God wary. (Qur’an; 2:177)

يُريدُ اللَّهُ بِكُمُ الْيُسْرَ وَ لا يُريدُ بِكُمُ الْعُسْر.

God desires ease for you, and He does not desire hardship for you. (Qur’an; 2:185)

وَ إِذا سَأَلَكَ عِبادي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَريبٌ أُجيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذا دَعانِ فَلْيَسْتَجيبُوا لي‏ وَ لْيُؤْمِنُوا بي‏ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُون.

When My servants ask you about Me, tell them that I am indeed near answering the calls of those who call to Me. So let them respond to Me and believe in Me. (Qur’an; 2:186)

وَ قاتِلُوا في‏ سَبيلِ اللَّهِ الَّذينَ يُقاتِلُونَكُمْ وَ لا تَعْتَدُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُحِبُّ الْمُعْتَدين . وَ اقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْ وَ أَخْرِجُوهُمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَخْرَجُوكُمْ وَ الْفِتْنَةُ أَشَدُّ مِنَ الْقَتْلِ وَ لا تُقاتِلُوهُمْ عِنْدَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرامِ حَتَّى يُقاتِلُوكُمْ فيهِ فَإِنْ قاتَلُوكُمْ فَاقْتُلُوهُمْ كَذلِكَ جَزاءُ الْكافِرين .

Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of night and day, there are signs for those who possess intellects. Those who remember God standing, sitting, and lying on their sides, and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth [and say], “Our Lord, You have not created this in vain! Immaculate are You! Save us from the punishment of the Fire.’ (Qur’an; 2: 190-191)

مِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَقُولُ رَبَّنا آتِنا فِي الدُّنْيا وَ ما لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلاق. وَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ رَبَّنا آتِنا فِي الدُّنْيا حَسَنَةً وَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَ قِنا عَذابَ النَّار. أُولئِكَ لَهُمْ نَصيبٌ مِمَّا كَسَبُوا وَ اللَّهُ سَريعُ الْحِساب.

Among the people there are those who say, “Our Lord, give us in this world,” but for such there is no share in the Hereafter. Moreover, among them there are those who say, “Our Lord, give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and save us from the punishment of the Fire.” Such shall partake of what they have earned, and God is swift at reckoning. (Qur’an; 2: 200-202)

يَسْئَلُونَكَ مَا ذَا يُنفِقُونَ قُلْ مَا أَنفَقْتُم مِّنْ خَيرٍْ فَلِلْوَالِدَيْنِ وَ الْأَقْرَبِينَ وَ الْيَتَامَى‏ وَ الْمَسَاكِينِ وَ ابْنِ السَّبِيلِ وَ مَا تَفْعَلُواْ مِنْ خَيرٍْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ بِهِ عَلِيم‏.

They ask you what they should spend, say, “What you spend out of goodness should go to your family and the relatives and the orphans, and the needy, and the wayfarer. And any good you do, God is fully aware of it.” (Qur’an; 2:215)

عَسى‏ أَنْ تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئاً وَ هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ وَ عَسى‏ أَنْ تُحِبُّوا شَيْئاً وَ هُوَ شَرٌّ لَكُمْ وَ اللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَ أَنْتُمْ لا تَعْلَمُون .

It may be that you dislike something while it is good for you, and it may be that you love something while it is bad for you. God knows and you do not know. (Qur’an; 2:216)

يَسْئَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْخَمْرِ وَ الْمَيْسِرِ قُلْ فيهِما إِثْمٌ كَبيرٌ وَ مَنافِعُ لِلنَّاسِ وَ إِثْمُهُما أَكْبَرُ مِنْ نَفْعِهِما وَ يَسْئَلُونَكَ ما ذا يُنْفِقُونَ قُلِ الْعَفْوَ كَذلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمُ الْآياتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَفَكَّرُون .

They ask you concerning wine and gambling. Say, “There is a great sin in both of them, and some profits for the people, but their sinfulness outweighs their profit.” And they ask you as to what they should spend. Say, “All that is surplus.” Thus does God clarify His signs for you so that you may reflect. (Qur’an; 2:219)

إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ التَّوَّابينَ وَ يُحِبُّ الْمُتَطَهِّرين .

Indeed God loves the penitent and He loves those who keep clean. (Qur’an; 2:222)

إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَ لكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لا يَشْكُرُون .

Indeed God is gracious to mankind, but most people do not give thanks. (Qur’an; 2:243)

وَ قَتَلَ داوُدُ جالُوتَ وَ آتاهُ اللَّهُ الْمُلْكَ وَ الْحِكْمَةَ وَ عَلَّمَهُ مِمَّا يَشاءُ وَ لَوْ لا دَفْعُ اللَّهِ النَّاسَ بَعْضَهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ لَفَسَدَتِ الْأَرْضُ وَ لكِنَّ اللَّهَ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى الْعالَمين.

And David killed Goliath, and God gave him the kingship and the wisdom and taught him what He wished. Were it not for God’s repelling the people by means of one another, the earth would surely have been corrupted; but God is gracious to the world's creatures. (Qur’an; 2:251)

اللَّهُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ لا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَ لا نَوْمٌ لَهُ ما فِي السَّماواتِ وَ ما فِي الْأَرْضِ مَنْ ذَا الَّذي يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِهِ يَعْلَمُ ما بَيْنَ أَيْديهِمْ وَ ما خَلْفَهُمْ وَ لا يُحيطُونَ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلاَّ بِما شاءَ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ وَ لا يَؤُدُهُ حِفْظُهُما وَ هُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظيم.

God there is no god except Him is the Living One, the All-sustainer. Neither drowsiness befalls Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that may intercede with Him except with His permission? He knows that which is before them and that which is behind them, and they do not comprehend anything of His knowledge except what He wishes. His seat embraces the heavens and the earth, and He is not wearied by their preservation, and He is the All-exalted, the All-supreme. (Qur’an; 2:255)

لا إِكْراهَ فِي الدِّينِ قَدْ تَبَيَّنَ الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَيِّ فَمَنْ يَكْفُرْ بِالطَّاغُوتِ وَ يُؤْمِنْ بِاللَّهِ فقد استَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقى‏ لاَ انْفِصامَ لَها وَ اللَّهُ سَميعٌ عَليم.

There is no compulsion in religion; rectitude has become distinct from error. So one who disavows the Rebels and has faith in God has held fast to the firmest handle for which there is no breaking; and God is all-hearing, all-knowing. (Qur’an; 2:256)

اللَّهُ وَلِيُّ الَّذينَ آمَنُوا يُخْرِجُهُمْ مِنَ الظُّلُماتِ إِلَى النُّورِ وَ الَّذينَ كَفَرُوا أَوْلِياؤُهُمُ الطَّاغُوتُ يُخْرِجُونَهُمْ مِنَ النُّورِ إِلَى الظُّلُماتِ أُولئِكَ أَصْحابُ النَّارِ هُمْ فيها خالِدُون

God is the Guardian of the faithful. He brings them out of darkness into light. As for the faithless, their patrons are the Rebels, who drive them out of light into darkness. They shall be the inmates of the Fire, and they shall remain in it forever. (Qur’an; 2:257)

مَثَلُ الَّذينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوالَهُمْ في‏ سَبيلِ اللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنْبَتَتْ سَبْعَ سَنابِلَ في‏ كُلِّ سُنْبُلَةٍ مِائَةُ حَبَّةٍ وَ اللَّهُ يُضاعِفُ لِمَنْ يَشاءُ وَ اللَّهُ واسِعٌ عَليم.

Parable of those who spend their wealth in the way of God is that of a grain which grows seven ears, in every ear a hundred grains. God enhances several fold whomever He wishes, and God is all-bounteous, all-knowing. (Qur’an; 2:261)

الَّذينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوالَهُمْ في‏ سَبيلِ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ لا يُتْبِعُونَ ما أَنْفَقُوا مَنًّا وَ لا أَذىً لَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ وَ لا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ لا هُمْ يَحْزَنُون .

Those who spend their wealth in the way of God and then do not follow up what they have spent with reproaches and affronts (with insult nor harm), they shall have their reward near their Lord, and they will have no fear, nor will they grieve. (Qur’an; 2:262)

قَوْلٌ مَعْرُوفٌ وَ مَغْفِرَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ صَدَقَةٍ يَتْبَعُها أَذىً وَ اللَّهُ غَنِيٌّ حَليم.

A kind word [with the needy] and forgiveness are better than charity that is followed by annoying. God is all-sufficient, most forbearing. (Qur’an; 2:263)

يَأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تُبْطِلُواْ صَدَقَاتِكُم بِالْمَنّ‏ِ وَ الْأَذَى‏ كاَلَّذِى يُنفِقُ مَالَهُ رِئَاءَ النَّاسِ وَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَ الْيَوْمِ الاَْخِرِ فَمَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ صَفْوَانٍ عَلَيْهِ تُرَابٌ فَأَصَابَهُ وَابِلٌ فَتَرَكَهُ صَلْدًا لَّا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلىَ‏ شىَ‏ْءٍ مِّمَّا كَسَبُواْ وَ اللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى الْقَوْمَ الْكَافِرِينَ .

O you who have faith! Do not render your charities void by reproaches and affronts, like those who spend their wealth to be seen by people and have no faith in God and the Last Day. Their parable is that of a rock covered with soil: a downpour strikes it, leaving it bare. They have no power over anything of what they have earned, and God does not guide the faithless lot. (Qur’an; 2:264)

وَ مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُمُ ابْتِغَاءَ مَرْضَاتِ اللَّهِ وَ تَثْبِيتًا مِّنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ كَمَثَلِ جَنَّةِ بِرَبْوَةٍ أَصَابَهَا وَابِلٌ فََاتَتْ أُكُلَهَا ضِعْفَينْ‏ِ فَإِن لَّمْ يُصِبهَْا وَابِلٌ فَطَلٌّ وَ اللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ.

The parable of those who spend their wealth seeking God's pleasure and to confirm themselves, is that of a garden on a hillside: the downpour strikes it, whereupon it brings forth its fruit twofold; and if it is not a downpour that strikes it, then a shower, and God sees best what you do. (Qur’an; 2:265)

أَ يَوَدُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَن تَكُونَ لَهُ جَنَّةٌ مِّن نَّخِيلٍ وَ أَعْنَابٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَرُ لَهُ فِيهَا مِن كُلّ‏ِ الثَّمَرَاتِ وَ أَصَابَهُ الْكِبرَُ وَ لَهُ ذُرِّيَّةٌ ضُعَفَاءُ فَأَصَابَهَا إِعْصَارٌ فِيهِ نَارٌ فَاحْترََقَتْ كَذَالِكَ يُبَينِ‏ُّ اللَّهُ لَكُمُ الاَْيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَفَكَّرُونَ .

Would any of you like to have a garden of palm trees and vines, with streams running in it, with all kinds of fruit for him therein, and old age were to strike him while he has weakly offspring; whereupon a fiery hurricane were to hit it, whereat it lies burnt? Thus does God clarify His signs for you so that you may reflect. (Qur’an; 2:266)

يَأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ أَنفِقُواْ مِن طَيِّبَاتِ مَا كَسَبْتُمْ وَ مِمَّا أَخْرَجْنَا لَكُم مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ وَ لَا تَيَمَّمُواْ الْخَبِيثَ مِنْهُ تُنفِقُونَ وَ لَسْتُم بَِاخِذِيهِ إِلَّا أَن تُغْمِضُواْ فِيهِ وَ اعْلَمُواْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ غَنىِ‏ٌّ حَمِيد.

O you who have faith! Spend of the good things you have earned, and of what We bring forth for you from the earth, and do not be of the mind to give the bad part of it, for you yourselves would not take it, unless you overlook it. And know that God is all-sufficient, all-laudable. (Qur’an; 2:267)

الشَّيْطانُ يَعِدُكُمُ الْفَقْرَ وَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ بِالْفَحْشاءِ وَ اللَّهُ يَعِدُكُمْ مَغْفِرَةً مِنْهُ وَ فَضْلاً وَ اللَّهُ واسِعٌ عَليم.

Satan frightens you of poverty and prompts you to commit indecent acts. But God promises you His forgiveness and grace, and God is all-bounteous, all-knowing. (Qur’an; 2:268)

وَ ما أَنْفَقْتُمْ مِنْ نَفَقَةٍ أَوْ نَذَرْتُمْ مِنْ نَذْرٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُهُ وَ ما لِلظَّالِمينَ مِنْ أَنْصارِ.

Whatever charity you may give, God indeed knows it, and the wrongdoers have no helpers. (Qur’an; 2:270)

إِنْ تُبْدُوا الصَّدَقاتِ فَنِعِمَّا هِيَ وَ إِنْ تُخْفُوها وَ تُؤْتُوهَا الْفُقَراءَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ وَ يُكَفِّرُ عَنْكُمْ مِنْ سَيِّئاتِكُمْ وَ اللَّهُ بِما تَعْمَلُونَ خَبير.

If you disclose your charities, that is well, but if you hide them and give them to the poor, that is better for you, and it will atone for some of your misdeeds, and God is well aware of what you do. (Qur’an; 2:271)

الَّذينَ يَأْكُلُونَ الرِّبا لا يَقُومُونَ إِلاَّ كَما يَقُومُ الَّذي يَتَخَبَّطُهُ الشَّيْطانُ مِنَ الْمَسِّ ذلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قالُوا إِنَّمَا الْبَيْعُ مِثْلُ الرِّبا وَ أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ الْبَيْعَ وَ حَرَّمَ الرِّبا فَمَنْ جاءَهُ مَوْعِظَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِ فَانْتَهى‏ فَلَهُ ما سَلَفَ وَ أَمْرُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَ مَنْ عادَ فَأُولئِكَ أَصْحابُ النَّارِ هُمْ فيها خالِدُون .

Those who exact usury will not stand but like one deranged by the Devil’s touch. That is because they say, “Trade is just like usury,” while God has allowed trade and forbidden usury. Whoever, on receiving advice from his Lord, relinquishes usury, shall keep [the gains of] what is past, and his matter shall rest with God. As for those who resume, they shall be the inmates of the Fire and they shall remain in it. (Qur’an; 2:275)

يَمْحَقُ اللَّهُ الرِّبا وَ يُرْبِي الصَّدَقاتِ وَ اللَّهُ لا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ أَثيم.

God brings usury to naught, but He causes charitable deeds to prosper. God does not love any ungrateful sinner. (Qur’an; 2:276)

يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَ ذَرُوا ما بَقِيَ مِنَ الرِّبا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنين. فَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا فَأْذَنُوا بِحَرْبٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ وَ إِنْ تُبْتُمْ فَلَكُمْ رُؤُسُ أَمْوالِكُمْ لا تَظْلِمُونَ وَ لا تُظْلَمُون .

O you who have faith! Be wary of God, and abandon [all claims to] what remains of usury, should you be faithful. If you do not give up, then you have involved yourselves in a war against God and His Messenger; but if you repent, you shall have your capital; neither you deal unjustly [with others] and nor will you be dealt unjustly. (Qur’an; 2: 278-279)

لِلَّهِ ما فِي السَّماواتِ وَ ما فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ إِنْ تُبْدُوا ما في‏ أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ يُحاسِبْكُمْ بِهِ اللَّهُ فَيَغْفِرُ لِمَنْ يَشاءُ وَ يُعَذِّبُ مَنْ يَشاءُ وَ اللَّهُ عَلى‏ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَدير.

To God belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth; and whether you disclose what is in your hearts or hide it, God will bring you to account for it. Then He will forgive whomever He wishes and punish whomever He wishes, and God has power over all things. (Qur’an; 2:284)

لا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْساً إِلاَّ وُسْعَها لَها ما كَسَبَتْ وَ عَلَيْها مَا اكْتَسَبَتْ رَبَّنا لا تُؤاخِذْنا إِنْ نَسينا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنا رَبَّنا وَ لا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنا إِصْراً كَما حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذينَ مِنْ قَبْلِنا رَبَّنا وَ لا تُحَمِّلْنا ما لا طاقَةَ لَنا بِهِ وَ اعْفُ عَنَّا وَ اغْفِرْ لَنا وَ ارْحَمْنا أَنْتَ مَوْلانا فَانْصُرْنا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكافِرين .

God does not task any soul beyond its capacity. Whatever good it earns is to its benefit, and whatever evil it incurs is to its harm. “Our Lord! Take us not to task if we forget or make mistakes! Our Lord! Place not upon us a burden as You placed on those who were before us! Our Lord! Lay not upon us what we have no strength to bear! Excuse us and forgive us, and be merciful to us! You are our Master, so help us against the faithless lot! (Qur’an; 2:286)

يَوْمَ تَجِدُ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ما عَمِلَتْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ مُحْضَراً وَ ما عَمِلَتْ مِنْ سُوءٍ تَوَدُّ لَوْ أَنَّ بَيْنَها وَ بَيْنَهُ أَمَداً بَعيداً وَ يُحَذِّرُكُمُ اللَّهُ نَفْسَهُ وَ اللَّهُ رَؤُفٌ بِالْعِباد.

The day when every soul will find present whatever good it has done; and as to whatever evil it has done it will wish there were a far distance between it and itself. (Qur’an; 3:30)

قُلْ إِن كُنتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اللَّهَ فَاتَّبِعُونىِ يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللَّهُ وَ يَغْفِرْ لَكمُ‏ْ ذُنُوبَكمُ‏ْ وَ اللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيم.‏

Say [O messenger], “If you love God then follow me so God will love you and forgive your sins.” God is Forgiver, Merciful. (Qur’an; 3:31)

فَمَنْ حَاجَّكَ فِيهِ مِن بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَكَ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ فَقُلْ تَعَالَوْاْ نَدْعُ أَبْنَاءَنَا وَ أَبْنَاءَكمُ‏ْ وَ نِسَاءَنَا وَ نِسَاءَكُمْ وَ أَنفُسَنَا وَ أَنفُسَكُمْ ثُمَّ نَبْتهَِلْ فَنَجْعَل لَّعْنَتَ اللَّهِ عَلىَ الْكَذِبِين.

But whoever disputes with you in this matter after what has come to you of knowledge, then say, Come let us call our sons and your sons and our women and your women and our near people and your near people, then let us be earnest in prayer, and pray for the curse of God on the liars. (Qur’an; 3:61)

إِلاَّ الَّذينَ تابُوا مِنْ بَعْدِ ذلِكَ وَ أَصْلَحُوا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحيم.

Except those who repent after that and amend, then surely God is all-forgiving, all-merciful. (Qur’an; 3:89)

يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقاتِهِ وَ لا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلاَّ وَ أَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُون .

O you who believe, revere God (and be wary of God) as He deserves to be revered and do not die except as ones who have surrendered. (Qur’an; 3:102)

وَ لْتَكُن مِّنكُمْ أُمَّةٌ يَدْعُونَ إِلىَ الخَْيرِْ وَ يَأْمُرُونَ بِالمَْعْرُوفِ وَ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ وَ أُوْلَئكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُون .

There has to be a nation among you summoning to the good, enjoining the right, and forbidding the evil; they are the successful ones. (Qur’an; 3:104)

كُنْتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ تَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَ لَوْ آمَنَ أَهْلُ الْكِتابِ لَكانَ خَيْراً لَهُمْ مِنْهُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَ أَكْثَرُهُمُ الْفاسِقُون.

You are the best nation [ever] brought forth for mankind: you bid what is right and forbid what is wrong, and have faith in God. And if the People of the Book had believed, it would have been better for them. Among them [some] are faithful, but most of them are transgressors. (Qur’an; 3:110)

يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنُوا لا تَأْكُلُوا الرِّبَوا أَضْعافاً مُضاعَفَةً وَ اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

O, you who believe! Do not devour Usury with increasing profits; and fear from the disobedience of God so that you may receive salvation. (Qur’an; 3:130)

وَ اتَّقُوا النَّارَ الَّتي‏ أُعِدَّتْ لِلْكافِرين.

And beware of the Fire which has been prepared for the faithless. (Qur’an; 3:131)

وَ أَطيعُوا اللَّهَ وَ الرَّسُولَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُون .

And obey God and the Apostle so that you may be granted His mercy. (Qur’an; 3:132)

وَ سارِعُوا إِلى‏ مَغْفِرَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَ جَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا السَّماواتُ وَ الْأَرْضُ أُعِدَّتْ لِلْمُتَّقين.

Hasten towards your Lord's forgiveness and a paradise as vast as the heavens and the earth, prepared for the God wary. (Qur’an; 3:133)

الَّذينَ يُنْفِقُونَ فِي السَّرَّاءِ وَ الضَّرَّاءِ وَ الْكاظِمينَ الْغَيْظَ وَ الْعافينَ عَنِ النَّاسِ وَ اللَّهُ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنين.

Those who spend in ease and adversity, and suppress their anger, and excuse [the faults of] the people, and God loves the virtuous. (Qur’an; 3:134)

وَ الَّذينَ إِذا فَعَلُوا فاحِشَةً أَوْ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ ذَكَرُوا اللَّهَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا لِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَ مَنْ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَ لَمْ يُصِرُّوا عَلى‏ ما فَعَلُوا وَ هُمْ يَعْلَمُون .

Those who, if they commit any evil, or wrong themselves, they remember God and seek forgiveness for their sins. Moreover, who can forgive the sins except God? They do not persist in what they have done while they know. (Qur’an; 3:135)

أُولئِكَ جَزاؤُهُمْ مَغْفِرَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ وَ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْري مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهارُ خالِدينَ فيها وَ نِعْمَ أَجْرُ الْعامِلين.

Their reward is forgiveness from their Lord, and gardens with streams running in them, to remain in them [forever]. How excellent is the reward of the workers. (Qur’an; 3:136)

أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَن تَدْخُلُواْ الْجَنَّةَ وَ لَمَّا يَعْلَمِ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ جَهَدُواْ مِنكُمْ وَ يَعْلَمَ الصَّابرِِينَ

Do you suppose that you would enter paradise, while God has not yet ascertained those of you who have waged jihad (who would strive amongst you and knowing those who are patient) and not ascertained the steadfast? (Qur’an; 3:142)

وَ لا تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذينَ قُتِلُوا في‏ سَبيلِ اللَّهِ أَمْواتاً بَلْ أَحْياءٌ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ يُرْزَقُون . فَرِحينَ بِما آتاهُمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ وَ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ بِالَّذينَ لَمْ يَلْحَقُوا بِهِمْ مِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ أَلاَّ خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ لا هُمْ يَحْزَنُون. يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ بِنِعْمَةٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ فَضْلٍ وَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُضيعُ أَجْرَ الْمُؤْمِنين.

Do not suppose those who were slain in the way of God to be dead; rather they are living and provided for near their Lord. Exulting in what God has given them out of His grace, and rejoicing for those who have not yet joined them from [those left] behind them that they will have no fear, nor will they grieve. They rejoice in God’s blessing and grace, and that God does not waste the reward of the faithful. (Qur’an; 3: 169-171)

الَّذينَ قالَ لَهُمُ النَّاسُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُوا لَكُمْ فَاخْشَوْهُمْ فَزادَهُمْ إيماناً وَ قالُوا حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَ نِعْمَ الْوَكيل.

Those, to whom the people said, “All the people have gathered against you; so fear them.” But that only increased them in faith, and they said, “God is sufficient for us, and He is an excellent trustee. (Qur’an; 3:173)

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذائِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ وَ إِنَّما تُوَفَّوْنَ أُجُورَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيامَةِ فَمَنْ زُحْزِحَ عَنِ النَّارِ وَ أُدْخِلَ الْجَنَّةَ فَقَدْ فازَ وَ مَا الْحَياةُ الدُّنْيا إِلاَّ مَتاعُ الْغُرُور.

Every soul shall taste death, and you will indeed be paid your full rewards on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever is delivered from the Fire and admitted to paradise has certainly succeeded. The life of this world is nothing but the wares of delusion. (Qur’an; 3:185)

إِنَّ في‏ خَلْقِ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ اخْتِلافِ اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهارِ لَآياتٍ لِأُولِي الْأَلْباب.

Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of night and day, there are signs for those who possess intellects. (Qur’an; 3:190)

الَّذينَ يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ قِياماً وَ قُعُوداً وَ عَلى‏ جُنُوبِهِمْ وَ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ في‏ خَلْقِ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ رَبَّنا ما خَلَقْتَ هذا باطِلاً سُبْحانَكَ فَقِنا عَذابَ النَّار.

Those who remember God standing, sitting, and lying on their sides, and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth and say, “Our Lord, You have not created this in vain! Immaculate are You! Save us from the punishment of the Fire. (Qur’an; 3:191)

يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنُوا اصْبِرُوا وَ صابِرُوا وَ رابِطُوا وَ اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُون .

O you, who believe, be patient and call for patience, and bond together and revere God that you may succeed. (Qur’an; 3:200)

إِنَّمَا التَّوْبَةُ عَلَى اللَّهِ لِلَّذينَ يَعْمَلُونَ السُّوءَ بِجَهالَةٍ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُونَ مِنْ قَريبٍ فَأُولئِكَ يَتُوبُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ كانَ اللَّهُ عَليماً حَكيما.

[Acceptance of] repentance by God is only for those who commit evil out of ignorance, then repent promptly. It is such whose repentance God will accept and God is all-knowing, all-wise. (Qur’an; 4:17)

وَ لَيْسَتِ التَّوْبَةُ لِلَّذينَ يَعْمَلُونَ السَّيِّئاتِ حَتَّى إِذا حَضَرَ أَحَدَهُمُ الْمَوْتُ قالَ إِنِّي تُبْتُ الْآنَ وَ لاَ الَّذينَ يَمُوتُونَ وَ هُمْ كُفَّارٌ أُولئِكَ أَعْتَدْنا لَهُمْ عَذاباً أَليما.

[Acceptance of] repentance is not for those who go on committing misdeeds: when death approaches any of them, he says, “I repent now.” Nor is it for those who die while they are faithless. For such We have prepared a painful punishment.’ (Qur’an; 4:18)

وَ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَ لا تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئاً وَ بِالْوالِدَيْنِ إِحْساناً وَ بِذِي الْقُرْبى‏ وَ الْيَتامى‏ وَ الْمَساكينِ وَ الْجارِ ذِي الْقُرْبى‏ وَ الْجارِ الْجُنُبِ وَ الصَّاحِبِ بِالْجَنْبِ وَ ابْنِ السَّبيلِ وَ ما مَلَكَتْ أَيْمانُكُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُحِبُّ مَنْ كانَ مُخْتالاً فَخُوراً.

Worship God and do not ascribe any partners to Him, and be good to parents, the relatives, the orphans, the needy, the near neighbor and the distant neighbor, the companion at your side, the traveler, and your slaves. Indeed God does not like anyone who is arrogant and braggart. (Qur’an; 4:36)

الَّذينَ يَبْخَلُونَ وَ يَأْمُرُونَ النَّاسَ بِالْبُخْلِ وَ يَكْتُمُونَ ما آتاهُمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ وَ أَعْتَدْنا لِلْكافِرينَ عَذاباً مُهينا.

Those who are stingy and bid [other] people to be stingy, and conceal whatever God has given them out of His grace; and We have prepared for the faithless a humiliating punishment; (Qur’an; 4:37)

وَ الَّذينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوالَهُمْ رِئاءَ النَّاسِ وَ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَ لا بِالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَ مَنْ يَكُنِ الشَّيْطانُ لَهُ قَريناً فَساءَ قَرينا.

Those who spend their wealth to be seen by people, and believe neither in God nor in the Last Day. As for him who has Satan for his companion, an evil companion is he! (Qur’an; 4:38)

إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يَغْفِرُ أَنْ يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَ يَغْفِرُ ما دُونَ ذلِكَ لِمَنْ يَشاءُ وَ مَنْ يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ فَقَدِ افْتَرى‏ إِثْماً عَظيماً.

Indeed God does not forgive that any partner should be ascribed to Him, but He forgives anything besides that to whomever He wishes. Moreover, whoever ascribes partners to God has indeed fabricated [a lie] in great sinfulness. (Qur’an; 4:48)

وَ ما أَرْسَلْنا مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلاَّ لِيُطاعَ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ وَ لَوْ أَنَّهُمْ إِذْ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ جاؤُكَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا اللَّهَ وَ اسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُمُ الرَّسُولُ لَوَجَدُوا اللَّهَ تَوَّاباً رَحيماً.

If They had come to you [O, Messenger] When they had wronged themselves and Had begged God’s Forgiveness [through You] and the Messenger had begged Forgiveness for them, indeed they would Have found God all-clement, all-merciful. (Qur’an; 4:64)

فَلا وَ رَبِّكَ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ حَتَّى يُحَكِّمُوكَ فيما شَجَرَ بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ لا يَجِدُوا في‏ أَنْفُسِهِمْ حَرَجاً مِمَّا قَضَيْتَ وَ يُسَلِّمُوا تَسْليما.

But no, by your Lord! They will not believe until they make you a judge in their disputes, then do not find within their hearts any dissent to your verdict and submit in full submission. (Qur’an; 4:65)

مَّن يُطِعِ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدْ أَطَاعَ اللَّهَ وَ مَن تَوَلىَ‏ فَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَفِيظًا.

Whoever obeys the Apostle certainly obeys God; and as for those who turn their backs [on you], We have not sent you to keep watch over them. (Qur’an; 4:80)

أَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ وَ تَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ كَفى‏ بِاللَّهِ وَكيلا.

Turn away from them and put your trust in God. God is enough for your trust. (Qur’an; 4:81)

إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يَغْفِرُ أَنْ يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَ يَغْفِرُ ما دُونَ ذلِكَ لِمَنْ يَشاءُ وَ مَنْ يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلالاً بَعيدا.

Indeed God does not forgive that any partner should be ascribed to Him, but He forgives anything besides that to whomever He wishes. Moreover, whoever ascribes partners to God has certainly strayed into far error. (Qur’an; 4:116)

وَ الصُّلْحُ خَيرٌْ وَ أُحْضرَِتِ الْأَنفُسُ الشُّحَّ وَ إِن تُحْسِنُواْ وَ تَتَّقُواْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ كاَنَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًا.

And reconcilement is better. The souls are prone to greed; but if you are virtuous and God wary, God is indeed well aware of what you do. (Qur’an; 4:128)

إِلاَّ الَّذينَ تابُوا وَ أَصْلَحُوا وَ اعْتَصَمُوا بِاللَّهِ وَ أَخْلَصُوا دينَهُمْ لِلَّهِ فَأُولئِكَ مَعَ الْمُؤْمِنينَ وَ سَوْفَ يُؤْتِ اللَّهُ الْمُؤْمِنينَ أَجْراً عَظيما.

Except those who repent and amend, and hold fast to God and dedicate their religion exclusively to God. Those are with the faithful, and soon God will give the faithful a great reward. (Qur’an; 4:146)

مَّا يَفْعَلُ اللَّهُ بِعَذَابِكُمْ إِن شَكَرْتُمْ وَ ءَامَنتُمْ وَ كاَنَ اللَّهُ شَاكِرًا عَلِيمًا.

“Why should God punish you if you give thanks and be faithful? And God is appreciative, all-knowing.” (Quran; 4:147)

أَنَّهُ مَن قَتَلَ نَفْسَا بِغَيرِْ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فىِ الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا وَ مَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَا أَحْيَا النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا.

If anyone slays a human being – unless it be [in punishment] for murder or for spreading corruption on earth – it shall be as though he had slain all humanity and whoever saves a life is as though he had saved all mankind. (Qur’an; 5:32)

إِنَّما جَزاءُ الَّذينَ يُحارِبُونَ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ وَ يَسْعَوْنَ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَساداً أَنْ يُقَتَّلُوا.

The recompense of those who fight God and His messenger, and seek to make corruption in the land, is that they will be killed. (Qur’an; 5:33)

يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَ ابْتَغُوا إِلَيْهِ الْوَسيلَةَ وَ جاهِدُوا في‏ سَبيلِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُون .

O, you who believe! Fear from the disobedience of God’s commands and seek the means of getting near to Him; and strive hard (and wage jihad) in His way, so that you may receive salvation. (Qur’an; 5:35)

فَمَنْ تابَ مِنْ بَعْدِ ظُلْمِهِ وَ أَصْلَحَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَتُوبُ عَلَيْهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحيم.

Whoever repents after his wrongdoing, and reforms, then God shall repent to him (and accept his repentance). Indeed God is all-forgiving, all-merciful. (Qur’an; 5:39)

يَأَيهَُّا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مَن يَرْتَدَّ مِنكُمْ عَن دِينِهِ فَسَوْفَ يَأْتىِ اللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍ يحُِبهُُّمْ وَ يحُِبُّونَهُ أَذِلَّةٍ عَلىَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَعِزَّةٍ عَلىَ الْكَافِرِينَ يجَُاهِدُونَ فىِ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَ لَا يخََافُونَ لَوْمَةَ لَائمٍ ذَالِكَ فَضْلُ اللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَن يَشَاءُ وَ اللَّهُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيم‏.

O you who have faith! Should any of you desert his religion, God will soon bring a people whom He loves and who love Him, [who will be] humble towards the faithful, stern towards the faithless, waging jihad in the way of God (they strive in the cause of God), not fearing the blame of any blamer. That is God's grace which He grants to whomever He wishes, and God is all-bounteous, all-knowing. (Qur’an; 5:54)

إِنَّمَا وَلِيُّكُمُ اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ وَ الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ الَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ الصَّلَوةَ وَ يُؤْتُونَ الزَّكَوةَ وَ هُمْ رَاكِعُون .

Verily, your guardian is (none else but) God and His Messenger (Muhammad) and those who believe, those who establish Prayers and pay the charity while they be (even) bowing down (in Prayers). (Qur’an; 5:55)

لُعِنَ الَّذينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ بَني‏ إِسْرائيلَ عَلى‏ لِسانِ داوُدَ وَ عيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ ذلِكَ بِما عَصَوْا وَ كانُوا يَعْتَدُون.

The faithless among the Children of Israel were cursed on the tongue of David and Jesus son of Mary. That, because they would disobey and they used to commit transgression. They would not forbid one another from the wrongs that they committed. Surely, evil is what they had been doing. (Qur’an; 5: 78-79)

لَتَجِدَنَّ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ عَداوَةً لِلَّذينَ آمَنُوا الْيَهُودَ وَ الَّذينَ أَشْرَكُوا وَ لَتَجِدَنَّ أَقْرَبَهُمْ مَوَدَّةً لِلَّذينَ آمَنُوا الَّذينَ قالُوا إِنَّا نَصارى‏ ذلِكَ بِأَنَّ مِنْهُمْ قِسِّيسينَ وَ رُهْباناً وَ أَنَّهُمْ لا يَسْتَكْبِرُون.

Surely, You will find the nearest people in affection to the faithful to be those who say, “We are Christians.” That is because there are priests and monks among them, and because they are not arrogant. When they hear what has been revealed to the Apostle, you see their eyes fill with tears because of the truth that they recognize. They say, “Our Lord, we believe; so write us down among the witnesses. Why should we not believe in God and the truth that has come to us, eager as we are that our Lord should admit us among the righteous people?” Therefore, for what they said, God requited them with gardens with streams running in them, to remain in them forever, and that is the reward of the virtuous. (Qur’an; 5:82)

يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَ الْمَيْسِرُ وَ الْأَنْصابُ وَ الْأَزْلامُ رِجْسٌ مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطانِ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُون .

O you who have faith! Indeed wine, gambling, idols, and the divining arrows are abominations of Satan’s doing, so avoid them, so that you may be felicitous. (Qur’an; 5:90)

إِنَّما يُريدُ الشَّيْطانُ أَنْ يُوقِعَ بَيْنَكُمُ الْعَداوَةَ وَ الْبَغْضاءَ فِي الْخَمْرِ وَ الْمَيْسِرِ وَ يَصُدَّكُمْ عَنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَ عَنِ الصَّلاةِ فَهَلْ أَنْتُمْ مُنْتَهُون.

Indeed Satan seeks to cast enmity and hatred among you through wine and gambling, and to hinder you from the remembrance of God and from prayer. Will you, then, relinquish? (Qur’an; 5:91)

قُل لَّا يَسْتَوِى الْخَبِيثُ وَ الطَّيِّبُ وَ لَوْ أَعْجَبَكَ كَثرَْةُ الْخَبِيثِ فَاتَّقُواْ اللَّهَ يَأُوْلىِ الْأَلْبَابِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُون‏ .

Say, “The good and the bad are not equal, though the abundance of the bad should amaze you.” So be wary of God, O you who possess intellect, so that you may be felicitous! (Qur’an; 5:100)

وَ مَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرى‏ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِباً أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِآياتِهِ إِنَّهُ لا يُفْلِحُ الظَّالِمُون .

Who is a greater wrongdoer than him who fabricates a lie against God, or denies His signs? Indeed the wrongdoers will not be felicitous. (Qur’an; 6:21)

وَ مَا الْحَياةُ الدُّنْيا إِلاَّ لَعِبٌ وَ لَهْوٌ وَ لَلدَّارُ الْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِلَّذينَ يَتَّقُونَ أَ فَلا تَعْقِلُون .

The life of the world is nothing but play and diversion, and the abode of the Hereafter is surely better for those who are God wary. Do you not apply reason? (Qur’an; 6:32)

وَ إِذا جاءَكَ الَّذينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِآياتِنا فَقُلْ سَلامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ كَتَبَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلى‏ نَفْسِهِ الرَّحْمَةَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ عَمِلَ مِنْكُمْ سُوءاً بِجَهالَةٍ ثُمَّ تابَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَ أَصْلَحَ فَأَنَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحيم.

When those who have faith in Our signs come to you, say, “Peace to you! Your Lord has made mercy incumbent upon Himself. Whoever of you commits an evil [deed] out of ignorance and then repents after that and reforms (and amends), then He is indeed all-forgiving, all-merciful.” (Qur’an; 6:54)

وَ عِنْدَهُ مَفاتِحُ الْغَيْبِ لا يَعْلَمُها إِلاَّ هُوَ وَ يَعْلَمُ ما فِي الْبَرِّ وَ الْبَحْرِ وَ ما تَسْقُطُ مِنْ وَرَقَةٍ إِلاَّ يَعْلَمُها وَ لا حَبَّةٍ في‏ ظُلُماتِ الْأَرْضِ وَ لا رَطْبٍ وَ لا يابِسٍ إِلاَّ في‏ كِتابٍ مُبين.

And with Him are the keys to the unseen, none know them except He. And He knows what is in the land and in the sea; and not a leaf falls except with His knowledge; nor a seed in the darkness of the earth; nor anything moist or anything dry; all is in a clear record. (Qur’an; 6:59)

وَ إِذَا رَأَيْتَ الَّذِينَ يخَُوضُونَ فىِ ءَايَاتِنَا فَأَعْرِضْ عَنهُْمْ حَتىَ‏ يخَُوضُواْ فىِ حَدِيثٍ غَيرِْهِ وَ إِمَّا يُنسِيَنَّكَ الشَّيْطَنُ فَلَا تَقْعُدْ بَعْدَ الذِّكْرَى‏ مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِين‏.

When you see those who gossip impiously about Our signs, avoid them until they engage in some other discourse; but if Satan makes you forget, then, after remembering, do not sit with the wrongdoing lot. (Qur’an; 6:68)

مَنْ جاءَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُ عَشْرُ أَمْثالِها وَ مَنْ جاءَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ فَلا يُجْزى‏ إِلاَّ مِثْلَها وَ هُمْ لا يُظْلَمُون .

Whoever brings virtue shall receive ten times its like; but whoever brings vice shall not be requited except with its like, and they will not be wronged. (Qur’an; 6:160)

قُلْ إِنَّ صَلاتي‏ وَ نُسُكي‏ وَ مَحْيايَ وَ مَماتي‏ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعالَمين. لا شَريكَ لَهُ وَ بِذلِكَ أُمِرْتُ وَ أَنَا أَوَّلُ الْمُسْلِمين.

Say (O Muhammad) my prayer, my sacrifice, my life, and my death belong to God; He has no partner and I am ordered to be among those who submit. (Qur’an; 6: 162-163)

أَ وَ عَجِبْتُمْ أَنْ جاءَكُمْ ذِكْرٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ عَلى‏ رَجُلٍ مِنْكُمْ لِيُنْذِرَكُمْ وَ اذْكُرُوا إِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَفاءَ مِنْ بَعْدِ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَ زادَكُمْ فِي الْخَلْقِ بَصْطَةً فَاذْكُرُوا آلاءَ اللَّهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُون .

Do you consider it odd that there should come to you a reminder from your Lord through a man from among yourselves, so that he may warn you? Remember when He made you successors after the people of Noah, and increased you vastly in creation. So remember God’s bounties so that you may be felicitous. (Qur’an; 7:69)

وَ لُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ أَ تَأْتُونَ الْفَاحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بهَِا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِّنَ الْعَلَمِينَ. إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ الرِّجَالَ شهَْوَةً مِّن دُونِ النِّسَاءِ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّسْرِفُون‏ .

Do you commit an outrage none in the world ever committed before you?! You associate with men in lust, instead Of women; indeed, you are a profligate lot! (Qur’an; 7: 80-81)

قالَ مُوسى‏ لِقَوْمِهِ اسْتَعينُوا بِاللَّهِ وَ اصْبِرُوا إِنَّ الْأَرْضَ لِلَّهِ يُورِثُها مَنْ يَشاءُ مِنْ عِبادِهِ وَ الْعاقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقين.

Moses said to his people: “Seek help with God, and be patient; for the land is God's, He will inherit it to whom He pleases of His servants; and the end will be to the righteous. (Qur’an; 7:128)

فَلَمَّا نَسُوا ما ذُكِّرُوا بِهِ أَنْجَيْنَا الَّذينَ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ السُّوءِ وَ أَخَذْنَا الَّذينَ ظَلَمُوا بِعَذابٍ بَئيسٍ بِما كانُوا يَفْسُقُون .

When they ignored the warnings given to them, We rescued those who used to forbid wrong and visited the wrong-doers with a grievous penalty for the sins they used to commit. (Qur’an; 7:165)

وَ اتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ الَّذي آتَيْناهُ آياتِنا فَانْسَلَخَ مِنْها فَأَتْبَعَهُ الشَّيْطانُ فَكانَ مِنَ الْغاوين . وَ لَوْ شِئْنا لَرَفَعْناهُ بِها وَ لكِنَّهُ أَخْلَدَ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ وَ اتَّبَعَ هَواه.

And recite to them the story of the one whom Our revelations were given to him, but he removed himself from them, and thus the devil followed him, and He became of those who went astray. Had We wished, We could have elevated him with it, but he stuck to the earth and he followed his desire. (Qur’an; 7: 175-176)

وَ لَقَدْ ذَرَأْنا لِجَهَنَّمَ كَثيراً مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَ الْإِنْسِ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ لا يَفْقَهُونَ بِها وَ لَهُمْ أَعْيُنٌ لا يُبْصِرُونَ بِها وَ لَهُمْ آذانٌ لا يَسْمَعُونَ بِها أُولئِكَ كَالْأَنْعامِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ أُولئِكَ هُمُ الْغافِلُون.

Certainly We have created for hell many of the jinn and humans: they have hearts with which they do not understand, they have eyes with which they do not see, they have ears with which they do not hear. They are like cattle; rather they are more astray. It is they who are the heedless. (Qur’an; 7:179)

إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذينَ إِذا ذُكِرَ اللَّهُ وَجِلَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَ إِذا تُلِيَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ آياتُهُ زادَتْهُمْ إيماناً وَ عَلى‏ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُون . الَّذينَ يُقيمُونَ الصَّلاةَ وَ مِمَّا رَزَقْناهُمْ يُنْفِقُون . أُولئِكَ هُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ حَقًّا لَهُمْ دَرَجاتٌ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ وَ مَغْفِرَةٌ وَ رِزْقٌ كَريم.

The faithful are only those whose hearts tremble [with awe] when God is mentioned, and when His verses are recited to them, they increase their faith, and who put their trust in their Lord, maintain the prayer and spend out of what We have provided them. They are truly the faithful. They shall have ranks near their Lord, forgiveness and a noble provision. (Qur’an; 8: 2-4)

يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَجيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَ لِلرَّسُولِ إِذا دَعاكُمْ لِما يُحْييكُمْ وَ اعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَحُولُ بَيْنَ الْمَرْءِ وَ قَلْبِهِ وَ أَنَّهُ إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُون .

O you who have faith! Answer God and the Apostle when he summons you to that which will give you life. Know that God intervenes between a man and his heart and that toward Him you will be mustered. (Qur’an; 8:24)

يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنُوا إِذا لَقيتُمْ فِئَةً فَاثْبُتُوا وَ اذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ كَثيراً لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُون.

O you who have faith! When you meet a host [in battle], then stand firm, and remember God greatly so that you may be felicitous. (Qur’an; 8:45)

وَ أَطيعُوا اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ وَ لا تَنازَعُوا فَتَفْشَلُوا وَ تَذْهَبَ ريحُكُمْ وَ اصْبِرُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الصَّابِرين .

And obey God and His Apostle, and do not dispute, or you will lose heart and your power will be gone. And be patient; indeed God is with the patient. (Qur’an; 8:46)

الَّذينَ آمَنُوا وَ هاجَرُوا وَ جاهَدُوا في‏ سَبيلِ اللَّهِ بِأَمْوالِهِمْ وَ أَنْفُسِهِمْ أَعْظَمُ دَرَجَةً عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَ أُولئِكَ هُمُ الْفائِزُون .

Those who have believed and migrated, and waged jihad in the way of God with their possessions and persons have a greater rank near God, and it is they who are the triumphant and winner. (Qur’an; 9:20)

قُلْ إِن كاَنَ ءَابَاؤُكُمْ وَ أَبْنَاؤُكُمْ وَ إِخْوَانُكُمْ وَ أَزْوَاجُكمُ‏ْ وَ عَشِيرَتُكمُ‏ْ وَ أَمْوَالٌ اقْترََفْتُمُوهَا وَ تجَِرَةٌ تخَْشَوْنَ كَسَادَهَا وَ مَسَاكِنُ تَرْضَوْنَهَا أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكُم مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ وَ جِهَادٍ فىِ سَبِيلِهِ فَترََبَّصُواْ حَتىَ‏ يَأْتىِ‏َ اللَّهُ بِأَمْرِهِ وَ اللَّهُ لَا يهَْدِى الْقَوْمَ الْفَاسِقِين.

Say, “if your parents, and your sons, and your brothers, and your wives, and your clan, and money which you have gathered, and a trade which you would fear if it declines, and homes which you find pleasing; if these are dearer to you than God and His messenger and striving in the cause of God, then wait until God brings His decision. God does not guide the wicked people.” (Qur’an; 9:24)

يَوْمَ يُحْمى‏ عَلَيْها في‏ نارِ جَهَنَّمَ فَتُكْوى‏ بِها جِباهُهُمْ وَ جُنُوبُهُمْ وَ ظُهُورُهُمْ هذا ما كَنَزْتُمْ لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ فَذُوقُوا ما كُنْتُمْ تَكْنِزُون .

On the day when these shall be heated in hellfire and therewith branded on their foreheads, their sides, and their backs [and told]: “This is what you treasured up for yourselves! So taste what you have treasured!’ (Qur’an; 9:35)

وَ قاتِلُوا الْمُشْرِكينَ كَافَّةً كَما يُقاتِلُونَكُمْ كَافَّةً وَ اعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الْمُتَّقين.

Fight all the polytheists, just as they fight you all, and know that God is with the God wary. (Qur’an; 9:36)

يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنُوا ما لَكُمْ إِذا قيلَ لَكُمُ انْفِرُوا في‏ سَبيلِ اللَّهِ اثَّاقَلْتُمْ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ أَ رَضيتُمْ بِالْحَياةِ الدُّنْيا مِنَ الْآخِرَةِ فَما مَتاعُ الْحَياةِ الدُّنْيا فِي الْآخِرَةِ إِلاَّ قَليل.

O you who have faith! What is the matter with you that when you are told, “Go forth in the way of God,” you sink heavily to the ground? Are you pleased with the life of this world instead of the Hereafter? But the wares of the life of this world compared with the Hereafter are but insignificant. (Qur’an; 9:38)

وَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتُ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ يَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ وَ يُقِيمُونَ الصَّلَوةَ وَ يُؤْتُونَ الزَّكَوةَ وَ يُطِيعُونَ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ أُوْلَئكَ سَيرَْحَمُهُمُ اللَّهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيم‏.

“The believing men and the believing women are helpers of one another; they enjoin the right and forbid the evil and maintain the prayer. (Qur’an; 9:71)

أَ لَمْ يَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ يَقْبَلُ التَّوْبَةَ عَنْ عِبادِهِ وَ يَأْخُذُ الصَّدَقاتِ وَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحيم.

Do they not know that it is God who accepts the repentance of His servants and receives the charities, and that it is God who is the All-clement, the All-merciful? (Qur’an; 9:104)

ثُمَّ تابَ عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَتُوبُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحيم.

God returned to them and paid attention towards them that they might repent. Indeed, God is the Merciful Repentance-Accepter. (Qur’an; 9:118)

يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَ كُونُوا مَعَ الصَّادِقين.

O you who believe, be aware of God and be with the truthful. (Qur’an; 9:119)

إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ اللَّهُ الَّذي خَلَقَ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ في‏ سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوى‏ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ يُدَبِّرُ الْأَمْرَ ما مِنْ شَفيعٍ إِلاَّ مِنْ بَعْدِ إِذْنِهِ ذلِكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُوهُ أَ فَلا تَذَكَّرُونَ .

Indeed your Lord is God, who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and then settled on the Throne, directing the command. There is no intercessor, except by His leave. That is God, your Lord! So worship Him. Will you not then take admonition? (Qur’an; 10:3)

إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ الْحَيَوةِ الدُّنْيَا كَمَاءٍ أَنزَلْنَاهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَاخْتَلَطَ بِهِ نَبَاتُ الْأَرْضِ مِمَّا يَأْكلُ‏ُ النَّاسُ وَ الْأَنْعَامُ حَتىَّ إِذَا أَخَذَتِ الْأَرْضُ زُخْرُفَهَا وَ ازَّيَّنَتْ وَ ظَنَّ أَهْلُهَا أَنهَُّمْ قَدِرُونَ عَلَيهَْا أَتَئهَا أَمْرُنَا لَيْلاً أَوْ نهََارًا فَجَعَلْنَاهَا حَصِيدًا كَأَن لَّمْ تَغْنَ بِالْأَمْسِ كَذَالِكَ نُفَصِّلُ الاَْيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُون‏ .

The parable of the life of this world is that of water which We send down from the sky. It mingles with the earth’s vegetation from which humans and cattle eat. When the earth puts on its luster and is adorned, and its inhabitants think they have power over it, Our edict comes to it, by night or day, whereat We turn it into a mown field, as if it did not flourish the day before. Thus do We clarify the revelations to a people who think. (Qur’an; 10:24)

قُلْ إِنَّ الَّذينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ لا يُفْلِحُون .

Say, “Indeed those who fabricate lies against God will not be felicitous.’ (Qur’an; 10:69)

وَ أَنِ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوا إِلَيْهِ يُمَتِّعْكُمْ مَتاعاً حَسَناً إِلى‏ أَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى وَ يُؤْتِ كُلَّ ذي فَضْلٍ فَضْلَهُ وَ إِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَإِنِّي أَخافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذابَ يَوْمٍ كَبير.

And plead with your Lord for forgiveness and then turn to Him penitently. He will provide you with a good provision for a specified term and grant His grace to every meritorious person. (Qur’an; 11:3)

اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوا إِلَيْهِ يُرْسِلِ السَّماءَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِدْراراً وَ يَزِدْكُمْ قُوَّةً إِلى‏ قُوَّتِكُمْ وَ لا تَتَوَلَّوْا مُجْرِمين.

Plead with your Lord for forgiveness, and then turn to Him penitently. He will send copious rains for you from the sky, and add power to your present power. So do not turn your backs on Him as guilty ones. (Qur’an; 11:52)

فَاسْتَغْفِرُوهُ ثُمَّ تُوبُوا إِلَيْهِ إِنَّ رَبِّي قَريبٌ مُجيب.

So plead with Him for forgiveness then turn to Him penitently. My Lord is indeed rearmost and responsive. (Qur’an; 11:61)

وَ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوا إِلَيْهِ إِنَّ رَبِّي رَحيمٌ وَدُود.

Plead with your Lord for forgiveness then turn to Him penitently. My Lord is indeed all-merciful, all-affectionate. (Qur’an; 11:90)

وَ رَاوَدَتْهُ الَّتىِ هُوَ فىِ بَيْتِهَا عَن نَّفْسِهِ وَ غَلَّقَتِ الْأَبْوَابَ وَ قَالَتْ هَيْتَ لَكَ قَالَ مَعَاذَ الله، إِنَّهُ رَبِّي أَحْسَنَ مَثْوايَ إِنَّهُ لا يُفْلِحُ الظَّالِمُون

The woman in whose house he (Josef) was solicited him. She closed the doors and said, “Come!” He said, “God forbid! Indeed He is my Lord, has given me a good abode. (He gave me what I need in the best way). (Qur’an; 12:23)

قالَ إِنَّما أَشْكُوا بَثِّي وَ حُزْني‏ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَ أَعْلَمُ مِنَ اللَّهِ ما لا تَعْلَمُون .

He said, “I only complain of my grief and sorrow to God, and I know from God that which you know not.” (Qur’an; 12:86)

إِنَّهُ مَنْ يَتَّقِ وَ يَصْبِرْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُضيعُ أَجْرَ الْمُحْسِنين.

Indeed those who keep from evil and are patient, God does not let the wage of the good doers go to waste. (Qur’an; 12:90)

قالَ لا تَثْريبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْيَوْمَ يَغْفِرُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَ هُوَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمين.

He said, “There shall be no reproach on you today. God will forgive you, and He is the most merciful of the merciful. (Qur’an; 12:92)

قالُوا يا أَبانَا اسْتَغْفِرْ لَنا ذُنُوبَنا إِنَّا كُنَّا خاطِئين. قالَ سَوْفَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكُمْ رَبِّي إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحيم.

They (sons of Jacob) said, “Father! Plead with God for forgiveness of our sins! We have indeed been erring.” He (Jacob) said, “I shall plead with my Lord to forgive you; indeed He is the All-forgiving, the All-merciful.’ (Qur’an; 12: 97-98)

اللَّهُ يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَشاءُ وَ يَقْدِرُ وَ فَرِحُوا بِالْحَياةِ الدُّنْيا وَ مَا الْحَياةُ الدُّنْيا فِي الْآخِرَةِ إِلاَّ مَتاعٌ.

God expands the provision for whomever He wishes, and tightens it. They exult in the life of this world. However, compared with the Hereafter the life of this world is but a trifling enjoyment. (Qur’an; 13:26)

أَلا بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ تَطْمَئِنُّ الْقُلُوب.

Look! The hearts find rest, tranquility and confidence in God's remembrance! (Qur’an; 13:28)

وَ إِذْ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكُمْ لَئِنْ شَكَرْتُمْ لَأَزيدَنَّكُمْ وَ لَئِنْ كَفَرْتُمْ إِنَّ عَذابي‏ لَشَديد.

Your Lord proclaimed, “If you give thanks, then I will increase for you. (Qur’an; 14:7)

وَ ما لَنا أَلاَّ نَتَوَكَّلَ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ قَدْ هَدانا سُبُلَنا وَ لَنَصْبِرَنَّ عَلى‏ ما آذَيْتُمُونا وَ عَلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُتَوَكِّلُون .

And why should we not put our trust in God, seeing that He has guided us in our ways? Surely, we will put up patiently with whatever torment you may inflict upon us, and in God let all the trusting put their trust. (Qur’an; 14:12)

قُلْ لِعِبادِيَ الَّذينَ آمَنُوا يُقيمُوا الصَّلاةَ وَ يُنْفِقُوا مِمَّا رَزَقْناهُمْ سِرًّا وَ عَلانِيَةً مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ يَوْمٌ لا بَيْعٌ فيهِ وَ لا خِلال.

Tell My servants who have faith to maintain the prayer and to spend out of what We have provided them with, secretly and openly, before there comes a day on which there will be neither any bargaining nor friendship. (Qur’an; 14:31)

إِنَّا نحَْنُ نَزَّلْنَا الذِّكْرَ وَ إِنَّا لَهُ لحََافِظُون‏ .

Indeed We have sent down the Reminder (Qur’an), and indeed We will preserve it. (Qur’an; 15:9)

فَسَجَدَ الْمَلائِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُون. إِلاَّ إِبْليسَ أَبى‏ أَنْ يَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِدين .

The angels prostrated all of them together, but not Satan; he refused to be among those who prostrated. (Qur’an; 15: 30-31)

قالَ يا إِبْليسُ ما لَكَ أَلاَّ تَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِدين . قالَ لَمْ أَكُنْ لِأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُ مِنْ صَلْصالٍ مِنْ حَمَإٍ مَسْنُون . قالَ فَاخْرُجْ مِنْها فَإِنَّكَ رَجيم.

Almighty God said, “O Satan! What kept you from being among those who have prostrated?” Satan said, I am not the one to prostrate myself to a human being, whom You created from sounding clay. God stated, “then, get out from here for verily, you are outcast.” (Qur’an; 15: 32-34)

قالَ رَبِّ بِما أَغْوَيْتَني‏ لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ لَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعين. إِلاَّ عِبادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصين.

He said, “My Lord, for that which I have been misled by, I will make the earth appear beautiful for them, and I will mislead them all, except for your servants who are devoted.” (Qur’an; 15: 39-40)

إِنَّ عِبادي لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطانٌ إِلاَّ مَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْغاوين .

Indeed as for My servants you do not have any authority over them, except the perverse who follow you. (Qur’an; 15:42)

فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَ كُنْ مِنَ السَّاجِدين .

So glorify the praises of your Lord and be of those who prostrate themselves (to Him). (Qur’an; 15:98)

وَ اعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَكَ الْيَقين.

And worship your Lord until certainty comes to you. (Qur’an; 15:99)

وَ لَقَدْ بَعَثْنا في‏ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَسُولاً أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَ اجْتَنِبُوا الطَّاغُوتَ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ هَدَى اللَّهُ وَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الضَّلالَةُ فَسيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَانْظُرُوا كَيْفَ كانَ عاقِبَةُ الْمُكَذِّبين.

Certainly We raised an apostle in every nation [to preach:] “Worship God, and keep away from the Rebels.” Then among them were some whom God guided, and among them were some who deserved to be in error. So travel over the land and then observe how the fate of the deniers was. (Qur’an; 16:36)

إِنَّما يَفْتَرِي الْكَذِبَ الَّذينَ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِآياتِ اللَّهِ وَ أُولئِكَ هُمُ الْكاذِبُون .

Only those fabricate lies who do not believe in the signs of God, and it is they who are the liars. (Qur’an; 16:105)

وَ لا تَقُولُوا لِما تَصِفُ أَلْسِنَتُكُمُ الْكَذِبَ هذا حَلالٌ وَ هذا حَرامٌ لِتَفْتَرُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ إِنَّ الَّذينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ لا يُفْلِحُونَ .

Do not say, asserting falsely with your tongues, “This is lawful, and this is unlawful,” to fabricate lies against God. Indeed those who fabricate lies against God will not be felicitous. (Qur’an; 16:116)

ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذينَ عَمِلُوا السُّوءَ بِجَهالَةٍ ثُمَّ تابُوا مِنْ بَعْدِ ذلِكَ وَ أَصْلَحُوا إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنْ بَعْدِها لَغَفُورٌ رَحيم.

Then indeed your Lord, to those who commit evil out of ignorance and then repent after that, and reform indeed, after that, your Lord will surely be all-forgiving, all-merciful. (Qur’an; 16:119)

ادْعُ إِلىَ‏ سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالحِْكْمَةِ وَ الْمَوْعِظَةِ الحَْسَنَةِ وَ جَدِلْهُم بِالَّتىِ هِىَ أَحْسَنُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ وَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِين‏ .

Invite (mankind) to the way of your Lord with wisdom and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided. (Qur’an; 16:125)

مَنِ اهْتَدى‏ فَإِنَّما يَهْتَدي لِنَفْسِهِ وَ مَنْ ضَلَّ فَإِنَّما يَضِلُّ عَلَيْها وَ لا تَزِرُ وازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرى‏ وَ ما كُنَّا مُعَذِّبينَ حَتَّى نَبْعَثَ رَسُولا.

Whoever is guided is guided for himself, and whoever is misguided is for his own loss. And no person shall carry the load of another, and We were not to punish until We send a messenger. (Qur’an; 17:15)

وَ قَضى‏ رَبُّكَ أَلاَّ تَعْبُدُوا إِلاَّ إِيَّاهُ وَ بِالْوالِدَيْنِ إِحْساناً إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِنْدَكَ الْكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُما أَوْ كِلاهُما فَلا تَقُلْ لَهُما أُفٍّ وَ لا تَنْهَرْهُما وَ قُلْ لَهُما قَوْلاً كَريما.

And your Lord decreed that you shall not serve except Him, and do good to your parents. When one of them or both of them reach old age, do not say to them a word of disrespect nor shout at them, but speak to them noble words and with utmost courtesy. (Qur’an; 17:23)

وَ اخْفِضْ لَهُما جَناحَ الذُّلِّ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ وَ قُلْ رَبِّ ارْحَمْهُما كَما رَبَّياني‏ صَغيراً.

Lower to your parents the wing of humility out of mercy and say: My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up when I was small. (Qur’an; 17:24)

وَ آتِ ذَا الْقُرْبى‏ حَقَّهُ وَ الْمِسْكينَ وَ ابْنَ السَّبيلِ وَ لا تُبَذِّرْ تَبْذيرا.

Give the relatives their [due] right, and the needy and the traveler as well, but do not squander wastefully. (Qur’an; 17:26)

وَ لا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُولَةً إِلى‏ عُنُقِكَ وَ لا تَبْسُطْها كُلَّ الْبَسْطِ فَتَقْعُدَ مَلُوماً مَحْسُورا.

Do not keep your hand chained to your neck, nor open it altogether, or you will sit blameworthy, regretful. (Qur’an; 17:29)

وَ لا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلادَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلاقٍ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَ إِيَّاكُمْ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كانَ خِطْأً كَبيرا.

Do not kill your children for the fear of penury, We will provide for them and for you. Killing them is indeed a great iniquity. (Qur’an; 17:31)

وَ لا تَقْرَبُوا الزِّنى‏ إِنَّهُ كانَ فاحِشَةً وَ ساءَ سَبيلا.

Do not approach fornication. It is indeed an indecency and an evil way. (Qur’an; 17:32)

الْمالُ وَ الْبَنُونَ زينَةُ الْحَياةِ الدُّنْيا وَ الْباقِياتُ الصَّالِحاتُ خَيْرٌ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ ثَواباً وَ خَيْرٌ أَمَلا.

Wealth and children are an adornment of the life of the world, but lasting righteous deeds are better with your Lord in reward and better in hope. (Qur’an; 18:46)

قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكمُ‏ْ يُوحَى إِلىَ‏َّ أَنَّمَا إِلَاهُكُمْ إِلَاهٌ وَاحِدٌ فَمَن كاَنَ يَرْجُواْ لِقَاءَ رَبِّهِ فَلْيَعْمَلْ عَمَلًا صَالِحًا وَ لَا يُشْرِكْ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّهِ أَحَدَا.

Say [O Prophet]: “I am but a mortal man like all of you. It has been revealed to me that your God is the One God. So whoever expects to encounter his Lord let him act righteously, and not associate anyone with the worship of his Lord.” (Qur’an; 18:110)

رَبُّ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ ما بَيْنَهُما فَاعْبُدْهُ وَ اصْطَبِرْ لِعِبادَتِهِ هَلْ تَعْلَمُ لَهُ سَمِيًّا.

The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is in-between them. So worship Him and be patient in His service. Do you know anyone who could be His namesake? (Qur’an; 19:65)

اذْهَبا إِلى‏ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغى‏ . فَقُولا لَهُ قَوْلاً لَيِّناً لَعَلَّهُ يَتَذَكَّرُ أَوْ يَخْشى .

Let the two of you go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has rebelled. Speak to him in a soft manner; maybe he will take admonition or fear. (Qur’an; 20: 43-44)

وَ إِنِّي لَغَفَّارٌ لِمَنْ تابَ وَ آمَنَ وَ عَمِلَ صالِحاً ثُمَّ اهْتَدى .

Indeed, I am all-forgiver toward him who repents, becomes faithful and acts righteously, and then follows guidance. (Qur’an; 20:82)

لَوْ كانَ فيهِما آلِهَةٌ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ لَفَسَدَتا فَسُبْحانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُون .

Had there been gods in them (the heaven and the earth) other than Almighty God, they would surely have fallen apart. Glory be to God, the Lord of the Throne, of what they allege concerning Him. (Qur’an; 21:22)

وَ نَضَعُ الْمَوَازِينَ الْقِسْطَ لِيَوْمِ الْقِيَمَةِ فَلَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيًْا وَ إِن كَانَ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِّنْ خَرْدَلٍ أَتَيْنَا بِهَا وَ كَفَى‏ بِنَا حَاسِبِين.

We shall set up the scales of justice on the Day of Resurrection, and no soul will be wronged in the least. Even if it be the weight of a mustard seed We shall produce it and We suffice as reckoners. (Qur’an; 21:47)

وَ أَيُّوبَ إِذْ نادى‏ رَبَّهُ أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ وَ أَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمين. فَاسْتَجَبْنا لَهُ فَكَشَفْنا ما بِهِ مِنْ ضُرٍّ وَ آتَيْناهُ أَهْلَهُ وَ مِثْلَهُمْ مَعَهُمْ رَحْمَةً مِنْ عِنْدِنا وَ ذِكْرى‏ لِلْعابِدين

And (remember) Job, when he cried to his Lord, ‘Verily, distress has seized me, and You are the Most Merciful of all those who show mercy.’ So We answered his call, and We removed the distress that was on him, and We restored his family to him (that he had lost), and the like thereof along with them, as a mercy from Ourselves and a Reminder for all who worship Us (God). (Qur’an; 21: 83-84)

وَ ذَا النُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَضِبًا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَادَى‏ فىِ الظُّلُمَتِ أَن لَّا إِلَاهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنىّ‏ِ كُنتُ مِنَ الظَّلِمِين‏.

There is no god except You! You are immaculate! I have indeed been among the wrongdoers. (Qur’an; 21:87)

وَ مَا أَرْسَلْنَكَ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً لِّلْعَالَمِين‏.

We did not send you but as a mercy to all the nations. (Qur’an; 21:107)

إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُدافِعُ عَنِ الَّذينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ خَوَّانٍ كَفُور.

God indeed defends those who have faith. Indeed God does not like any ingrate traitor. (Qur’an; 22:38)

أُذِنَ لِلَّذِينَ يُقَتَلُونَ بِأَنَّهُمْ ظُلِمُواْ وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلىَ‏ نَصْرِهِمْ لَقَدِير.

Those who are fought against are permitted [to fight] because they have been wronged, and God is indeed able to help them. (Qur’an; 22:39)

يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنُوا ارْكَعُوا وَ اسْجُدُوا وَ اعْبُدُوا رَبَّكُمْ وَ افْعَلُوا الْخَيْرَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُون .

O, you who believe! Bow down and Prostrate and worship your Creator and Nurturer and do deeds of Charity so that you attain salvation. (Qur’an; 22:77)

وَ جاهِدُوا فِي اللَّهِ حَقَّ جِهادِهِ هُوَ اجْتَباكُمْ وَ ما جَعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَج ٍ مِلَّةَ أَبيكُمْ إِبْراهيم.

And wage jihad (and strive hard) for the sake of God, a jihad (and striving) which is worthy of Him. He has chosen you and has not placed before you any obstacle in the religion, the faith of your father, Abraham. (Qur’an; 22:78)

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ . الَّذينَ هُمْ في‏ صَلاتِهِمْ خاشِعُونَ . وَ الَّذينَ هُمْ عَنِ اللَّغْوِ مُعْرِضُونَ . وَ الَّذينَ هُمْ لِلزَّكاةِ فاعِلُونَ . وَ الَّذينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حافِظُونَ . إِلاَّ عَلى‏ أَزْواجِهِمْ أَوْ ما مَلَكَتْ أَيْمانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومينَ . فَمَنِ ابْتَغى‏ وَراءَ ذلِكَ فَأُولئِكَ هُمُ العادُونَ . وَ الَّذينَ هُمْ لِأَماناتِهِمْ وَ عَهْدِهِمْ راعُونَ . وَ الَّذينَ هُمْ عَلى‏ صَلَواتِهِمْ يُحافِظُون .

Indeed the believers are those who attain salvation. [The believers are] those who before God’s presence humble themselves in their prayers. [They are] those who avoid vain talks and act. [They are] those who by God’s command pay alms to the needy out of what they have earned lawfully. [The believers are] those who restrain their sexual passion, save with their wives or those who are their dependents, in such case there is no blame on them, but those who do other than this, they are transgressors from God’s limits. [Moreover, the believers are] those who return the properties which have been entrusted [to them] and they feel dutiful about their covenants. [They are] those who perform their prayers regularly [five times daily]. (Qur’an; 23: 1-9)

إِنِّي جَزَيْتُهُمُ الْيَوْمَ بِما صَبَرُوا أَنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْفائِزُون .

Verily! I have rewarded them this Day for their patience; they are indeed the ones that are successful. (Qur’an; 23:111)

وَ مَنْ يَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلهاً آخَرَ لا بُرْهانَ لَهُ بِهِ فَإِنَّما حِسابُهُ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِ إِنَّهُ لا يُفْلِحُ الْكافِرُون .

Whoever invokes besides God another god of which he has no proof, his reckoning will indeed rest with his Lord. Indeed the faithless will not be felicitous. (Qur’an; 23:117)

إِلاَّ الَّذينَ تابُوا مِنْ بَعْدِ ذلِكَ وَ أَصْلَحُوا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحيم.

Except those who repent after that and amend, then surely God is all-forgiving, all-merciful. (Qur’an; 24:5)

... أَنَّ لَعْنَتَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ إِنْ كانَ مِنَ الْكاذِبين.

... The curse of God be on him if he is one of the liars. (Qur’an; 24:7)

قُلْ لِلْمُؤْمِنينَ يَغُضُّوا مِنْ أَبْصارِهِمْ وَ يَحْفَظُوا فُرُوجَهُمْ ذلِكَ أَزْكى‏ لَهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَبيرٌ بِما يَصْنَعُون .

Tell the faithful men to cast down their looks and to guard their private parts. That is more decent for them. God is indeed well aware of what they do. (Qur’an; 24:30)

وَ قُلْ لِلْمُؤْمِناتِ يَغْضُضْنَ مِنْ أَبْصارِهِنَّ وَ يَحْفَظْنَ فُرُوجَهُنَّ وَ لا يُبْدينَ زينَتَهُنَّ إِلاَّ ما ظَهَرَ مِنْها وَ لْيَضْرِبْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلى‏ جُيُوبِهِنَّ وَ لا يُبْدينَ زينَتَهُنَّ إِلاَّ لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ آبائِهِنَّ أَوْ آباءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنائِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْناءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ إِخْوانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَني‏ إِخْوانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَني‏ أَخَواتِهِنَّ أَوْ نِسائِهِنَّ أَوْ ما مَلَكَتْ أَيْمانُهُنَّ أَوِ التَّابِعينَ غَيْرِ أُولِي الْإِرْبَةِ مِنَ الرِّجالِ أَوِ الطِّفْلِ الَّذينَ لَمْ يَظْهَرُوا عَلى‏ عَوْراتِ النِّساءِ وَ لا يَضْرِبْنَ بِأَرْجُلِهِنَّ لِيُعْلَمَ ما يُخْفينَ مِنْ زينَتِهِنَّ وَ تُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ جَميعاً أَيُّهَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُون .

And tell the faithful women to cast down their looks and to guard their private parts, and not to display their charms, except for what is outward. Let them draw their scarfs over their bosoms, and not display their charms except to their husbands, or their fathers, or their husband’s fathers, or their sons, or their husband’s sons, or their brothers, or their brothers’ sons, or their sisters’ sons, or their women, or their slave girls, or male dependants lacking [sexual] desire, or children uninitiated to women’s parts. Moreover, let them not thump their feet to make known their hidden ornaments. Rally to God in repentance, O faithful, so that you may be felicitous. (Qur’an; 24:31)

وَ أَنكِحُواْ الْأَيَامَى‏ مِنكمُ‏ْ وَ الصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ عِبَادِكمُ‏ْ وَ إِمَائكُمْ إِن يَكُونُواْ فُقَرَاءَ يُغْنِهِمُ اللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِ وَ اللَّهُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ. وَ لْيَسْتَعْفِفِ الَّذِينَ لَا يجَِدُونَ نِكاَحًا حَتىَ‏ يُغْنِيهَُمُ اللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِه‏.

Marry off those who are single among you … If they are poor, God will enrich them out of His grace, and God is all-bounteous, all-knowing. And those who cannot afford marriage should be continent until God enriches them out of His grace. (Qur’an; 24: 32-33)

إِنَّما كانَ قَوْلَ الْمُؤْمِنينَ إِذا دُعُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَنْ يَقُولُوا سَمِعْنا وَ أَطَعْنا وَ أُولئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُون .

All the response of the faithful, when they are summoned to God and His Apostle that He may judge between them, is to say, “We hear and obey.” It is they who are the felicitous. (Qur’an; 24:51)

وَ مَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ وَ يَخْشَ اللَّهَ وَ يَتَّقْهِ فَأُولئِكَ هُمُ الْفائِزُون .

Whoever obeys God and His Apostle, and fears God and is wary of Him it is they who will be the triumphant. (Qur’an; 24:52)

وَ يَوْمَ يَعَضُّ الظَّالِمُ عَلى‏ يَدَيْهِ يَقُولُ يا لَيْتَنِي اتَّخَذْتُ مَعَ الرَّسُولِ سَبيلا.

A day when the wrongdoer will bite his hands, saying, “I wish I had followed the Apostle’s way!” (Qur’an; 25:27)

يا وَيْلَتى‏ لَيْتَني‏ لَمْ أَتَّخِذْ فُلاناً خَليلا. لَقَدْ أَضَلَّني‏ عَنِ الذِّكْرِ بَعْدَ إِذْ جاءَني‏ وَ كانَ الشَّيْطانُ لِلْإِنْسانِ خَذُولا.

Woe to me! I wish I had not taken so and so as a friend! Certainly he led me astray from the Reminder after it had come to me. (Qur’an; 25: 28-29)

وَ عِبادُ الرَّحْمنِ الَّذينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ هَوْناً وَ إِذا خاطَبَهُمُ الْجاهِلُونَ قالُوا سَلاماً.

The servants of the All-beneficent are those who walk humbly on the earth, and when the ignorant address them, say, “Peace!” (Qur’an; 25:63)

وَ الَّذينَ لا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلهاً آخَرَ وَ لا يَقْتُلُونَ النَّفْسَ الَّتي‏ حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلاَّ بِالْحَقِّ وَ لا يَزْنُونَ وَ مَنْ يَفْعَلْ ذلِكَ يَلْقَ أَثاما. يُضاعَفْ لَهُ الْعَذابُ يَوْمَ الْقِيامَةِ وَ يَخْلُدْ فيهِ مُهانا. إِلاَّ مَنْ تابَ وَ آمَنَ وَ عَمِلَ عَمَلاً صالِحاً فَأُوْلئِكَ يُبَدِّلُ اللَّهُ سَيِّئاتِهِمْ حَسَناتٍ وَ كانَ اللَّهُ غَفُوراً رَحيماً.

Those who do not invoke another god besides Almighty God, and do not kill a soul [whose life] God has made inviolable, except with due cause, and do not commit fornication. Whoever does that shall encounter its retribution. The punishment being doubled for him on the Day of Resurrection. In it, he will abide in humiliation forever, excepting those who repent, attain faith, and act righteously. For such, God will replace their misdeeds with good deeds, and God is all-forgiving, all-merciful. (Qur’an; 25: 68-70)

وَ الَّذينَ لا يَشْهَدُونَ الزُّورَ وَ إِذا مَرُّوا بِاللَّغْوِ مَرُّوا كِراماً.

Those who witness no falsehood, and, if they pass by futility, they pass by it with honorable (avoidance). (Qur’an; 25:72)

يَوْمَ لا يَنْفَعُ مالٌ وَ لا بَنُون. إِلاَّ مَنْ أَتَى اللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَليم.

It will be a day when there will be no benefit in wealth or children, but only in one who comes to God with a pure heart. (Qur’an; 26: 88-89)

أَ تَأْتُونَ الذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ. وَ تَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكمُ‏ْ رَبُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَاجِكُم بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُون‏ ‏.

Of all people, do you come to males, abandoning your wives your Lord has created for you? Rather you are a transgressing lot. (Qur’an; 26: 165-166)

هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلى‏ مَنْ تَنَزَّلُ الشَّياطين. تَنَزَّلُ عَلى‏ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثيم.

Should I inform you, on whom the devils descend? They descend on every sinful liar. (Qur’an; 26: 221-222)

مَنْ شَكَرَ فَإِنَّما يَشْكُرُ لِنَفْسِهِ وَ مَنْ كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ رَبِّي غَنِيٌّ كَريم.

Whoever is thankful, he is thankful for himself, and whoever is ungrateful [should know that] my Lord is indeed all-sufficient, all-generous. (Qur’an; 27:40)

أُولئِكَ يُؤْتَوْنَ أَجْرَهُمْ مَرَّتَيْنِ بِما صَبَرُوا وَ يَدْرَؤُنَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ السَّيِّئَةَ وَ مِمَّا رَزَقْناهُمْ يُنْفِقُون . وَ إِذا سَمِعُوا اللَّغْوَ أَعْرَضُوا عَنْهُ وَ قالُوا لَنا أَعْمالُنا وَ لَكُمْ أَعْمالُكُمْ سَلامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ لا نَبْتَغِي الْجاهِلينَ.

Those will be given their reward two times for their patience. They repel evil [conduct] with good, and spend out of what We have provided them, And when they hear vain talk, they avoid it and say, “Our deeds belong to us, and your deeds belong to you. Peace be to you. We do not court the ignorant.” (Qur’an; 28: 54-55)

وَ ما أُوتيتُمْ مِنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ فَمَتاعُ الْحَياةِ الدُّنْيا وَ زينَتُها وَ ما عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ وَ أَبْقى‏ أَ فَلا تَعْقِلُون .

Whatever things you have been given are only the wares of the life of this world and its glitter, and what is with God is better and more lasting. Will you not apply reason? (Qur’an; 28:60)

فَأَمَّا مَنْ تابَ وَ آمَنَ وَ عَمِلَ صالِحاً فَعَسى‏ أَنْ يَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُفْلِحين.

As for him who repents and develops faith and acts righteously, maybe he will be among the felicitous. (Qur’an; 28:67)

إِنَّ قارُونَ كانَ مِنْ قَوْمِ مُوسى‏ فَبَغى‏ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ آتَيْناهُ مِنَ الْكُنُوزِ ما إِنَّ مَفاتِحَهُ لَتَنُوأُ بِالْعُصْبَةِ أُولِي الْقُوَّةِ إِذْ قالَ لَهُ قَوْمُهُ لا تَفْرَحْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُحِبُّ الْفَرِحين.

Qaaroon was from among Moses’ people, but he betrayed them. God gave him such treasures that the keys thereof were almost too heavy for the strongest person. His people said to him, “Do not become too happy, for God does not like such kind of joy. (Qur’an; 28:76)

وَ ابْتَغِ فيما آتاكَ اللَّهُ الدَّارَ الْآخِرَةَ وَ لا تَنْسَ نَصيبَكَ مِنَ الدُّنْيا وَ أَحْسِنْ كَما أَحْسَنَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْكَ وَ لا تَبْغِ الْفَسادَ فِي الْأَرْضِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُحِبُّ الْمُفْسِدين .

Seek with the provisions bestowed upon you by God and the abode of the Hereafter, and do not forget your share in this world, and do good as God has done good to you. Do not seek corruption in the land. God does not like the corruptors.” (Qur’an; 28:77)

قالَ إِنَّما أُوتيتُهُ عَلى‏ عِلْمٍ عِنْدي أَ وَ لَمْ يَعْلَمْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَهْلَكَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ مَنْ هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُ قُوَّةً وَ أَكْثَرُ جَمْعاً وَ لا يُسْئَلُ عَنْ ذُنُوبِهِمُ الْمُجْرِمُون .

He replied, “I have attained all this only because of my own knowledge.” Did he not know that God had already destroyed before him some of the generations who were more powerful than him and greater in amassing [wealth]? The guilty will not be questioned about their sins. (Qur’an; 28:78)

فَخَرَجَ عَلى‏ قَوْمِهِ في‏ زينَتِهِ قالَ الَّذينَ يُريدُونَ الْحَياةَ الدُّنْيا يا لَيْتَ لَنا مِثْلَ ما أُوتِيَ قارُونُ إِنَّهُ لَذُو حَظٍّ عَظيم.

Then he came out among his people draped in his ornaments. Those who preferred this worldly life said, “Oh, if only we were given similar to what Qaaroon has been given. Indeed, he is very fortunate.” (Qur’an; 28:79)

وَ قالَ الَّذينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ وَيْلَكُمْ ثَوابُ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لِمَنْ آمَنَ وَ عَمِلَ صالِحاً وَ لا يُلَقَّاها إِلاَّ الصَّابِرُون.

Those who were given knowledge said, “Woe to you! The reward from God is far better for those who believe and do good works. And none attains this except the patient.” (Qur’an; 28:80)

فَخَسَفْنا بِهِ وَ بِدارِهِ الْأَرْضَ فَما كانَ لَهُ مِنْ فِئَةٍ يَنْصُرُونَهُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَ ما كانَ مِنَ المُنْتَصِرين .

God then caused the earth to swallow him and his mansion. He had no group that could protect him against God; nor would he be victorious. (Qur’an; 28:81)

وَ أَصْبَحَ الَّذينَ تَمَنَّوْا مَكانَهُ بِالْأَمْسِ يَقُولُونَ وَيْكَأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَشاءُ مِنْ عِبادِهِ وَ يَقْدِرُ لَوْ لا أَنْ مَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْنا لَخَسَفَ بِنا وَيْكَأَنَّهُ لا يُفْلِحُ الْكافِرُون .

Then those who wished they were in his place the day before, said, “Indeed it is God Who provides or restricts for whomever He chooses from among His servants. Had it not been for God’s grace towards us, He could have caused the earth to swallow us as well. We now realize that the rejecters never succeed.’ (Qur’an; 28:82)

تِلْكَ الدَّارُ الْآخِرَةُ نَجْعَلُها لِلَّذينَ لا يُريدُونَ عُلُوًّا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ لا فَساداً وَ الْعاقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقين.

This will be the abode of the Hereafter; We reserve it for those who do not seek prestige on earth, nor corruption. And the end belongs to the righteous. (Qur’an; 28:83)

مَن جَاءَ بِالحَْسَنَةِ فَلَهُ خَيرٌْ مِّنهَْا وَ مَن جَاءَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ فَلَا يجُْزَى الَّذِينَ عَمِلُواْ السَّيَِّاتِ إِلَّا مَا كاَنُواْ يَعْمَلُون ‏ .

Whosoever shall come [before God] with a good deed will gain [further] good therefrom; but as for any who shall come with an evil deed – [know that] they who do evil deeds will not be requited with more than [the like of] what they have done. (Qur’an; 28:84)

وَ لا تَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلهاً آخَرَ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ كُلُّ شَيْ‏ءٍ هالِكٌ إِلاَّ وَجْهَهُ لَهُ الْحُكْمُ وَ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُون.

Do not invoke another god besides Almighty God; there is no god except Him. Everything is to perish except His Face. All judgment belongs to Him, and to Him you will be brought back. (Qur’an; 28:88)

أَ حَسِبَ النَّاسُ أَنْ يُتْرَكُوا أَنْ يَقُولُوا آمَنَّا وَ هُمْ لا يُفْتَنُون .

Did the people think that they will be left to say, “We believe” without being put to the test? (Qur’an; 29:2)

وَ لَقَدْ فَتَنَّا الَّذينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ اللَّهُ الَّذينَ صَدَقُوا وَ لَيَعْلَمَنَّ الْكاذِبين.

And while We had tested those before them, so that God would know those who are truthful and so that He would know the liars. (Qur’an; 29:3)

وَ مَنْ جاهَدَ فَإِنَّما يُجاهِدُ لِنَفْسِهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَغَنِيٌّ عَنِ الْعالَمين.

Whoever strives, strives only for his own sake. Indeed God has no need of the creatures. (Qur’an; 29:6)

وَ مَا هَاذِهِ الْحَيَوةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا لَهْوٌ وَ لَعِبٌ وَ إِنَّ الدَّارَ الاَْخِرَةَ لَهِىَ الْحَيَوَانُ لَوْ كَانُواْ يَعْلَمُون‏ .

This worldly life is no more than fun and distraction, while the abode of the Hereafter is the reality, if they only knew. (Qur’an; 29:64)

وَ الَّذينَ جاهَدُوا فينا لَنَهْدِيَنَّهُمْ سُبُلَنا وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمَعَ الْمُحْسِنين.

As for those who strive in Us, We shall surely guide them in Our ways, and God is indeed with the virtuous. (Qur’an; 29:69)

وَ ما هذِهِ الْحَياةُ الدُّنْيا إِلاَّ لَهْوٌ وَ لَعِبٌ وَ إِنَّ الدَّارَ الْآخِرَةَ لَهِيَ الْحَيَوانُ لَوْ كانُوا يَعْلَمُون .

So set your heart on the religion as a people of pure faith, the nature in which God has made mankind. There is no altering God’s creation. (Qur’an; 30:30)

فَآتِ ذَا الْقُرْبى‏ حَقَّهُ وَ الْمِسْكينَ وَ ابْنَ السَّبيلِ ذلِكَ خَيْرٌ لِلَّذينَ يُريدُونَ وَجْهَ اللَّهِ وَ أُولئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُون .

Give the relative his right, and the needy and the traveler [as well]. That is better for those who seek God’s pleasure, and it is they who are the felicitous. (Qur’an; 30:38)

وَ مَا ءَاتَيْتُم مِّن رِّبًا لِّيرَْبُوَاْ فىِ أَمْوَالِ النَّاسِ فَلَا يَرْبُواْ عِندَ اللَّهِ وَ مَا ءَاتَيْتُم مِّن زَكَوةٍ تُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَ اللَّهِ فَأُوْلَئكَ هُمُ الْمُضْعِفُون‏ .

That which you give in usury in order that it may increase people’s wealth does not increase with God. But any contribution that you have placed seeking His presence, it is they who will be given a manifold increase. (Qur’an; 30:39)

فَاصْبِرْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَ لا يَسْتَخِفَّنَّكَ الَّذينَ لا يُوقِنُون .

So be patient! God's promise is indeed true. Do not let yourself be upset by those who have no conviction. (Qur’an; 30:60)

تِلْكَ آياتُ الْكِتابِ الْحَكيم. هُدىً وَ رَحْمَةً لِلْمُحْسِنين. الَّذينَ يُقيمُونَ الصَّلاةَ وَ يُؤْتُونَ الزَّكاةَ وَ هُمْ بِالْآخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُون. أُولئِكَ عَلى‏ هُدىً مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ وَ أُولئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُون.

These are the signs of the definitive book, a guidance and mercy for the virtuous and good-doers, who maintain the prayer, and pay the zakat, and are certain of the Hereafter. Those follow their Lord’s guidance, and it is they who are the felicitous. (Qur’an; 31: 2-5)

وَ لَقَدْ آتَيْنا لُقْمانَ الْحِكْمَةَ أَنِ اشْكُرْ لِلَّهِ وَ مَنْ يَشْكُرْ فَإِنَّما يَشْكُرُ لِنَفْسِهِ وَ مَنْ كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ حَميد.

Certainly, We gave Luqman wisdom, saying, “You shall be thankful to God, and whoever is thankful is being thankful for his own good. As for whosoever rejects, then God is rich, praiseworthy. (Qur’an; 31:12)

وَ إِذْ قالَ لُقْمانُ لاِبْنِهِ وَ هُوَ يَعِظُهُ يا بُنَيَّ لا تُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّ الشِّرْكَ لَظُلْمٌ عَظيم.

Luqman said to his son, as he advised him: “O my dear son! Do not ascribe any partners to God. Polytheism is indeed a great injustice.” (Qur’an; 31:13)

يا بُنَيَّ أَقِمِ الصَّلاةَ وَ أْمُرْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ انْهَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَ اصْبِرْ عَلى‏ ما أَصابَكَ إِنَّ ذلِكَ مِنْ عَزْمِ الْأُمُور.

O my son! Maintain the prayer and bid what is right and forbid what is wrong, and be patient through whatever may visit you. That is indeed the steadiest of courses. (Qur’an; 31:17)

إِنَّ اللَّهَ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ وَ يُنَزِّلُ الْغَيْثَ وَ يَعْلَمُ ما فِي الْأَرْحامِ وَ ما تَدْري نَفْسٌ ما ذا تَكْسِبُ غَداً وَ ما تَدْري نَفْسٌ بِأَيِّ أَرْضٍ تَمُوتُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَليمٌ خَبير.

Indeed the knowledge of the Hour is with God. He sends down the rain, and He knows what is in the wombs. No soul knows what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul knows in what land it will die. Indeed God is all-knowing, all-aware. (Qur’an; 31:34)

يا نِساءَ النَّبِيِّ لَسْتُنَّ كَأَحَدٍ مِنَ النِّساءِ إِنِ اتَّقَيْتُنَّ فَلا تَخْضَعْنَ بِالْقَوْلِ فَيَطْمَعَ الَّذي في‏ قَلْبِهِ مَرَضٌ وَ قُلْنَ قَوْلاً مَعْرُوفا.

O wives of the prophet, you are not like any other women. If you are righteous, then do not speak too softly (in a soft voice), lest those with disease in their hearts will move with desire; you shall speak in an honorable manner. (Qur’an; 33:32)

إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَ يُطَهِّرَكمُ‏ْ تَطْهِيرًا.

Verily God intends to keep off from you every kind of uncleanness O’ People of the House (Ahlul-Bayt), and purify you with a perfect purification. (Qur’an; 33:33)

يَأَيهَُّا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ اذْكُرُواْ اللَّهَ ذِكْرًا كَثِيرًا.

O you who have faith! Remember God with frequent remembrance. (Qur’an; 33:41)

وَ إِذَا سَأَلْتُمُوهُنَّ مَتَاعًا فَسَْلُوهُنَّ مِن وَرَاءِ حِجَابٍ ذَالِكُمْ أَطْهَرُ لِقُلُوبِكُمْ وَ قُلُوبِهِن‏

When you ask anything of [his] womenfolk, ask it from them from behind a curtain. (Qur’an; 33:53)

وَ مَن يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ فَقَدْ فَازَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا.

Whoever obeys God and His Apostle has certainly achieved a great success. (Qur’an; 33:71)

يا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ فَلا تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ الْحَياةُ الدُّنْيا وَ لا يَغُرَّنَّكُمْ بِاللَّهِ الْغَرُور.

O people, God’s promise is the truth; therefore, do not be overwhelmed by this worldly life, and do not let Satan overwhelm you from God. (Qur’an; 35:5)

إِنَّ الشَّيْطانَ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ فَاتَّخِذُوهُ عَدُوًّا إِنَّما يَدْعُوا حِزْبَهُ لِيَكُونُوا مِنْ أَصْحابِ السَّعير.

The devil is an enemy to you, so treat him as an enemy. He only invites his faction to be the dwellers of Hell. (Qur’an; 35:6)

أَ لَمْ أَعْهَدْ إِلَيْكُمْ يا بَني‏ آدَمَ أَنْ لا تَعْبُدُوا الشَّيْطانَ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُبين. وَ أَنِ اعْبُدُوني‏ هذا صِراطٌ مُسْتَقيم.

Did I not pledge to you, O Children of Adam, that you should not serve the devil for he is your manifest enemy, and that you should serve Me? That is a straight path. (Qur’an; 36: 60-61)

وَ لَقَدْ أَضَلَّ مِنْكُمْ جِبِلاًّ كَثيراً أَ فَلَمْ تَكُونُوا تَعْقِلُون .

He has misled mountain loads of you. Did you not possess any understanding? (Qur’an; 36:62)

إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يَهْدي مَنْ هُوَ كاذِبٌ كَفَّار.

Indeed God does not guide someone who is a liar and an ingrate. (Qur’an; 39:3)

قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِى الَّذِينَ يَعْلَمُونَ وَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ إِنَّمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ أُوْلُواْ الْأَلْبَاب‏.

Say, “are those who know equal to those who do not know?” Only those who possess intelligence will take heed. (Qur’an; 39:9)

قُلْ يا عِبادِ الَّذينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمْ لِلَّذينَ أَحْسَنُوا في‏ هذِهِ الدُّنْيا حَسَنَةٌ وَ أَرْضُ اللَّهِ واسِعَةٌ إِنَّما يُوَفَّى الصَّابِرُونَ أَجْرَهُمْ بِغَيْرِ حِساب.

God declares: “O My servants who have faith! Be wary and aware of your Lord. For those who do good in this world there will be a good reward, and God's earth is vast. Indeed the patient will be paid in full their reward without any reckoning. (Qur’an; 39:10)

فَبَشِّرْ عِباد. الَّذينَ يَسْتَمِعُونَ الْقَوْلَ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ أَحْسَنَهُ أُولئِكَ الَّذينَ هَداهُمُ اللَّهُ وَ أُولئِكَ هُمْ أُولُوا الْأَلْباب.

Give good news to My servants who listen to the words (of God) and follow the best sense of it. They are the ones whom God has guided, and it is they who possess intellect. (Qur’an; 39:18)

أَ فَمَنْ شَرَحَ اللَّهُ صَدْرَهُ لِلْإِسْلامِ فَهُوَ عَلى‏ نُورٍ مِنْ رَبِّهِ فَوَيْلٌ لِلْقاسِيَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ مِنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ أُولئِكَ في‏ ضَلالٍ مُبين.

Is someone whose breast God has opened to Islam so that he follows a light from His Lord? So woe to those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of God! They are in manifest error. (Qur’an; 39:22)

أَ وَ لَمْ يَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَشاءُ وَ يَقْدِرُ إِنَّ في‏ ذلِكَ لَآياتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُون .

Do they not know that God expands the provision for whomever He wishes and tightens it for whomever He wishes? There are indeed signs in that for a people who have faith. (Qur’an; 39:52)

قُلْ يا عِبادِيَ الَّذينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلى‏ أَنْفُسِهِمْ لا تَقْنَطُوا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَميعاً إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحيم.

Say [that God declares,]“O My servants, who have committed excesses against their own souls, do not despair of the mercy of God. Indeed God will forgive all sins. Indeed, He is the All-forgiving, the All-merciful. (Qur’an; 39:53)

أَ وَ لَمْ يَسِيرُواْ فىِ الْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُواْ كَيْفَ كاَنَ عَاقِبَةُ الَّذِينَ كاَنُواْ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ كاَنُواْ هُمْ أَشَدَّ مِنهُْمْ قُوَّةً وَ ءَاثَارًا فىِ الْأَرْضِ فَأَخَذَهُمُ اللَّهُ بِذُنُوبهِِمْ وَ مَا كاَنَ لَهُم مِّنَ اللَّهِ مِن وَاق‏.

Have they not traveled over the land so that they may observe how the fate of those who were before them was? They were greater than them in might, and with respect to the effects [they left] in the land. But then God seized them for their sins, and they had no defender against God [’s punishment]. (Qur’an; 40:21)

يا قَوْمِ إِنَّما هذِهِ الْحَياةُ الدُّنْيا مَتاعٌ وَ إِنَّ الْآخِرَةَ هِيَ دارُ الْقَرار.

O my people! This life of the world is only a passing enjoyment, and indeed the Hereafter is the abiding home. (Qur’an; 40:39)

أُفَوِّضُ أَمْري إِلَى اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَصيرٌ بِالْعِباد.

I entrust my affair to God. Indeed God sees best the servants. (Qur’an; 40:44)

إِذْ جاءَتْهُمُ الرُّسُلُ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَيْديهِمْ وَ مِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ أَلاَّ تَعْبُدُوا إِلاَّ اللَّهَ قالُوا لَوْ شاءَ رَبُّنا لَأَنْزَلَ مَلائِكَةً فَإِنَّا بِما أُرْسِلْتُمْ بِهِ كافِرُون .

When the apostles came to them, before them and in their own time, saying, “Worship no one except God. They said, “Had our Lord wished, He would certainly have sent down angels [to us]. We indeed disbelieve in what you have been sent with.” (Qur’an; 41:14)

وَ لا تَسْتَوِي الْحَسَنَةُ وَ لاَ السَّيِّئَةُ ادْفَعْ بِالَّتي‏ هِيَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا الَّذي بَيْنَكَ وَ بَيْنَهُ عَداوَةٌ كَأَنَّهُ وَلِيٌّ حَميم.

The good and the evil are not equal, so repel the wrongdoing of men with Good treatment instead (with that which is the best), then your Enemies will turn into intimate friends. (Qur’an; 41:34)

وَ ما يُلَقَّاها إِلاَّ الَّذينَ صَبَرُوا وَ ما يُلَقَّاها إِلاَّ ذُو حَظٍّ عَظيم.

No one will be granted such goodness except those who exercise patience and self-restraint, none but persons of the greatest good fortune. (Qur’an; 41:35)

مَنْ عَمِلَ صالِحاً فَلِنَفْسِهِ وَ مَنْ أَساءَ فَعَلَيْها وَ ما رَبُّكَ بِظَلاَّمٍ لِلْعَبيد.

Whoever acts righteously, it is for his own soul, and whoever does evil, it is to its detriment, and your Lord is never unjust to the servants. (Qur’an; 41:46)

لا يَسْأَمُ الْإِنْسانُ مِنْ دُعاءِ الْخَيْرِ وَ إِنْ مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ فَيَؤُسٌ قَنُوط.

Man is never wearied of supplicating for good, and should any ill befall man, he becomes hopeless, despondent. (Qur’an; 41:49)

سَنُريهِمْ آياتِنا فِي الْآفاقِ وَ في‏ أَنْفُسِهِمْ حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ أَ وَ لَمْ يَكْفِ بِرَبِّكَ أَنَّهُ عَلى‏ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ شَهيد.

Soon We shall show them Our signs in the horizons and in their own souls until it becomes clear to them that He is the Real. (Qur’an; 41:53)

أَلَا إِنَّهُ بِكلُ‏ِّ شىَ‏ْءٍ محُِّيط

Look! He indeed comprehends all things! (Qur’an; 41:54)

وَ هُوَ الَّذي يَقْبَلُ التَّوْبَةَ عَنْ عِبادِهِ وَ يَعْفُوا عَنِ السَّيِّئاتِ وَ يَعْلَمُ ما تَفْعَلُون .

He is the One who accepts the repentance from His servants, and He forgives the sins. He is fully aware of what you do. (Qur’an; 42:25)

فَما أُوتيتُمْ مِنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ فَمَتاعُ الْحَياةِ الدُّنْيا وَ ما عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ وَ أَبْقى‏ لِلَّذينَ آمَنُوا وَ عَلى‏ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُون. وَ الَّذينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبائِرَ الْإِثْمِ وَ الْفَواحِشَ وَ إِذا ما غَضِبُوا هُمْ يَغْفِرُونَ . وَ الَّذينَ اسْتَجابُوا لِرَبِّهِمْ وَ أَقامُوا الصَّلاةَ وَ أَمْرُهُمْ شُورى‏ بَيْنَهُمْ وَ مِمَّا رَزَقْناهُمْ يُنْفِقُون .

Whatever you have been given are the wares of the life of this world, but what is with God is better and more lasting for those who have faith and who put their trust in their Lord; Those who avoid major sins and indecencies, and forgive when angered; Those who answer their Lord, maintain the prayer, and their affairs are by counsel among themselves, and they spend out of what We have provided them with. (Qur’an; 42: 36-38)

وَ لَنَبْلُوَنَّكُمْ حَتَّى نَعْلَمَ الْمُجاهِدينَ مِنْكُمْ وَ الصَّابِرينَ وَ نَبْلُوَا أَخْبارَكُم.

We will surely test you until We ascertain those of you who strive hard for the cause of God and those who are steadfast, and We shall appraise your record. (Qur’an; 47:31)

يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنُوا أَطيعُوا اللَّهَ وَ أَطيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَ لا تُبْطِلُوا أَعْمالَكُم.

Obey God and obey the Apostle, and do not render your works void. (Qur’an; 47:33)

إِنَّمَا الْحَياةُ الدُّنْيا لَعِبٌ وَ لَهْوٌ وَ إِنْ تُؤْمِنُوا وَ تَتَّقُوا يُؤْتِكُمْ أُجُورَكُمْ وَ لا يَسْئَلْكُمْ أَمْوالَكُم.

The life of the world is just play and diversion, but if you are faithful and God wary, He will give you your rewards, and will not ask your wealth [in return] from you. (Qur’an; 47:36)

محَُّمَّدٌ رَّسُولُ اللَّهِ وَ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ أَشِدَّاءُ عَلىَ الْكُفَّارِ رُحَمَاءُ بَيْنهَُمْ تَرَئهُمْ رُكَّعًا سُجَّدًا يَبْتَغُونَ فَضْلًا مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَ رِضْوَانًا سِيمَاهُمْ فىِ وُجُوهِهِم مِّنْ أَثَرِ السُّجُودِ ذَالِكَ مَثَلُهُمْ فىِ التَّوْرَئةِ وَ مَثَلُهُمْ فىِ الْانجِيلِ كَزَرْعٍ أَخْرَجَ شَطَْهُ فََازَرَهُ فَاسْتَغْلَظَ فَاسْتَوَى‏ عَلىَ‏ سُوقِهِ يُعْجِبُ الزُّرَّاعَ لِيَغِيظَ بهِِمُ الْكُفَّارَ وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَ عَمِلُواْ الصَّالِحَاتِ مِنهُْم مَّغْفِرَةً وَ أَجْرًا عَظِيمَا.

Muhammad is the Messenger of God, and those who are with him, are severe against the disbelievers, and merciful among themselves. You see them bowing and falling down prostrate (in prayer), seeking bounty from God and (His) Good Pleasure. The mark of them is on their faces from the traces of prostration (during prayers). This is their description in the Torah. But their description in the Gospel is like a (sown) seed which sends forth its shoot, then makes it strong, and becomes thick and it stands straight on its stem, delighting the sowers, that He may enrage the disbelievers with them. God has promised those among them who believe and do righteous good deeds, forgiveness and a mighty reward. (Qur’an; 48:29)

إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِخْوَةٌ فَأَصْلِحُواْ بَينْ‏َ أَخَوَيْكمُ‏ْ وَ اتَّقُواْ اللَّهَ لَعَلَّكمُ‏ْ تُرْحَمُون‏ .

The believers are but brethren, therefore make peace between your brothers and be careful of (your duty to) God that mercy may be had on you. (Qur’an; 49:10)

يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنُوا لا يَسْخَرْ قَوْمٌ مِنْ قَوْمٍ عَسى‏ أَنْ يَكُونُوا خَيْراً مِنْهُمْ وَ لا نِساءٌ مِنْ نِساءٍ عَسى‏ أَنْ يَكُنَّ خَيْراً مِنْهُنَّ وَ لا تَلْمِزُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَ لا تَنابَزُوا بِالْأَلْقابِ بِئْسَ الاِسْمُ الْفُسُوقُ بَعْدَ الْإيمانِ وَ مَنْ لَمْ يَتُبْ فَأُولئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُون .

O you who have faith! Let not any people ridicule another people: it may be that they are better than they are; nor let women [ridicule] women: it may be that they are better than they are. Moreover, do not defame one another, nor insult one another by [calling] nicknames. How evil are profane names subsequent to faith! And whoever is not penitent such are the wrongdoers. (Qur’an; 49:11)

يَأَيهَُّا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ اجْتَنِبُواْ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ الظَّنّ‏ِ إِنَّ بَعْضَ الظَّنّ‏ِ إِثْمٌ وَ لَا تجََسَّسُواْ وَ لَا يَغْتَب بَّعْضُكُم بَعْضًا أَ يحُِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَن يَأْكُلَ لَحْمَ أَخِيهِ مَيْتًا فَكَرِهْتُمُوهُ وَ اتَّقُواْ اللَّهَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَوَّابٌ رَّحِيم.

O You who believe, refrain from most of suspicions because some suspicions are sins, and do not spy on or backbite one another. Would anyone of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? No, you abhor it. (Qur’an; 49:12)

يَأَيهَُّا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكمُ مِّن ذَكَرٍ وَ أُنثىَ‏ وَ جَعَلْنَاكمُ‏ْ شُعُوبًا وَ قَبَائلَ لِتَعَارَفُواْ إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكمُ‏ْ عِندَ اللَّهِ أَتْقَئكُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِير.

O mankind! We have created you from a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know one another. Verily, the most honorable of you in the Sight of God is the most righteous (who fear God much, abstain from all kinds of sins and evil deeds which He has forbidden), and love God much. Verily! God is All-Knowing, All-Aware. (Qur’an; 49:13)

قالَتِ الْأَعْرابُ آمَنَّا قُلْ لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا وَ لكِنْ قُولُوا أَسْلَمْنا وَ لَمَّا يَدْخُلِ الْإيمانُ في‏ قُلُوبِكُمْ وَ إِنْ تُطيعُوا اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ لا يَلِتْكُمْ مِنْ أَعْمالِكُمْ شَيْئاً إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحيمٌ.

The Bedouins say, “We have faith.” Say, “You do not have faith yet; rather say, “We have embraced Islam,” for faith has not yet entered into your hearts. Yet if you obey God and His Apostle, He will not stint anything of] the reward of [your works. Indeed God is all-forgiving, all-merciful.” (Qur’an; 49:14)

إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذينَ آمَنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَرْتابُوا وَ جاهَدُوا بِأَمْوالِهِمْ وَ أَنْفُسِهِمْ في‏ سَبيلِ اللَّهِ أُولئِكَ هُمُ الصَّادِقُون .

The faithful are only those who have attained faith in God and His Apostle and then have never doubted, and who strive with their possessions and their persons in the way of God. It is they who are the truthful. (Qur’an; 49:15)

وَ لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسانَ وَ نَعْلَمُ ما تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِ نَفْسُهُ وَ نَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ الْوَريد.

Certainly, We have created man and We know to what his soul tempts him, and We are nearer to him than his jugular vein. (Qur’an; 50:16)

وَ جاءَتْ سَكْرَةُ الْمَوْتِ بِالْحَقِّ ذلِكَ ما كُنْتَ مِنْهُ تَحيد. وَ نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ ذلِكَ يَوْمُ الْوَعيد.

And eventually the agony of death which is true comes to man and he will be told, “This is what you have been trying to avoid!” Then the Trumpet shall be blown and that is the Day of fulfillment of the dreadful Chastisement, which has been promised. (Qur’an; 50: 19-20)

وَ جاءَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَعَها سائِقٌ وَ شَهيد.

Then every soul will come accompanied by a driver and a witness. (Qur’an; 50:21)

لَقَدْ كُنْتَ في‏ غَفْلَةٍ مِنْ هذا فَكَشَفْنا عَنْكَ غِطاءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ الْيَوْمَ حَديد.

You were certainly oblivious of this. We have removed your veil from you, and so your sight is acute today. (Qur’an; 50:22)

وَ فِي الْأَرْضِ آياتٌ لِلْمُوقِنين. وَ في‏ أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَ فَلا تُبْصِرُون .

And in the earth are signs for those who comprehend. And within yourselves; do you not see? (Qur’an; 51: 20-21)

وَ ما خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَ الْإِنْسَ إِلاَّ لِيَعْبُدُون .

I did not create the jinn and the humans except that they may worship Me. (Qur’an; 51:56)

وَ مَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ الهَْوَى. إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌ يُوحَى‏ .

He does not speak out of his own desires. It is just a revelation that is revealed [to him].. (Qur’an; 53: 3-4)

إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيهِْمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّا ءَالَ لُوطٍ نجََّّيْنَاهُم بِسَحَرٍ. نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا كَذَالِكَ نجَْزِى مَن شَكَر.

“We saved them at dawn. A blessing from Us; it is thus that We reward those who give thanks.” (Qur’an; 54: 34-35)

وَ ما لَكُمْ أَلاَّ تُنْفِقُوا في‏ سَبيلِ اللَّهِ وَ لِلَّهِ ميراثُ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ لا يَسْتَوي مِنْكُمْ مَنْ أَنْفَقَ مِنْ قَبْلِ الْفَتْحِ وَ قاتَلَ أُولئِكَ أَعْظَمُ دَرَجَةً مِنَ الَّذينَ أَنْفَقُوا مِنْ بَعْدُ وَ قاتَلُوا وَ كُلاًّ وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الْحُسْنى‏ وَ اللَّهُ بِما تَعْمَلُونَ خَبير.

Why should you not spend in the way of God, while to God belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth? Not equal to others are those of you who spent and fought before the victory. They are greater in rank than those who have spent and fought afterwards. Yet God has promised the best reward to each and God is well aware of what you do. (Qur’an; 57:10)

مَنْ ذَا الَّذي يُقْرِضُ اللَّهَ قَرْضاً حَسَناً فَيُضاعِفَهُ لَهُ وَ لَهُ أَجْرٌ كَريم.

Who is it that will lend God a good loan, that He may multiply it for him and that there may be a noble reward for him? (Qur’an; 57:11)

إِنَّ الْمُصَّدِّقِينَ وَ الْمُصَّدِّقَاتِ وَ أَقْرَضُواْ اللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا يُضَاعَفُ لَهُمْ وَ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ كَرِيم‏.

Indeed the charitable men and charitable women, and those who lend God a good loan it shall be multiplied for them, and there is a noble reward for them. (Qur’an; 57:18(

اعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا الْحَياةُ الدُّنْيا لَعِبٌ وَ لَهْوٌ وَ زينَةٌ وَ تَفاخُرٌ بَيْنَكُمْ وَ تَكاثُرٌ فِي الْأَمْوالِ وَ الْأَوْلادِ كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ أَعْجَبَ الْكُفَّارَ نَباتُهُ ثُمَّ يَهيجُ فَتَراهُ مُصْفَرًّا ثُمَّ يَكُونُ حُطاماً وَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ عَذابٌ شَديدٌ وَ مَغْفِرَةٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ رِضْوانٌ وَ مَا الْحَياةُ الدُّنْيا إِلاَّ مَتاعُ الْغُرُور.

Know that this worldly life is no more than play and games, and boasting among you, and hoarding of money and children. It is like abundant rain that produces plants and pleases the farmer. Then the plants turn into useless hay, and are blown away by the wind. In the Hereafter, there is severe retribution, and forgiveness from God and approval. This worldly life is no more than a temporary illusion. (Qur’an; 57:20)

سابِقُوا إِلى‏ مَغْفِرَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَ جَنَّةٍ عَرْضُها كَعَرْضِ السَّماءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ أُعِدَّتْ لِلَّذينَ آمَنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَ رُسُلِهِ ذلِكَ فَضْلُ اللَّهِ يُؤْتيهِ مَنْ يَشاءُ وَ اللَّهُ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظيم.

You shall race towards forgiveness from your Lord and the garden of paradise whose width is equal to the vastness of the heavens and the earth altogether, and is prepared for those who believe in God and His Messengers. That is the grace of God, which He bestows on whom He wills; and God is dispenser of a great grace. (Qur’an; 57:21)

لا تَجِدُ قَوْماً يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَ الْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ يُوادُّونَ مَنْ حَادَّ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ وَ لَوْ كانُوا آباءَهُمْ أَوْ أَبْناءَهُمْ أَوْ إِخْوانَهُمْ أَوْ عَشيرَتَهُمْ أُولئِكَ كَتَبَ في‏ قُلُوبِهِمُ الْإيمانَ وَ أَيَّدَهُمْ بِرُوحٍ مِنْهُ وَ يُدْخِلُهُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْري مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهارُ خالِدينَ فيها رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَ رَضُوا عَنْهُ أُولئِكَ حِزْبُ اللَّهِ أَلا إِنَّ حِزْبَ اللَّهِ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُون .

You will not find a people believing in God and the Last Day endearing those who oppose God and His Apostle even though they were their own parents, or children, or brothers, or kinsfolk. [For] such, He has written faith into their hearts and strengthened them with a spirit from Him. He will admit them into gardens with streams running in them, to remain in them [forever], God is pleased with them, and they are pleased with Him. They are God’s confederates. Look! The confederates of God are indeed felicitous! (Qur’an; 58:22)

وَ يُؤْثِرُونَ عَلى‏ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَ لَوْ كانَ بِهِمْ خَصاصَةٌ وَ مَنْ يُوقَ شُحَّ نَفْسِهِ فَأُولئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُون .

They readily give others priority over themselves, even when they themselves need what they give away. Indeed, those who overcome their desires are the successful ones. (Qur’an; 59:9)

يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَ لْتَنْظُرْ نَفْسٌ ما قَدَّمَتْ لِغَدٍ وَ اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَبيرٌ بِما تَعْمَلُون .

O you who believe, you shall reverence God, and let every soul examine what it has put forth for tomorrow. You shall reverence God; God is fully aware of everything you do. (Qur’an; 59:18)

وَ لا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذينَ نَسُوا اللَّهَ فَأَنْساهُمْ أَنْفُسَهُمْ أُولئِكَ هُمُ الْفاسِقُون .

And do not be like those who forgot God’s remembrance, so He makes them forget their own souls. It is they who are the transgressors. (Qur’an; 59:19)

هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذي لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ عالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَ الشَّهادَةِ هُوَ الرَّحْمنُ الرَّحيمُ.

He is Almighty God; there is no god except Him, Knower of the sensible and the Unseen. He is the All-beneficent, the All-merciful. (Qur’an; 59:22)

هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذي لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ الْمَلِكُ الْقُدُّوسُ السَّلامُ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْمُهَيْمِنُ الْعَزيزُ الْجَبَّارُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُ سُبْحانَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُون.

He is Almighty God there is no other God except Him the Sovereign, the All-holy, the All-benign, the Securer, the All-conserver, the All-mighty, the All-compeller, the All-magnanimous. Clear is God of any partners that they may ascribe to Him! (Qur’an; 59:23)

هُوَ اللَّهُ الْخَالِقُ الْبَارِئُ الْمُصَوِّرُ لَهُ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنىَ‏ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ مَا فىِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الحَْكِيم‏.

He is God, the Creator, the Maker, the Former. To Him belong the Best Names. Whatever there is in the heavens glorifies Him and] whatever there is in [the earth, and He is the All-mighty, the All-wise.” (Qur’an; 59:24)

لَّا يَنْهَئكمُ‏ُ اللَّهُ عَنِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ فىِ الدِّينِ وَ لَمْ يخُْرِجُوكمُ مِّن دِيَارِكُمْ أَن تَبرَُّوهُمْ وَ تُقْسِطُواْ إِلَيهِْمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يحُِبُّ الْمُقْسِطِين.

God does not forbid you from showing kindness and dealing justly with those who have not fought you about religion and have not driven you out of your homes. God loves just dealers. (Qur’an; 60:8)

إِنَّما يَنْهاكُمُ اللَّهُ عَنِ الَّذينَ قاتَلُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ وَ أَخْرَجُوكُمْ مِنْ دِيارِكُمْ وَ ظاهَرُوا عَلى‏ إِخْراجِكُمْ أَنْ تَوَلَّوْهُمْ وَ مَنْ يَتَوَلَّهُمْ فَأُولئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُون .

God forbids you only in regard to those who made war against you on account of religion and expelled you from your homes and supported [others] in your expulsion, that you make friends with them, and whoever makes friends with them it is they who are the wrongdoers. (Qur’an; 60:9)

يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنُوا لِمَ تَقُولُونَ ما لا تَفْعَلُون . كَبُرَ مَقْتاً عِنْدَ اللَّهِ أَنْ تَقُولُوا ما لا تَفْعَلُون .

O you who believe! Why do you say what you do not do? Most hateful it is with God that you say what you do not do. (Qur’an; 61: 2-3)

هُوَ الَّذي بَعَثَ فِي الْأُمِّيِّينَ رَسُولاً مِنْهُمْ يَتْلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ آياتِهِ وَ يُزَكِّيهِمْ وَ يُعَلِّمُهُمُ الْكِتابَ وَ الْحِكْمَةَ وَ إِنْ كانُوا مِنْ قَبْلُ لَفي‏ ضَلالٍ مُبين.

It is He who sent to the unlettered people an apostle from among themselves, to recite to them His signs, to purify them, and to teach them the Book and wisdom, and earlier they had indeed been in manifest error. (Qur’an; 62:2)

قُلْ إِنَّ الْمَوْتَ الَّذي تَفِرُّونَ مِنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ مُلاقيكُمْ ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ إِلى‏ عالِمِ الْغَيْبِ وَ الشَّهادَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِما كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُون .

Say, “Indeed the death that you flee will indeed encounter you. Then you will be returned to the Knower of the sensible and the Unseen and He will inform you about what you used to do.” (Qur’an; 62:8)

يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنُوا لا تُلْهِكُمْ أَمْوالُكُمْ وَ لا أَوْلادُكُمْ عَنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَ مَنْ يَفْعَلْ ذلِكَ فَأُولئِكَ هُمُ الْخاسِرُون .

O you who have faith! Let not your possessions, neither your children, divert you from God’s remembrance. Whoso does that - they are the losers. (Qur’an; 63:9)

وَ أَنفِقُواْ مِن مَّا رَزَقْنَاكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتىِ‏َ أَحَدَكُمُ الْمَوْتُ فَيَقُولَ رَبّ‏ِ لَوْ لَا أَخَّرْتَنىِ إِلىَ أَجَلٍ قَرِيبٍ فَأَصَّدَّقَ وَ أَكُن مِّنَ الصَّالِحِينَ. وَ لَن يُؤَخِّرَ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِذَا جَاءَ أَجَلُهَا وَ اللَّهُ خَبِيرُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُون .

And gives in charity out of what We have given you before death comes to one of you, so that he should say, “My Lord! Why did you not respite me to a near term, so that I should have given Alms and been of the doers of good deeds?” And God does not respite a soul when its appointed term has come, and God is Aware of what you do. (Qur’an; 63: 10-11)

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ وَ اسْمَعُوا وَ أَطيعُوا وَ أَنْفِقُوا خَيْراً لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ وَ مَنْ يُوقَ شُحَّ نَفْسِهِ فَأُولئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُون .

Therefore, you shall reverence God as much as you can, and listen, and obey, and give for your own good. Anyone who is protected from his own stinginess (and greed), these are the successful ones. (Qur’an; 64:16)

وَ مَنْ يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ مَخْرَجا.

Anyone who reverences God, He will create an exit for him. (Qur’an; 65:2)

وَ يَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لا يَحْتَسِبُ وَ مَنْ يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ فَهُوَ حَسْبُهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بالِغُ أَمْرِهِ.

And He will provide for him whence he never expected. Anyone who puts his trust in God, He suffices him. God's commands will be done. (Qur’an; 65:3)

وَ مَنْ يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ يُسْرا.

Anyone who reverences God, He makes everything easy for him. (Qur’an; 65:4)

ذلِكَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ أَنْزَلَهُ إِلَيْكُمْ وَ مَنْ يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يُكَفِّرْ عَنْهُ سَيِّئاتِهِ وَ يُعْظِمْ لَهُ أَجْرا.

This is God’s command that He sends down to you. Anyone who reverences God, He remits his sins, and rewards him generously. (Qur’an; 65:5)

لِيُنفِقْ ذُو سَعَةٍ مِّن سَعَتِهِ وَ مَن قُدِرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقُهُ فَلْيُنفِقْ مِمَّا ءَاتَئهُ اللَّهُ لَا يُكلَِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا مَا ءَاتَئهَا سَيَجْعَلُ اللَّهُ بَعْدَ عُسْرٍ يُسْرًا.

Let the man of means spend according to his means; and the man whose resources are restricted, let him spend according to what God has given him. God puts no burden on any person beyond what He has given him. (Qur’an; 65:7)

يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنُوا تُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ تَوْبَةً نَصُوحاً عَسى‏ رَبُّكُمْ أَنْ يُكَفِّرَ عَنْكُمْ سَيِّئاتِكُمْ وَ يُدْخِلَكُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْري مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهارُ.

O you who believe, you shall repent to God a firm repentance. Maybe your Lord will then remit your sins and admit you into gardens with flowing streams (into heaven). (Qur’an; 66:8)

وَ أَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتابَهُ بِشِمالِهِ فَيَقُولُ يا لَيْتَني‏ لَمْ أُوتَ كِتابِيَهْ. وَ لَمْ أَدْرِ ما حِسابِيَه. يا لَيْتَها كانَتِ الْقاضِيَة. ما أَغْنى‏ عَنِّي مالِيَه. هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلْطانِيَه. خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوه. ثُمَّ الْجَحيمَ صَلُّوه.

However, as for him who is given his book in his left hand, he will say, “I wish I had not been given my book, I wish death had been the end of it all! My wealth did not avail me. My authority has departed from me.” The angels will be told, “Seize him, and fetter him! Then put him into hell. (Qur’an; 69: 25-31)

فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُ كانَ غَفَّاراً. يُرْسِلِ السَّماءَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِدْرارا. وَ يُمْدِدْكُمْ بِأَمْوالٍ وَ بَنينَ وَ يَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ جَنَّاتٍ وَ يَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ أَنْهارا.

(Noah said,) Plead to your Lord for forgiveness. Indeed, He is all-forgiver. He will send for you abundant rains from the sky and aid you with wealth and kids, and provide you with gardens and provide you with streams. (Qur’an; 71: 10-12)

إِنَّا خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسانَ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ أَمْشاجٍ نَبْتَليهِ فَجَعَلْناهُ سَميعاً بَصيرا.

Indeed, We created man from the drop of a mixed fluid so that We may test him. Therefore, We made him endowed with hearing and sight. (Qur’an; 76:2)

إِنَّا هَدَيْناهُ السَّبيلَ إِمَّا شاكِراً وَ إِمَّا كَفُورا.

Indeed, We have guided him to the way, be he grateful or ungrateful. (Qur’an; 76:3)

وَ يُطْعِمُونَ الطَّعامَ عَلى‏ حُبِّهِ مِسْكيناً وَ يَتيماً وَ أَسيراً.

They give food to the needy, the orphan and the prisoner. (Qur’an; 76:8)

إِنَّما نُطْعِمُكُمْ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ لا نُريدُ مِنْكُمْ جَزاءً وَ لا شُكُورا.

(And say): “We feed you only for the sake of God. We do not want any reward from you or any thanks. (Qur’an; 76:9)

إِنَّا نخََافُ مِن رَّبِّنَا يَوْمًا عَبُوسًا قَمْطَرِيرًا. فَوَقَئهُمُ اللَّهُ شَرَّ ذَالِكَ الْيَوْمِ وَ لَقَّئهُمْ نَضْرَةً وَ سُرُورًا. وَ جَزَئهُم بِمَا صَبرَُواْ جَنَّةً وَ حَرِيرًا.

Indeed we fear from our Lord a day, frowning and fateful.” So God saved them from the ills of that day, and granted them freshness and joy. And He rewarded them for their patience with a garden and [garments of] silk.’ (Qur’an; 76: 10-12)

إِنَّا أَنْذَرْناكُمْ عَذاباً قَريباً يَوْمَ يَنْظُرُ الْمَرْءُ ما قَدَّمَتْ يَداهُ وَ يَقُولُ الْكافِرُ يا لَيْتَني‏ كُنْتُ تُراباً.

Indeed We have warned you of a punishment near at hand the day when a person will observe what his hands have sent ahead and the faithless one will say," I wish I were dust! (Qur’an; 78:40)

وَ أَمَّا مَنْ خافَ مَقامَ رَبِّهِ وَ نَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوى . فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوى .

As for him who feared to stand before his Lord and he restrained himself from his desires, then Paradise will be his refuge. (Qur’an; 79: 40-41)

يا أَيُّهَا الْإِنْسانُ إِنَّكَ كادِحٌ إِلى‏ رَبِّكَ كَدْحاً فَمُلاقيه. فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتابَهُ بِيَمينِه. فَسَوْفَ يُحاسَبُ حِساباً يَسيرا. وَ يَنْقَلِبُ إِلى‏ أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورا.

O man, you will be returning to your Lord with your actions and meeting Him. Therefore, whoever is given his record in his right. He will then receive an easy reckoning, and he will return to his family in joy! (Qur’an; 84: 6-9)

وَ أَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتابَهُ وَراءَ ظَهْرِه. فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا ثُبُورا. وَ يَصْلى‏ سَعيرا.

As for he who is given his record behind his back. He will invoke his destruction. And he will enter a blazing fire. (Qur’an; 84: 10-12)

فَلْيَنْظُرِ الْإِنْسانُ مِمَّ خُلِق.

Let man consider from what he was created. (Qur’an; 86:5)

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ تَزَكَّى. وَ ذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّى. بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَياةَ الدُّنْيا.

Felicitous is he who purifies himself. Celebrates the Name of his Lord, and prays. Rather you prefer the life of this world, while the Hereafter is better and more lasting. (Qur’an; 87: 14-17)

يَقُولُ يا لَيْتَني‏ قَدَّمْتُ لِحَياتي .

(After death) He says, “I wish I had worked towards my (real) life!” (Qur’an; 89:24)

الَّذينَ آمَنُوا وَ تَواصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَ تَواصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَة. أُولئِكَ أَصْحابُ الْمَيْمَنَة.

…Those who have faith and who enjoin one another to patience, and enjoin one another to compassion; they are the People of the Right Hand. (They will be the inhabitants of the paradise and the record of their deeds is in their right hand). (Qur’an; 90: 17-18)

وَ نَفْسٍ وَ ما سَوَّاها. فَأَلْهَمَها فُجُورَها وَ تَقْواها.

And by the soul and the One who created it and gave order and perfection to it and inspired to it both its wrong and its Right. (Qur’an; 91: 7-8)

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاها. وَ قَدْ خابَ مَنْ دَسَّاها.

One who purifies it is felicitous, and one who betrays it fails. (Qur’an; 91: 9-10)

يَوْمَئِذٍ يَصْدُرُ النَّاسُ أَشْتاتاً لِيُرَوْا أَعْمالَهُم.

On that day, humankind will issue forth in various groups to be shown their deeds. (Qur’an; 99:6)

فَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْراً يَرَه. وَ مَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَه.

So whoever does an atom’s weight of good will see it. And whoever does an atom’s weight of evil will see it. (Qur’an; 99: 7-8)

إِنَّ الْإِنْسانَ لَفي‏ خُسْر. إِلاَّ الَّذينَ آمَنُوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحاتِ وَ تَواصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ وَ تَواصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ.

Indeed man is in loss, except those who have faith and do righteous deeds, and enjoin one another to follow the truth, and enjoin one another to patience. (Qur’an; 103: 2-3)