From: hra2@Lehigh.EDU (Hibatur Rahman Ahmad)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK (Part 11)
Date: 26 Aug 92 20:34:49 GMT

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The following article is taken from a booklet title "The Light of Revelation
-A Glimpse of The Meanings of The Final Divine Revelation To Humankind- The
Quran" published by Islamic Outreach-ABIM 3402 Jalan Ampang Hilir 2, 55000
Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA.  Tel: 6-03-457-4608  There is NO COPYRIGHT for this
booklet.  Any organisation or individual wishing to reproduce the booklet may
do so freely.  An acknowledgement would be appreciated.
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FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK (Part 11)
                                Guidance To Mankind

By the Token of Time through the Ages,
verily Man is in loss,
except such as have Faith
and do righteous deeds,
and join together in mutual teachings of Truth
and of Patience and Constancy.
                                                    (Asr 103: 1-3)

And there may spring from you
a nation who invite to goodness,
and enjoin right conduct
and forbid indecency.
Such are they who are successful.
                                                    (Ali-Imran 3: 104)

O mankind!  Lo!  We have created you male and female,
and have made you nations and tribes
that ye may know one another.
Lo!  The noblest of you, in the sight of God,
Is the best in conduct,
Lo!  God is Knower, Aware.
                                                    (Hujurat 49: 13)

Cooperate with one another
for virtue and heedfulness,
and do not cooperate with one another
for the purpose of vice and aggression
                                                    (Maidah 5: 2)

Do not sneer down your cheek at other men
nor walk brashly around the earth:
God does not love any swaggering boaster.
                                                    (Luqman 31: 8)

Be modest in the way you walk,
and lower your voice:
the ugliest sound is a donkey's braying.
                                                    (Luqman 31: 19)

O ye who believe!
Heed God and stand by those who are truthful.
                                                    (Taubah 9: 119)

Whenever those who believe in Our signs come to you,
say: "Peace be upon you!"
                                                    (Hujurat 49: 10)

O ye who believe!
Be patient, discipline yourselves and hold yourselves ready.
Heed God so that you may prosper.
                                                    (Ali-Imran 3: 200)

.....act kindly just as God has treated you kindly
                                                    (Qasas 28: 77)

O ye who believe!
Liquor and gambling; idols and raffles,
are only a filthy work of satan;
avoid them so that you may prosper.
                                                    (Maidah 5: 91)

Virtue does not mean that you turn your faces towards the East or West, but
virtue means to believe in God (Alone), the Last Day, the Angels, the Book and
the Prophets; and to give one's wealth away, no matter how one loves it, to
near relatives, orphans, the neady, the wayfarer and the beggars, and towards
freeing the captives (slaves); and to keep up prayer and pay the welfare due;
and those who keep their word whenever they promise anything and are patient
under suffering and hardship and in time of violence.  Those are the loyal and
those are the heedful.
                                                    (Baqarah 2: 177)

Thy Lord hath decreed, that ye worship none save Him,
and that ye show kindness to parents.
If one of them or both of them attain to old age with thee,
say not "Ugh" unto them nor scold them,
but speak unto them a gracious word.
                                                    (Isra' 17: 23)

O ye who believe!  Squander not
your wealth among yourselves in vanity,
except it be a trade by mutual consent.....
                                                    (Nisaa 4: 29)

.....whosoever killeth a human being
for other than man-slaughter or corruption in the earth,
it shall be as if he had killed all mankind,
and whosoever saveth the life of one,
it shall be as if he had saved
the life of all mankind.
                                                    (Maidah 5: 32)

God doth command you to render back your Trusts
to those whom they are due;
And when ye judge betweenman and man,
That ye judge with justice:
Verily how excellent is the teachings which He giveth you!
                                                    (Nisaa 4: 58)

.....Truly God loveth those who turn unto Him,
and loveth those who have care for cleanliness
                                                    (Baqarah 2: 222)

Ye who believe!
Fasting is prescribed to you
As it was prescribed to those before you,
That ye may learn self-restrain.
                                                    (Baqarah 2: 183)

O ye who believe!
Eat any wholesome things We have provided you with
and thank God, if it He Whom you serve.
                                                    (Baqarah 2: 172)

Do not spy on one another,
nor let any of you backbite others.....
                                                    (Hujurat 49: 12)

.....so marry them with their family's permission
and give them their marriage portions decently
so that they live a protected life in marriage,
not indulging in illicit affairs,
nor having secret lovers.
                                                    (Nisaa 4: 25)

Practise forgiveness, command decency
and avoid ignorant people.
                                                    (A'raf 7: 199)

Spend your wealth for the cause of God,
and be not cast by your hands to ruin, and do good,
Lo! God loveth the beneficient.
                                                    (Baqarah 2: 271)

If ye publish your armsigiving, it is well,
but if ye hide it and give it to the poor,
it will be better for you,
and will atone for some of your ill-deeds.
God is informed of what you do.
                                                    (Baqarah 2: 271)

Establish worship
and pay the poor-due
and obey the messenger,
that haply ye may find mercy.
                                                    (Nur 24: 56)

O ye who believe!
When the call is proclaimed to prayer on Friday
Hasten earnestly to the Remembrance of God;
and Leave off business and traffic.
That is best for you, if ye but knew!

And when the Prayer is finished,
then may ye disperse through the land,
and seek the Bounty of God:
and celebrate the Praise of God often:
That ye may prosper.
                                                    (Jumu'ah 62: 9-10)

And when My servants question thee concerning Me,
then surely I am near,
I answer the prayer of the supplicant
when he cried unto Me.
So let them hear My call
and let them trust in Me,
In order that they may be led right.
                                                    (Baqarah 2: 168)

God suffices for anyone who relies on Him.
                                                    (Thalak 65: 3)

    Mankind is not left like a ship without moorings, being tossed about by
the blows of wind and tides.  We are blessed by the Light of Revelation from
God.  He gave us the norms and criteria of distinguishing between TRUTH,
VIRTUE and MORALITY as against falsehood, vice and immorality.

    It is our duty to seek the pleasure of God by complying to His Divine
Guidance - THE QURAN.  Only then can we, mankind achieve TRUE HAPPINESS, PEACE
and BLESSING in this world and SALVATION in the hereafter.

    May God bestow on you HIS GUIDANCE and may you have the happiness in this
world and the eternal hereafter.  GOD BLESS YOU.

TO BE CONTINUED (God Willing)

***KNOW that Islam is a universal religion as a way of life.  It governs every
aspect of human life, from individual's behaviour to living in community, from
social and economic principles to political system, from government justice to
international relation, and above all, from relation between human being to
human being up to relation between human being and his creator, the One and
Only One God.

***KNOW that the term traditionalist, conservative, extrimist, fundamentalist,
radicals or similar labels DO NOT originate from Islam.  In Islam it is either
to be a Believer or a Non-Believer, either to be a True Believer or a Hypocrite,
either to practise Islam as a whole or leave it all.

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