Compassion for whether people are capable

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Humanity in accordance with
His will. It is
their conduct
why should we
not put our trust in
God when He has already
the
Quran
The teaching of the Quran can be summed up on earth that guided us to our paths? We
under two basic headings: (1) Oneness of God: will determine will, surely, bear with patience
believing in One God and worshipping Him alone; whether or all the harm you do us. So in
(2) Brotherhood of Mankind: regarding all human not they are God let those who trust put
beings as equal and according equal rights to all. deser ving of their trust.
These two kinds of precepts can be expressed as Paradise in the
monotheism and justice. next, eternal stage The Quran
The Quran tells Recite of life after death.
us that God what has been According to the Quran, Paradise is another name
has given revealed to you of the for God’s neighbourhood, and in this neighbourhood
innumerable book, and pray regularly. only those who are sincere in their belief in God and
blessings to Surely prayer restrains one have compassion and love for God’s servants will find
h u m a n i t y. from indecency and evil and acceptance.
Man, as remembrance of God is
h e b e n e fi t s greater. God has knowledge God has the same compassionate relationship
from this of all your actions. with every man as a father has with all his children.
divine bounty, Therefore, it is alien to the divine scheme of creation
The Quran that this earthly plane should be marred by hatred,
is duty-bound to
offer thanks to his killing and violence. It is God’s most cherished desire
Benefactor. He is bidden to love and fear God more that love should be returned for hatred, and violence
than anyone or anything else, and ought to consider should be met with peace.
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The Quran: “Do they not ponder over the Quran? If it had not
come from God, they would have found in it many
contradictions (ikhtilaf)” (4:82).
in very clear terms. But the Quran is not a book
of law; it is a book of reflection. Moreover, the
Quran presents as a model of Quranic conduct the
The Book of God Prophet Muhammad. The Prophet, who lived a full

The Quran is a book of revelations from God.

Themes of the life, followed Quranic teachings in all aspects of his
practical behaviour. If one wants, therefore, to have
Today it exists in the form of a book consisting
of 114 chapters. They were sent down by the
angel Gabriel or Jibril,
Quran an understanding of the tenets of the Quran, he may
refer to the Quran and one who wants to become
acquainted with the model of this Quranic conduct
The main theme of the Quran is to make people
bit by bit according This may study the life of the Prophet Muhammad,
aware of the Creation Plan of God. According
to the demand of Quran guides to this divine plan, man was which is known as sirah.
circumstances. to the best path, created as an eternal being. Regarding the multi-religious society, the Quran is
The Quran and brings good news Do
The Creator divided very practical. It gives the following formula: For
to the believers who lead they not
is a re vealed man’s life into two you your religion, for me mine. In other words:
a righteous life, that they parts, pre-death and ponder over the
book: it is not Follow one and respect all. This
have deserved a great p o s t- d e a t h . T h e Quran? If it had not come
authored by a formula is based on the
pre-death period is from God, they would All
human being. It recompense. well-known principle of
that in which man is have found in it many the basic
is the actual word The Quran peaceful coexistence
put to the test. The contradictions (ikhtilaf). tenets of
of God in human indeed, the only way
post-death period is spirituality, ethics,
language. The Quran The Quran of existence in this
that in which he will and peaceful behaviour
began to be revealed to the Prophet Muhammad world.
be rewarded or punished. are laid down in the
through the angel Gabriel, in A.D. 610, while the Regarding social life, Quran in very clear
The former is temporary,
Prophet was sitting in seclusion in the cave of Hira while the latter will last for all eternity. the essence of Islamic terms.
at the top of the Mountain of Light, two miles from teaching is that God has
The Quran aims at bringing about an intellectual
Makkah. Thus the scriptures were not revealed in granted freedom to everyone.
revolution in every human being. All its teachings
book-form at one point of time. Their various parts This freedom in itself demands that people should
are therefore spiritual in nature. All its verses
were revealed as the occasion demanded. It was later address the human mind, their main thrust being lead their lives with restraint. Because, if freedom is
compiled in Madinah during the last days of the to promote contemplation on nature, for which exercised without restraint, it will inevitably result
Prophet. The entire revelation the Quranic words are tafakkur, tadabbur and in clash and breakdown, destroying social life in
was completed over a tawassum. The Quran, in effect, strives to promote their wake.
The period of 23 years. spiritual behaviour and peaceful conduct in national
Quran tells us The most repeated invocation in the Quran is “In
The last passage as well as international life. the name of God, the most Beneficent, the most
that God has given was revealed to the
innumerable blessings Merciful.” The occurrence of this invocation 114
Prophet while he
to humanity. Man, as he
benefits from this divine
was addressing A Book of times in the Quran is in itself an indication of how
important it is. Every piece of work must have
a gathering at
bounty, is duty-bound to
offer thanks to his
Mo u n t A r a f a t
after performing
Reflection a beginning. It is the Quran’s desire that when
one initiates any undertaking one should begin
by uttering the name of God. One is thus always
Benefactor. All the basic tenets of spirituality, ethics, and
his last Hajj in A.D. reminded of God’s attributes of benevolence and
622. peaceful behaviour are laid down in the Quran compassion.