Thursday, February 25, 2010

Help One Another

Surah Al-Maeda
The Holy Quran 5:2
Help ye one another in righteousness and piety,
but help ye not one another in sin and rancour:
fear Allah: for Allah is strict in punishment.
Part One Part Two
We have to help each other in righteousness and piety, not in perpetuating feuds of hatred and enmity.
We have to fight and put down evil, but never in a spirit of malice or hatred, but always in a spirit of justice and righteousness.

Saturday, February 06, 2010

Different Efforts & Neighborly Needs

The Holy Quran
Al-Layl (The Night)
Chapter 92 Verse 1-10
By the Night as it conceals (the light);
By the Day as it appears in glory;
By (the mystery of) the creation of male and female;-
Verily, (the ends) ye strive for are diverse.
So he who gives (in charity) and fears ((Allah)),
And (in all sincerity) testifies to the best,-
We will indeed make smooth for him the path to Bliss.
But he who is a greedy miser and thinks himself self-sufficient,And gives the lie to the best,-
We will indeed make smooth for him the path to Misery;
Neighborly Needs
The Holy Quran
Al-Ma‘un (Small Kindnesses, Almsgiving, Have You Seen?)
Chapter 107
Seest thou one who denies the Judgment (to come)?
Then such is the (man) who repulses the orphan (with harshness),
And encourages not the feeding of the indigent.
So woe to the worshippers
Who are neglectful of their prayers,
Those who (want but) to be seen (of men),
But refuse (to supply) (even) neighbourly needs.