“And do not turn your nose up to people, nor walk pridefully upon the earth. Surely Allah does not like whoever is arrogant, boastful

Luqman 18

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا يَسْخَرْ قَوْمٌ مِنْ قَوْمٍ عَسَىٰ أَنْ يَكُونُوا خَيْرًا مِنْهُمْ وَلَا نِسَاءٌ مِنْ نِسَاءٍ عَسَىٰ أَنْ يَكُنَّ خَيْرًا مِنْهُنَّ ۖ وَلَا تَلْمِزُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِالْأَلْقَابِ ۖ ﴿11﴾

Surah al-Hujurat

O you who believe! No people shall ridicule other people, for they may be better than them. Nor shall any women ridicule other women, for they may be better than they. Nor shall you slander one another, nor shall you insult one another with nickname

Say, ˹O Prophet, that Allah says,˺ “O My servants who have exceeded the limits against their souls! Do not lose hope in Allah’s mercy, for Allah certainly forgives all sins.¹ He is indeed the All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Surah Al-Mursalat 15-17

Woe on that Day to the deniers!(15) Did We not destroy earlier disbelievers?(16) And We will make the later disbelievers follow them.(17)

Successful indeed are the believers:(1) those who humble themselves in prayer;(2) those who avoid idle talk;(3)

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ ٨ وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَوَٰتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ ٩ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْوَٰرِثُونَ ١٠ ٱلَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ ٱلْفِرْدَوْسَ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ ١١

n˹the believers are also˺ those who are true to their trusts and covenants;(8) and those who are ˹properly˺ observant of their prayers.(9) These are the ones who will be awarded(10) Paradise as their own.1 They will be there forever.(11)

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O believers! Seek comfort in patience and prayer. Allah is truly with those who are patient.

And they will have therein purified spouses, and they will abide therein eternally.

Surah Al-baqara ayat 25

Fussilat 34

Fussilat39

We have commanded people to honour their parents. Their mothers bore them in hardship and delivered them in hardship. Their ˹period of˺ bearing and weaning is thirty months. In time, when the child reaches their prime at the age of forty, they pray, “My Lord! Inspire me to ˹always˺ be thankful for Your favours which You blessed me and my parents with, and to do good deeds that please You. And instil righteousness in my offspring. I truly repent to You, and I truly submit ˹to Your Will˺.”

Ahqaf 46:15

"Do not hate and do not envy and do not turn your backs on each other. Instead, become servants of Allah, as brothers. And it is not lawful for a Muslim that he abandons his brother for more than three days." (Muslim, v.2)

So believe in Allah and His Messenger and in the Light We have revealed. And Allah is All-Aware of what you do.

"Beware of envy, for envy eats up good deeds as the fire eats up wood." (Abu Dwud, cited by Mishkat)

If you lend to Allah a good loan, He will multiply it for you and forgive you. For Allah is Most Appreciative, Most Forbearing.

Have you not ˹already˺ received the stories of those who were before you: the people of Noah, ’Âd, Thamûd, and those after them? Only Allah knows how many they were. Their messengers came to them with clear proofs, but they put their hands over their mouths¹ and said, “We totally reject what you have been sent with, and we are certainly in alarming doubt about what you are inviting us to.”

O believers! If you stand up for Allah, He will help you and make your steps firm.

"And there is none comparable to Him”

then glorify the praises of your Lord and seek His forgiveness, for certainly He is ever Accepting of Repentance.

But whoever turns away from My Reminder will certainly have a miserable life,then We will raise them up blind on the Day of Judgment.”

You can only warn those who follow the Reminder¹ and are in awe of the Most Compassionate without seeing Him.² So give them good news of forgiveness and an honourable reward.

Have the deniers not considered how many peoples We destroyed before them who never came back to life again?(31) Yet they will all be brought before Us.(32)

How can you deny Allah? You were lifeless and He gave you life, then He will cause you to die and again bring you to life, and then to Him you will ˹all˺ be returned

وَلَا تَلْبِسُوا۟ ٱلْحَقَّ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُوا۟ ٱلْحَقَّ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ٤٢

These are the ones who trade the Hereafter for the life of this world. So their punishment will not be reduced, nor will they be helped.

.And enter My Paradise

And We have commanded people to ˹honour˺ their parents. Their mothers bore them through hardship upon hardship, and their weaning takes two years. So be grateful to Me and your parents. To Me is the final return.

those who avoid major sins and shameful deeds, despite ˹stumbling on˺ minor sins. Surely your Lord is infinite in forgiveness. He knew well what would become of you as He created you from the earth and while you were ˹still˺ fetuses in the wombs of your mothers. So do not ˹falsely˺ elevate yourselves. He knows best who is ˹truly˺ righteous.

And ˹remember˺ when your Lord proclaimed, ‘If you are grateful, I will certainly give you more. But if you are ungrateful, surely My punishment is severe.’”

Have you not seen that Allah created the heavens and the earth for a reason? If He wills, He can eliminate you and produce a new creation.

And that is not difficult for Allah ˹at all˺.

Do people think once they say, “We believe,” that they will be left without being put to the test?

29:2

then glorify the praises of your Lord and seek His forgiveness, for certainly He is ever Accepting of Repentance

Indeed, those in awe of their Lord without seeing Him¹ will have forgiveness and a mighty reward

We send down rain from the sky in perfect measure, causing it to soak into the earth. And We are surely able to take it away.

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you ˹humans and jinn˺ both deny?¹ 

Once you make a decision, put your trust in Allah. Surely Allah loves those who trust in Him.

So, surely with hardship comes ease. Surely with ˹that˺ hardship comes ˹more˺ ease.

I complain of my grief and sorrow only to Allah

The disbelievers say, “If only a sign could be sent down to him from his Lord.” You ˹O Prophet˺ are only a warner. And every people had a guide.

13:7

I am destroyed! I wish I didn't befriend that person.

Perhaps your Lord will have mercy on you ˹if you repent˺, but if you return ˹to sin˺, We will return ˹to punishment˺. And We have made Hell a ˹permanent˺ confinement for the disbelievers.”

My Lord! Make me and those ˹believers˺ of my descendants keep up prayer. Our Lord! Accept my prayers.

Allah reassured ˹them˺, “Have no fear! I am with you, hearing and seeing.

Your Lord has proclaimed, “Call upon Me, I will respond to you. Surely those who are too proud to worship Me will enter Hell, fully humbled.”

Do not falter or grieve, for you will have the upper hand, if you are ˹true˺ believers.

O My believing servants! My earth is truly spacious, so worship Me ˹alone˺.

Every soul will taste death, then to Us you will ˹all˺ be returned.

It is the same whether you pray for their forgiveness or not, Allah will not forgive them. Surely Allah does not guide the rebellious people.

But Allah never delays a soul when its appointed time comes. And Allah is All-Aware of what you do.

And put your trust in Allah, for Allah is sufficient as a Trustee of Affairs.

So be patient with gracious patience.

Those who spend their wealth in charity day and night, secretly and openly—their reward is with their Lord, and there will be no fear for them, nor will they grieve.

ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُۥ سِنَةٌۭ وَلَا نَوْمٌۭ ۚ لَّهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَىْءٍۢ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّا بِمَا شَآءَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۖ وَلَا يَـُٔودُهُۥ حِفْظُهُمَا ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْعَظِيمُ ٢٥٥

Allah! There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him, the Ever-Living, All-Sustaining. Neither drowsiness nor sleep overtakes Him. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who could possibly intercede with Him without His permission? He ˹fully˺ knows what is ahead of them and what is behind them, but no one can grasp any of His knowledge—except what He wills ˹to reveal˺. His Seat¹ encompasses the heavens and the earth, and the preservation of both does not tire Him. For He is the Most High, the Greatest.

˹Imagine˺ how many societies We have destroyed! Our torment took them by surprise ˹while sleeping˺ at night or midday.

To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. And He is the Most High, the Greatest

No person knows what is kept hidden for them of joy as a reward for what they used to do.