You cannot achieve true piety and righteousness unless you offer to others what you love for yourself. Whatever need you fulfill for others by any means, God is always aware of such giving.193 All food …

Indeed, the very first house of worship ever built for mankind is at Bakkah [same as Mecca], full of blessing, a guidance for the nations of the world, and full of insights and messages; a place where Abraham once …

People of Faith: Be conscious of God, and be duty bound to God as it should be [and to the best of your ability], and do not allow death to come to you prior to your full submission and alignment to God. Altogether …

You are [by all measure] the best community ever created to benefit mankind, in that you encourage and participate in doing what is right, you discourage and refrain from what is wrong, and you truly believe in One …

Neither wealth nor ties of affiliations can compensate for the consequence of disbelief [ungratefulness to God]; the consequence being punishment in hellfire and earning God’s displeasure. What they earn and …

[Remember the day when] you [the Prophet with his followers] went out from your homes in the morning to station yourselves for battle preparation [Battle of Uhud]. God hears, and He knows when two groups among …

O People of Faith, do not practice [or participate] in usury, trying to double and redouble your money. Instead, focus on your responsibilities to God and to fellow humans—that is the way to achieve success. This way …

Do not lose heart or grieve—you will always prevail, if you are true believers. If you feel that a misfortune has affected you [e.g., not winning the Battle of Uhud], a similar misfortune has touched your adversaries as …

Mohammad is only a prophet, and all prophets had passed away before him. So, if he dies or is killed, will you then forsake you faith? Whoever does so should know that they can do no harm to God, and God …

O People of Faith, if you listen and follow the people who deny faith, they will make you deviate from the guidance and become losers [in the long run]. But God is your true Patron, and He is best to seek help …

O People of Faith: do not behave in a way that people without faith behave, whereby they claim that those of their brethren who travel on a journey or engage in conflicts would not have died if they had stayed with them. …

If God helps you, then none can overpower you; but if God abandons you, then who can be there to come to your rescue? The faithful should always rely on God. It is inconceivable for a Prophet of God to deceive, since …

Those who held back [from going to the Battle of Uhud] said of those [who went to fight], “If they had listened to us, they would not have been killed.” Say to them, “If you speak the truth, then see if you can avert your own …

Those who vie to delve into disbelief should not be a cause for too much grief on your part. They can do no harm to God [and to those who are faithful to God]. God intends to deprive them of any of His blessing [due to …

If you are niggardly with what God has given you out of His bounty, do not think it is good for you. No, it is a source of evil for you. On the Day of Resurrection, your niggardliness will manifest as a collar around your …

Everyone will suffer death. God will reward appropriately everyone on Resurrection Day. Anyone who can keep far away from the hellfire and get to enter Paradise on that day will indeed achieve triumph [in life]. The …

[Remember] when God took a pledge from the people who received previous revelations: make this known to mankind, explain it, and do not conceal any of it. But they failed to keep their pledge—they bartered the

To God belongs the kingdom of heavens and Earth, and He has power over all things. Indeed, the manner of creation, existence of the universe and the Earth and the repeated successions of the day and the night …

In accepting their prayers, God answers, “I shall not let any of your work be without its reward, whether coming from a male or a female, one of you being from the other. Whoever migrates to avoid evils and false …

Confirmation of all books of revelations (3:3–4, 84, 199)

2. Interpretation of messages from the Qur’an—foundational guidance (Mohkamat) versus directional guidance (Mutashabihat)—using analogy, examples, and/or relevance to context and prevailing conditions (3:7)

3. Islam as the accepted way of life (3:19–20, 85)

4. False notion of entitlement (3:24–25)…