O Ye Who Believe!
by Muhammad Latif Chaudhery

[Commandments where specifically the believers are addressed]

O ye who believe! let not some men among you laugh at others: it may be
that the (latter) are better than the (former): Nor let some women laugh at
others: it may be that the (latter) are better than the (former): nor defame nor
be sarcastic to each other nor call each other by (offensive) nicknames:
Ill-seeming is a name connoting wickedness (to be used of one) after he has
believed: And those who do not desist are (Indeed) doing wrong. (49:11)

O ye who believe! avoid suspicion as much (as possible): for suspicion in
some cases is a sin: and spy not on each other nor speak ill of each other
behind their backs. Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother?
Nay ye would abhor it...but fear Allah: for Allah is Oft-Returning Most
Merciful. (49:12)

O ye who believe! when ye hold secret counsel do it not for iniquity and
hostility and disobedience to the Prophet; but do it for righteousness and
self-restraint; and fear Allah to whom ye shall be brought back. (58:10)

O ye who believe! When ye are told to make room in the assemblies (spread
out and) make room: (Ample) room will Allah provide for you. And when ye
are told to rise up rise up: Allah will raise up to (suitable) ranks (and degrees)
those of you who believe and who have been granted Knowledge: and Allah
is well-acquainted with all ye do. (58:11)

O ye who believe! When ye consult the Apostle in private spend something
in charity before your private consultation. That will be best for you and most
conducive to purity (of conduct). But if ye find not (the wherewithal) Allah is
Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful. (58:12)

O ye who believe! put not yourselves forward before Allah and His Apostle:
But fear Allah: for Allah is He who hears and knows all things. (49:1)

O ye who believe! raise not your voices above the voice of the Prophet nor
speak aloud to him in talk as ye may speak aloud to one another lest your
deeds become vain and ye perceive not. (49:2)

O ye who believe! if a wicked person comes to you with any news ascertain
the truth lest ye harm people unwittingly and afterwards become full of
repentance for what ye have done. (49:6)

O ye who believe! stand out firmly for justice as witnesses to Allah even as
against yourselves or your parents or your kin and whether it be (against) rich
or poor: for Allah can best protect both. Follow not the lusts (of your hearts)
lest ye swerve and if ye distort (justice) or decline to do justice verily Allah is
well-acquainted with all that ye do. (4:135)

O ye who believe! believe in Allah and his Apostle and the scripture which
He hath sent to His Apostle and the scripture which He sent to those before
(him). And who denieth Allah His angels His Books His Apostles and the Day
of Judgement hath gone far far astray.(4:136)

O ye who believe! intoxicants and gambling (dedication of) stones and
(divination by) arrows are an abomination of Satan's handiwork: eschew such
(abomination) that ye may prosper. (5:90)

O ye who believe! Allah doth but make a trial of you in a little matter of
game well within reach of your hands and your lances that He may test who
feareth Him unseen: any who transgress thereafter will have a grievous
penalty. (5:94)

O ye who believe! kill not game while in the Sacred Precincts or in pilgrim
garb. If any of you doth so intentionally the compensation is an offering
brought to the Ka'ba of a domestic animal equivalent to the one he killed as
adjudged by two just men among you; or by way of atonement the feeding of
the indigent; or its equivalent in fasts: that he may taste of the penalty of his
deed. Allah forgives what is past: for repetition Allah will exact from him the
penalty: for Allah is Exalted and Lord of Retribution. (5:95)

O ye who believe! when there come to you believing women refugees
examine (and test) them: Allah knows best as to their Faith: if ye ascertain
that they are Believers then send them not back to the Unbelievers. They are
not lawful (wives) for the Unbelievers nor are the (Unbelievers) lawful
(husbands) for them. But pay the Unbelievers what they have spent (on their
dower). And there will be no blame on you if ye marry them on payment of
their dower to them. But hold not to the guardianship of unbelieving women:
ask for what ye have spent on their dowers and let the (Unbelievers) ask for
what they have spent (on the dowers of women who come over to you). Such
is the command of Allah: He judges (with justice) between you: and Allah is
Full of Knowledge and Wisdom. (60:10)

O ye who believe! turn not (for friendship) to people on whom is the Wrath of
Allah. Of the Hereafter they are already in despair just as the Unbelievers are
in despair about those (buried) in graves. (60:13)

O ye who believe! enter not houses other than your own until ye have asked
permission and saluted those in them: that is best for you in order that ye may
heed (what is seemly). (24:27)

O ye who believe! give of the good things which ye have (honorably) earned
and of the fruits of the earth which We have produced for you and do not
even aim at getting anything which is bad in order that out of it ye may give
away something when ye yourselves would not receive it except with closed
eyes. And know that Allah is free of all wants and worthy of all praise.(2:267)
O ye who believe! celebrate the praises of Allah and do this often;(33:41)

O ye who believe! when ye marry believing women and then divorce them
before ye have touched them no period of `Iddah have ye to count in respect
of them: so give them a present and set them free in a handsome manner.
(33:49)

O ye who believe! fear Allah and believe in His apostle and He will bestow
on you a double portion of His Mercy: He will provide for you a light by which
ye shall walk (straight in your path) and He will forgive you (your past): For
Allah is Oft-Forgiving. Most Merciful: (57:28)

O ye who believe! devour not usury doubled and multiplied; but fear Allah;
that ye may (really) prosper. (3:130)

O ye who believe! ye are forbidden to inherit women against their will. Nor
should ye treat them with harshness that ye may take away part of the dower
ye have given them except where they have been guilty of open lewdness;
on the contrary live with them on a footing of kindness and equity. If ye take a
dislike to them it may be that ye dislike a thing and Allah brings about
through it a great deal of good. (4:19)

O ye who believe! approach not prayers with a mind befogged until ye can
understand all that ye say nor in a state of ceremonial impurity (except when
travelling on the road) until after washing your whole body if ye are ill or on a
journey or one of you cometh from offices of nature or ye have been in
contact with women and ye find no water then take for yourselves clean sand
or earth and rub therewith your faces and hands. For Allah doth blot out sins
and forgive again and again. (4:43)

O ye who believe! enter into Islam whole-heartedly; and follow not the
footsteps of the Evil One; for he is to you an avowed enemy.(2:208)

O ye who believe! enter not the Prophet's houses until leave is given you for
a meal (and then) not (so early as) to wait for its preparation: but when ye are
invited enter; and when ye have taken your meal disperse without seeking
familiar talk. Such (behavior) annoys the Prophet: He is ashamed to dismiss
you but Allah is not ashamed (to tell you) the truth. And when ye ask (his
ladies) for anything ye want ask them from before a screen: that makes for
greater purity for your hearts and for theirs. Nor is it right for you that ye should
annoy Allah's Apostle or that ye should marry his widows after him at any
time. Truly such a thing is in Allah's sight an enormity. (33:53)

O ye who believe! obey Allah and his apostle and turn not away from him
when ye hear (him speak).(8:20)

O ye who believe! give your response to Allah and His apostle when He
calleth you to that which will give you life; and know that Allah cometh in
between a man and his heart and that it is He to whom Ye shall (all) be
gathered.(8:24)

O ye that believe! betray not the trust of Allah and the apostle nor
misappropriate knowingly things entrusted to you. (8:27)

O ye who believe! take not My enemies and yours as friends (or protectors)
offering them (your) love even though they have rejected the Truth that has
come to you and have (on the contrary) driven out the Prophet and yourselves
(from your homes) (simply) because ye believe in Allah your Lord! If ye have
come out to strive in My Way and to seek My Good Pleasure (take them not as
friends) holding secret converse of love (and friendship) with them: for I know
full well all that ye conceal and all that ye reveal. And any of you that does
this has strayed from the Straight Path. (60:1)

O ye who believe! shall I lead you to a bargain that will save you from a
grievous Penalty? (61:10)

That ye believe in Allah and His Apostle and that ye strive (your utmost) in
the Cause of Allah with your property and your persons: that will be best for
you if ye but knew! (61:11)

O ye who believe! be ye helpers of Allah: as said Jesus the son of Mary to
the Disciples "Who will be my helpers to (the work of) Allah?" Said the
Disciples "We are Allah's helpers!" Then a portion of the Children of Israel
believed and a portion disbelieved: but We gave power to those who
believed against their enemies and they became the ones that prevailed.
(61:14)

O ye who believe! save yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel
is Men and Stones over which are (appointed) angels stern (and) severe who
flinch not (from executing) the Commands they receive from Allah but do
(precisely) what they are commanded. (66:6)

O ye who believe! if any from among you turn back from his faith soon will
Allah produce a people whom He will love as they will love Him lowly with
the believers mighty against the rejecters fighting in the way of Allah and
never afraid of the reproaches of such as find fault. That is the Grace of Allah
which He will bestow on whom He pleaseth: and Allah encompasseth all and
He knoweth all things.(5:54) Your (real) friends are (no less than) Allah His
Apostle and the (fellowship of) believers those who establish regular prayers
and regular charity and they bow down humbly (in worship).(5:55)

As to those who turn (for friendship) to Allah His Apostle and the (fellowship
of) believers it is the fellowship of Allah that must certainly triumph.(5:56)

O ye who believe! take not for friends and protectors those who take your
religion for a mockery or sport whether among those who received the
Scripture before you or among those who reject faith; but fear ye Allah if ye
have Faith (indeed). (5:57)

O ye who believe! what is the matter with you then when ye are asked to go
forth in the cause of Allah ye cling heavily to the earth? Do ye prefer the life
of this world to the hereafter? But little is the comfort of this life as compared
with the hereafter. (6:38)

O ye who believe! fear Allah and give up what remains of your demand for
usury if ye are indeed believers.(2:278)

If ye do it not take notice of war from Allah and his Apostle: but if ye turn back
ye shall have your capital sums; deal not unjustly and ye shall not be dealt
with unjustly. (2:279)

If the debtor is in a difficulty grant him time till it is easy for him to repay. But
if ye remit if by way of charity that is best for you if ye only knew.(2:280)

And fear the day when ye shall be brought back to Allah. Then shall every
soul be paid what it earned and none shall be dealt with unjustly.(2:281)

O ye who believe! fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those
before you that ye may (learn) self-restraint. (2:183)

(Fasting) for a fixed number of days; but if any of you is ill or on a journey the
prescribed number (should be made up) from days later. For those who can
do it (with hardship) is a ransom the feeding of one that is indigent. But he
that will give more of his own free will it is better for him and it is better for
you that ye fast if ye only knew.(2:184) Ramadan is the (month) in which was
sent down the Qur'an as a guide to mankind also clear (Signs) for guidance
and judgement (between right and wrong). So everyone of you who is present
(at his home) during that month should spend it in fasting but if anyone is ill
or on a journey the prescribed period (should be made up) by days later.
Allah intends every facility for you He does not want to put you to difficulties.
(He wants you) to complete the prescribed period and to glorify Him in that
He has guided you; and perchance ye shall be grateful. (2:185)

Permitted to you on the night of the fasts is the approach to your wives. They
are your garments. And ye are their garments. Allah knoweth what ye used to
do secretly among yourselves; but He turned to you and forgave you; so now
associate with them and seek what Allah hath ordained for you and eat and
drink until the white thread of dawn appear to you distinct from its black
thread; then complete your fast till the night appears; but do not associate
with your wives while ye are in retreat in the mosques. Those are limits (set
by) Allah; approach not nigh thereto. Thus doth Allah make clear His signs to
men that they may learn self-restraint. (2:187)

O ye who believe! guard your own souls: if ye follow (right) guidance no hurt
can come to you from those who stray. The goal of you all is to Allah: it is He
that will show you the truth of all that ye do. (5:105)

O ye who believe! when death approaches any of you (take) witnesses
among yourselves when making bequests two just men of your own
(brotherhood) or others from outside if ye are journeying through the earth
and the chance of death befalls you (thus). If ye doubt (their truth) detain
them both after prayer and let them both swear by Allah: "We wish not in this
for any worldly gain even though the (beneficiary) be our near relation: we
shall hide not the evidence before Allah: if we do then behold! the sin be
upon us!" (5:106)

O ye who believe! when ye meet the unbelievers in hostile array never turn
your backs to them. (8:15)

If any do turn his back to them on such a day unless it be in a stratagem of
war or to retreat to a troop (of his own) He draws on himself the wrath of Allah
and his abode is Hell and evil refuge (indeed)!(8:16)

O ye who believe! obey Allah and obey the Apostle and make not vain your
deeds!(47:33)

O ye who believe! why say ye that which ye do not? (61:2)

Grievously odious is it in the sight of Allah that ye say that which ye do
not.(61:3)

Truly Allah loves those who fight in His Cause in battle array as if they were a
solid cemented structure.(61:4)

O ye who believe! when ye deal with each other in transactions involving
future obligations in a fixed period of time reduce them to writing. Let a
scribe write down faithfully as between the parties: let not the scribe refuse to
write as Allah has taught him so let him write. Let him who incurs the liability
dictate but let him fear his Lord Allah and not diminish aught of what he
owes. If the party liable is mentally deficient or weak or unable himself to
dictate let his guardian dictate faithfully. And get two witnesses out of your
own men and if there are not two men then a man and two women such as ye
choose for witnesses so that if one of them errs the other can remind her. The
witnesses should not refuse when they are called on (for evidence). Disdain
not to reduce to writing (your contract) for a future period whether it be small
or big: it is juster in the sight of Allah more suitable as evidence and more
convenient to prevent doubts among yourselves; but if it be a transaction
which ye carry out on the spot among yourselves there is no blame on you if
ye reduce it not to writing. But take witnesses whenever ye make a
commercial contract; and let neither scribe nor witness suffer harm. If ye do
(such harm) it would be wickedness in you. So fear Allah; for it is Allah that
teaches you. And Allah is well acquainted with all things. (2:282)

If ye are on a journey and cannot find a scribe a pledge with possession (may
serve the purpose). And if one of you deposits a thing on trust with another let
the trustee (faithfully) discharge his trust and let him fear his Lord. Conceal
not evidence; for whoever conceals it his heart is tainted with sin. And Allah
knoweth all that ye do(2:283)

O ye who believe! stand out firmly for Allah as witnesses to fair dealing and
let not the hatred of others to you make you swerve to wrong and depart from
justice. Be just: that is next to Piety: and fear Allah for Allah is
well-acquainted with all that ye do. (5:8)

O ye who believe! call in remembrance the favor of Allah unto you when
certain men formed the design to stretch out their hands against you but
(Allah) held back their hands from you: so fear Allah. And on Allah let
believers put (all) their trust. (5:11)

O ye who believe! if ye will aid (the cause of) Allah He will aid you and plant
your feet firmly.(47:7)

But those who reject (Allah) for them is destruction and (Allah) will render
their deeds astray (from their mark). (47:8)

That is because they hate the Revelation of Allah; so He has made their
deeds fruitless. (47:9)

Do they not travel through the earth and see what was the End of those
before them (who did evil)? Allah brought utter destruction on them and
similar (fates await) those who reject Allah. (47:10)

That is because Allah is the Protector of those who believe but those who
reject Allah have no protector.(47:11)

O ye who believe! take not into your intimacy those outside your ranks; they
will not fail to corrupt you. They only desire your ruin: rank hatred has already
appeared from their mouths; what their hearts conceal is far worse. We have
made plain to you the Signs if ye have wisdom.(3:118)

Ah! ye are those who love them but they love you not though ye believe in
the whole of the Book. When they meet you they say "We believe"; but when
they are alone they bite off the very tips of their fingers at you in their rage.
Say: "Perish in your rage; Allah knoweth well all the secrets of the heart."
(3:119)

If aught that is good befalls you it grieves them; but if some misfortune
overtakes you they rejoice at it. But if ye are constant and do right not the
least harm will their cunning do to you for Allah compasseth round about all
that they do.(3:120)

( O ye who believe! ask not questions about things which if made plain to
you may cause you trouble. But if ye ask about things when the Qur'an is
being revealed they will be made plain to you: Allah will forgive those: for
Allah is Oft-Forgiving Most Forbearing. (5:101)

Some people before you did ask such questions and on that account lost their
faith. (5:102)

It was not Allah Who instituted (superstitions like those of) a slit-ear she-camel
or a she-camel let loose for free pasture or idol sacrifices for twin-births in
animals or stallion-camels freed from work; it is blasphemers who invent a lie
against Allah but most of them lack wisdom. (5:103)

O ye who believe! if ye obey the unbelievers they will drive you back on your
heels and ye will turn back (from faith) to your own loss.(3:149)

Nay Allah is your Protector and He is the best of helpers.(3:150)

O ye who believe! be not like the unbelievers who say of their brethren when
they are travelling through the earth or engaged in fighting: "If they had
stayed with us they would not have died or been slain." This that Allah may
make it a cause of sighs and regrets in their hearts. It is Allah that gives life
and death and Allah sees well all that ye do. (3:156)

O ye who believe! Remember the Grace of Allah (bestowed) on you when
there came down on you hosts (to overwhelm you): but We sent against them
a hurricane and force that ye saw not. But Allah sees (clearly) all that ye do.
(33:9)

O ye who believe! take not for protectors your fathers and your brothers if
they love infidelity above faith: if any of you do so they do wrong.(9:23)

O ye who believe! take not for friends unbelievers rather than believers: do
ye wish to offer Allah an open proof against yourselves?.(4:144)

O ye who believe! eat of the good things that We have provided for you and
be grateful to Allah if it is Him ye worship. (2:172)

O ye who believe! obey Allah and obey the Apostle and those charged with
authority among you. If ye differ in anything among yourselves refer it to
Allah and His Apostle if ye do believe in Allah and the Last Day: that is best
and most suitable for final determination. (4:59)

O ye who believe! turn to Allah with sincere repentance: in the hope that
your Lord will remove from you your ills and admit you to Gardens beneath
which Rivers flow the Day that Allah will not permit to be humiliated the
Prophet and those who believe with him. Their Light will run forward before
them and by their right hands while they say "Our Lord! perfect our Light for
us and grant us Forgiveness; for Thou has power over all things." (66:8)

O ye who believe! the law of equality is prescribed to you in cases of murder;
the free for the free the slave for the slave the woman for the woman. But if
any remission is made by the brother of the slain then grant any reasonable
demand and compensate him with handsome gratitude; this is a concession
and a Mercy from your Lord. After this whoever exceeds the limits shall be in
grave penalty. (2:178)

O ye who believe! fear Allah as He should be feared and die not except in a
state of Islam. (3:102)

O ye who believe! bow down prostrate yourselves and adore your Allah and
do good; that ye may prosper.(22:77)

O ye who believe! let those whom your right hands possess and the (children)
among you who have not come of age ask your permission (before they come
to your presence) on three occasions before morning prayer; the while ye doff
your clothes for the noonday heat; and after the late-night prayer: these are
your three times of undress: outside those times it is not wrong for you or for
them to move about attending to each other: thus does Allah make clear the
Signs to you: for Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom. (24:58)

O ye who believe! if ye fear Allah He will grant you a criterion (to judge
between right and wrong) remove from you (all) evil (that may afflict) you and
forgive you: for Allah is the Lord of grace unbounded. (8:29)

O ye who believe! there are indeed many among the priests and anchorites
who in falsehood devour the substance of men and hinder (them) from the
way of Allah. And there are those who bury gold and silver and spend it not in
the way of Allah: announce unto them a most grievous penalty. (8:34)

O ye who believe! when ye go abroad in the cause of Allah investigate
carefully and say not to anyone who offers you a salutation: "Thou art none of
a believer!" Coveting the perishable goods of this life: with Allah are profits
and spoils abundant. Even thus were ye yourselves before till Allah conferred
on you His favors: therefore carefully investigate for Allah is well aware of all
that ye do. (4:94)

O ye who believe! truly the pagans are unclean; so let them not after this
year of theirs approach the Sacred Mosque. And if ye fear poverty soon will
Allah enrich you if He wills out of his bounty for Allah is All-Knowing
All-Wise.(9:28)

O ye who believe! truly among your wives and your children are (some that
are) enemies to yourselves: so beware of them! But if ye forgive and overlook
and cover up (their faults) verily Allah is Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful. (9:14)

O ye who believe! when ye meet a force be firm and call Allah in
remembrance much (and often); that ye may prosper.(8:45)

And obey Allah and His apostle; and fall into no disputes lest ye lose heart
and your power depart; and be patient and persevering: for Allah is with those
who patiently persevere.(8:46)

And be not like those who started from their homes insolently and to be seen
of men and to hinder (men) from the path of Allah: for Allah compasseth
round about all that they do. (8:47)

Remember satan made their (sinful) acts seem alluring to them and said: "No
one among men can overcome you this day while I am near to you": but
when the two forces came in sight of each other he turned on his heels and
said: "Lo! I am clear of you; lo! I see what ye see not; lo! I fear Allah; for Allah
is strict in punishment.(8:48)

O ye who believe! be ye not like those who vexed and insulted Moses but
Allah cleared him of the (calumnies) they had uttered: and he was honorable
in Allah's sight. (33:69)

O ye who believe! fear Allah and (always) say a word directed to the Right:
That He may make your conduct whole and sound and forgive you your sins:
he that obeys Allah and His Apostle has already attained the highest
Achievement.(33:70)

O ye who believe! cancel not your charity by reminders of your generosity or
by injury like those who spend their substance to be seen of men but believe
neither in Allah nor in the last day. They are in Parable like a hard barren
rock on which is a little soil; on it falls heavy rain which leaves it (just) a bare
stone. They will be able to do nothing with aught they have earned. And
Allah guideth not those who reject faith.(2:264)

O ye who believe! eat not up your property among yourselves in vanities: but
let there be amongst you traffic and trade by mutual good-will: nor kill (or
destroy) yourselves: for verily Allah hath been to you Most Merciful. (4:28)

If any do that in rancor and injustice soon shall We cast them into the fire:
and easy it is for Allah.(4:30)

If ye (but) eschew the most heinous of the things which ye are forbidden to do
We shall expel out of you all the evil in you and admit you to a Gate of great
honor.(4:31)

And in no wise covet those things in which Allah hath bestowed his gifts more
freely on some of you than on others: to men is allotted what they earn and to
women what they earn: but ask Allah of His bounty: for Allah hath full
knowledge of all things. (4:32)

To (benefit) everyone We have appointed sharers and heirs to property left by
parents and relatives. To those also to whom your right hand was pledged
give their due portion: for truly Allah is Witness to all things.(4:33)

O ye who believe! take your precautions and either go forth in parties or go
forth all together. (4:71)

There are certainly among you men who would tarry behind: if a misfortune
befalls you, They say: "Allah did favor us in that we were not present among
them." (4:72)

But if good fortune comes to you from Allah they would be sure to say as if
there had never been ties of affection between you and them "Oh! I wish I
had been with them; a fine thing should I then have made of it!" (4:73)

Let those fight in the cause of Allah who sell the life of this world for the
Hereafter. To him who fighteth in the cause of Allah whether he is slain or
gets victory soon shall We give him a reward of great (value). (4:74)

And why should ye not fight in the cause of Allah and of those who being
weak are ill-treated (and oppressed)? Men women and children whose cry is:
"Our Lord! rescue us from this town whose people are oppressors; and raise for
us from Thee one who will protect; and raise for us from Thee one who will
help!" (4:75)

Those who believe fight in the cause of Allah and those who reject faith fight
in the cause of evil: so fight ye against the friends of Satan: feeble indeed is
the cunning of Satan. (4:76)

O ye who believe! when the call is proclaimed to prayer on Friday (the Day
of Assembly) hasten earnestly to the Remembrance of Allah and leave off
business (and traffic): that is best for you if ye but knew! (62:9)

O ye who believe! fight the unbelievers who gird you about and let them
find firmness in you; and know that Allah is with those who fear him(9:123)

O ye who believe! Fear Allah and let every soul look to what (provision) he
has sent forth for the morrow. Yea fear Allah: for Allah is well-acquainted with
(all) that ye do. (59:18)

And be ye not like those who forget Allah; and He made them forget their
own souls! such are the rebellious transgressors! (59:19)

Not equal are the Companions of the Fire and the Companions of the
Garden: it is the Companions of the Garden that will achieve Felicity.59:20)
Had We sent down this Qur'an on a mountain verily thou would have seen it
humble itself and cleave asunder for fear of Allah such are the similitudes
which We propound to men that they may reflect(59:21)

O ye who believe! let not your riches or your children divert you from the
remembrance of Allah. If any act thus the loss is their own. (63:9)

And spend something (in charity) out of the substance which We have
bestowed on you before death should come to any of you and he should say
"O my Lord! why didst thou not give me respite for a little while? I should
then have given (largely) in charity and I should have been one of the doers
of good."(63:10) But to no soul will Allah grant respite when the time
appointed (for it) has come: and Allah is well-acquainted with (all) that ye do.
(63:11)

Riches and human resources of all kinds are but fleeting sources of
enjoyment. They should not turn away the good man from his devotion to
Allah. "Remembrance of Allah" includes every act of service and goodness,
every kind thought and kind deed, for this is the service and sacrifice which
Allah requires of us. If we fail in this, the loss is our own, not any one else's:
for it stunts our own spiritual growth. (63:12)

O ye who believe! take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and
protectors: they are but friends and protectors to each other. And he amongst
you that turns to them (for friendship) is of them. Verily Allah guideth not a
people unjust. (5:51)

Those in whose heart is a disease thou seest how eagerly they run about
amongst them saying: "We do fear lest a change of fortune bring us disaster."
Ah! perhaps Allah will give (thee) victory or a decision according to His Will.
Then will they repent of the thoughts which they secretly harbored in their
hearts. (5:52)

And those who believe will say: "Are these the men who swore their strongest
oaths by Allah that they were with you?" All that they do will be in vain and
they will fall into (nothing but) ruin. (5:53)

O ye who believe! seek help with patient perseverance and prayer: for Allah
is with those who patiently persevere. (2:153)

O ye who believe! do your duty to Allah seek the means of approach unto
Him and strive with might and main in His cause: that ye may prosper. (5:35)

As to those who reject faith if they had everything on earth and twice
repeated to give as ransom for the penalty of the Day of Judgment it would
never be accepted of them. Theirs would be a grievous penalty.(5:36)

Their wish will be to get out of the fire but never will they get out therefrom:
their penalty will be one that endures.(5:37)

O ye who believe! follow not Satan's footsteps: if any will follow the footsteps
of Satan he will (but) command what is shameful and wrong: and were it not
for the grace and mercy of Allah on you not one of you would ever have been
pure: but Allah doth purify whom He pleases: and Allah is One Who hears
and knows (all things). (24:21)

O ye who believe! spend out of (the bounties) We have provided for you
before the day comes when no bargaining (will avail) nor friendship nor
intercession. Those who reject faith they are the wrong-doers.(2:254)

Let there be no compulsion in religion. Truth stands out clear from error;
whoever rejects evil and believes in Allah hath grasped the most trustworthy
hand-hold that never breaks. And Allah heareth and knoweth all things.
(2:256)

Allah is the Protector of those who have faith: from the depths of darkness He
will lead them forth into light. Of those who reject faith the patrons are the
Evil Ones: from light they will lead them forth into the depths of darkness.
They will be companions of the fire to dwell therein (for ever).(2:257)

O ye who believe! violate not the sanctity of the Symbols of Allah nor of the
Sacred Month nor of the animals brought for sacrifice nor the garlands that
mark out such animals nor the people resorting to the Sacred House seeking
of the bounty and good pleasure of their Lord. But when ye are clear of the
Sacred Precincts and of pilgrim garb ye may hunt and let not the hatred of
some people in (once) shutting you out of the Sacred Mosque lead you to
transgression (and hostility on your part). Help ye one another in
righteousness and piety but help ye not one another in sin and rancor: fear
Allah: for Allah is strict in punishment. (5:2)

O ye who believe! when ye prepare for prayer wash your faces and your
hands (and arms) to the elbows; rub your heads (with water); and (wash) your
feet to the ankles. If ye are in a state of ceremonial impurity bathe your whole
body. But if ye are ill or on a journey or one of you cometh from offices of
nature or ye have been in contact with women and ye find no water then take
for yourselves clean sand or earth and rub therewith your faces and hands.
Allah doth not wish to place you in a difficulty but to make you clean and to
complete His favor to you that ye may be grateful. (5:6)