Surah II the Cow “BAQARAH” Verses 177

لَيْسَ الْبِرَّ أَنْ تُوَلُّوا وُجُوهَكُمْ قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَلَكِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالْكِتَابِ وَالنَّبِيِّينَ وَآتَى الْمَالَ عَلَى حُبِّهِ ذَوِي الْقُرْبَى وَالْيَتَامَى وَالْمَسَاكِينَ وَابْنَ السَّبِيلِ وَالسَّائِلِينَ وَفِي الرِّقَابِ وَأَقَامَ الصَّلَاةَ وَآتَى الزَّكَاةَ وَالْمُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِهِمْ إِذَا عَاهَدُوا وَالصَّابِرِينَ فِي الْبَأْسَاءِ وَالضَّرَّاءِ وَحِينَ الْبَأْسِ أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا وَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُتَّقُونَ – سوره ۲: البقرة – جزء ۲ : آیه 177

177: It is not righteousness that you turn your faces towards the east and the west, but righteousness is this that one should believe in Allah and the last day and the angels and the book and the prophets, and give away wealth out of love for him to the near of kin and the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer and the beggars and for “the emancipation of” the captives, and keep up prayer and pay the poor – rate; and the performers of their promise when they make a promise, and the patient in distress and afflication and in time of conflicts _____ these are they who are true “to themselves” and these are they who guard “against evil”.

Surah V the Food “MAIDAH” Verses 87-88

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تُحَرِّمُوا طَيِّبَاتِ مَا أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَلَا تَعْتَدُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُعْتَدِينَ – سوره ۵: المائدة – جزء ۷ : آیه 87

87: O you who believe! Do not forbid “your selves” the good things which Allah has lawful for you and do not exceed the limits; surely Allah does not love those who exceed the limits.

وَكُلُوا مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ حَلَالًا طَيِّبًا وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ الَّذِي أَنْتُمْ بِهِ مُؤْمِنُونَ – سوره ۵: المائدة – جزء ۷ : آیه 88

88: And eat of the lawful and good “things” that Allah has given you, and be careful of “your duty to” Allah, in whom you believe.

Surah VII the Elevated Places “ARAF” Verses 26-27

يَا بَنِي آدَمَ قَدْ أَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ لِبَاسًا يُوَارِي سَوْآتِكُمْ وَرِيشًا وَلِبَاسُ التَّقْوَى ذَلِكَ خَيْرٌ ذَلِكَ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ – سوره ۷: الأعراف – جزء ۸ : آیه 26

26: O children of Adam! We have in deed sent down to you clothing to cover your shame, and “against evil”; that is the best. This is of the communications of Allah that they may be mindful.

يَا بَنِي آدَمَ لَا يَفْتِنَنَّكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ كَمَا أَخْرَجَ أَبَوَيْكُمْ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ يَنْزِعُ عَنْهُمَا لِبَاسَهُمَا لِيُرِيَهُمَا سَوْآتِهِمَا إِنَّهُ يَرَاكُمْ هُوَ وَقَبِيلُهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا تَرَوْنَهُمْ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا الشَّيَاطِينَ أَوْلِيَاءَ لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ – سوره ۷: الأعراف – جزء ۸ : آیه 27

27: O children of Adam! Let not the shaitan cause you to fall into affliction as he expelled your parents from the garden, pulling off from them both their clothing that he might show them their evil inclinations, he surely sees you, he as well as his host, from whence you cannot see them; surely we have made the shaitans to be the guardians of those who do not believe

Surah IX Repentance “BARAAT” Verses 17-107-108-109

مَا كَانَ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ أَنْ يَعْمُرُوا مَسَاجِدَ اللَّهِ شَاهِدِينَ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ بِالْكُفْرِ أُولَئِكَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ وَفِي النَّارِ هُمْ خَالِدُونَ – سوره ۹: التوبة – جزء ۱۰ : آیه 17

17: The idolaters have no right to visit the mosques of Allah while bearing witness to unbelief against themselves; these it is whose doings are null, and in the fire shall they abide.

وَالَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا مَسْجِدًا ضِرَارًا وَكُفْرًا وَتَفْرِيقًا بَيْنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَإِرْصَادًا لِمَنْ حَارَبَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَلَيَحْلِفُنَّ إِنْ أَرَدْنَا إِلَّا الْحُسْنَى وَاللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ إِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ – سوره ۹: التوبة – جزء ۱۱ : آیه 107

107: And those who built a masjid to cause harm and for unbelief and to cause disunion among the believers and an ambush to him who made war against Allah and his apostle before; and they will certainly swear: we did not desire aught but good; and Allah bears witness that they are most surely liars.

لَا تَقُمْ فِيهِ أَبَدًا لَمَسْجِدٌ أُسِّسَ عَلَى التَّقْوَى مِنْ أَوَّلِ يَوْمٍ أَحَقُّ أَنْ تَقُومَ فِيهِ فِيهِ رِجَالٌ يُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يَتَطَهَّرُوا وَاللَّهُ يُحِبُّ الْمُطَّهِّرِينَ – سوره ۹: التوبة – جزء ۱۱ : آیه 108

108: Never stand in it; certainly a masjid founded on piety from the very first day is more deseruing that you should stand in it; in it are men who love that they should be purified; and Allah loves those who purify those selves.

أَفَمَنْ أَسَّسَ بُنْيَانَهُ عَلَى تَقْوَى مِنَ اللَّهِ وَرِضْوَانٍ خَيْرٌ أَمْ مَنْ أَسَّسَ بُنْيَانَهُ عَلَى شَفَا جُرُفٍ هَارٍ فَانْهَارَ بِهِ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ – سوره ۹: التوبة – جزء ۱۱ : آیه 109

109: Is he, there fore, better who lays his foundation on fear of Allah and “his” good pleasure, or he who lays his foundation on the edge of a cracking hollowed bank, so it broke down with him into the fire of hell; and Allah does not guide the unjust people.

Surah XXV the Criterion “FURQAN” Verses 71-72

وَمَنْ تَابَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَإِنَّهُ يَتُوبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ مَتَابًا – سوره ۲۵: الفرقان – جزء ۱۹ : آیه 71

71: And whoever repents and does well, he surely turns to Allah a “goodly” turning.

وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَشْهَدُونَ الزُّورَ وَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِاللَّغْوِ مَرُّوا كِرَامًا – سوره ۲۵: الفرقان – جزء ۱۹ : آیه 72

72: And they who do not bear witness to what are false, and when they pass by what is vain, they pass by nobly.

Surah XXX the Romans “RUM” Verses 30-31

فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ حَنِيفًا فِطْرَتَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا لَا تَبْدِيلَ لِخَلْقِ اللَّهِ ذَلِكَ الدِّينُ الْقَيِّمُ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ – سوره ۳۰: الروم – جزء ۲۱ : آیه 30

30: Then set your face upright for religion in the right state ____ the nature made by Allah in which he has made men; there is no altering of Allah’s creation; that is the right religion, but most people do not know _____

مُنِيبِينَ إِلَيْهِ وَاتَّقُوهُ وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ – سوره ۳۰: الروم – جزء ۲۱ : آیه 31

31: Turning to him, and be careful of “your duty to” him, and keep up prayer and be not of the polytheists,

Surah XXXIII the Allies “AHZAB” Verses 35

إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمَاتِ وَالْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَالْقَانِتِينَ وَالْقَانِتَاتِ وَالصَّادِقِينَ وَالصَّادِقَاتِ وَالصَّابِرِينَ وَالصَّابِرَاتِ وَالْخَاشِعِينَ وَالْخَاشِعَاتِ وَالْمُتَصَدِّقِينَ وَالْمُتَصَدِّقَاتِ وَالصَّائِمِينَ وَالصَّائِمَاتِ وَالْحَافِظِينَ فُرُوجَهُمْ وَالْحَافِظَاتِ وَالذَّاكِرِينَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَالذَّاكِرَاتِ أَعَدَّ اللَّهُ لَهُمْ مَغْفِرَةً وَأَجْرًا عَظِيمًا – سوره ۳۳: الأحزاب – جزء ۲۲ : آیه 35

35: Surely the men who submit and the women who submit, and the believing men and the believing women, and the obeying men and the obeying women, and the truthful men and the truthful women, and the patient men and the patient women, and the humble men and the humble women, and the almsgiving men and the almsgiving women, and the fasting men and the fasting women, and the men who guard their private parts and the women who guard, and the men who remember Allah much and the women who remember ____ Allah has prepared for them forgiveness and a mighty reward.

Surah XXXIX the Companies “ZUMAR” 33

وَالَّذِي جَاءَ بِالصِّدْقِ وَصَدَّقَ بِهِ أُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُتَّقُونَ – سوره ۳۹: الزمر – جزء ۲۴ : آیه 33

33: And he who brings the truth and “he who” accepts it as the truth ____ these are they that guard “against evil”.

Surah LXX the Ways of Ascent “MAARIJ” Verses 15

كَلَّا إِنَّهَا لَظَى – سوره ۷۰: المعارج – جزء ۲۹ : آیه 15

15: By no mean! Surely it is a flaming fire.

Surah XCVIII the Clear Evidence “BAYYINAH” Verses 5

وَمَا أُمِرُوا إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ حُنَفَاءَ وَيُقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَيُؤْتُوا الزَّكَاةَ وَذَلِكَ دِينُ الْقَيِّمَةِ – سوره ۹۸: البينة – جزء ۳۰ : آیه 5

5: And they were not enjoined anything except that they should serve Allah, beings sincere to him in obedience, upright, and keep up prayer and pay the poor – rate, and that is the right religion.