- And render to the kindred their due rights, as (also) to those in want, and to the
wayfarer: But squander not (your wealth) in the manner of a spendthrift.
[Quran, the Ascension Verse 26]
- Permission for all that is pure and a prohibition for all that is impure.
- "Those who follow the apostle, the unlettered Prophet, whom they >ind
mentioned in their own (scriptures),- in the law and the Gospel;- for he commands
them what is just and forbids them what is evil; he allows them as lawful what is
good (and pure) and prohibits them from what is bad (and impure); He releases
them from their heavy burdens and from the yokes that are upon them. So it is those
who believe in him, honor him, help him, and follow the light which is sent down
with him,- it is they who will prosper."
[Quran, the Heights Verse 157]
- A call to justice and to give everyone his or her rights.
- Allah commands justice, the doing of good, and liberality to kith and kin, and He
forbids all shameful deeds, and injustice and rebellion: He instructs you, that ye may
receive admonition.
[Quran, the Bee Verse 90]
- A call to enjoining the good and forbidding the evil.
- Let there arise out of you a band of people inviting to all that is good, enjoining
what is right, and forbidding what is wrong: They are the ones to attain felicity.
[Quran, the Family of Imraan Verse 104]
Rather it is a prerequisite for this nation that it enjoins the good and forbids the evil.
- But verily thy Lord,- to those who leave their homes after trials and
persecutions,- and who thereafter strive and fight for the faith and patiently
persevere,- Thy Lord, after all this is oft forgiving, Most Merciful.
[Quran, the Family of Imraan Verse 110]
The likes of these great qualities and ideals are scattered throughout the Quran.