I continue to be baffled when people in this day and age still believe that Islam is evil. I won't sit here and write about how much of a peaceful and good religion it is, though. I will not, again, apologize for other people's crimes. I will say again, that there are bad apples in every religion. However, the media loves to focus on only bad Moz-lems. Here, I will post verses of Quran and sayings of Prophet Muhammad (last messenger of God) and you can see for yourself what it's about.
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"God does not forbid you to be kind and equitable to those who have neither fought against your faith nor driven you out of your homes. In fact God loves the equitable." Chapter 60, Verse 8
"Be quick in the race for forgiveness from your Lord, and for a Garden (paradise) whose width is that of the heavens and of the earth, prepared for the righteous - Those who spend (freely), whether in prosperity or in adversity, who restrain (their) anger and pardon (all) men - for God loves those who do good." Chapter 3, Verses 133-134
"And what will explain to you what the steep path is? It is the freeing of a (slave) from bondage; or the giving of food in a day of famine to an orphan relative, or to a needy in distress. Then will he be of those who believe, enjoin fortitude and encourage kindness and compassion." Chapter 90, Verses 12-17
"O mankind! We created you from a male and a female and made you into nations and tribes that you may know and honor each other (not that you should despise one another). Indeed the most honorable of you in the sight of God is the most righteous." Chapter 49, Verse 13
"Fight in the cause of Allah those who fight you, but do not transgress limits; for Allah loves not transgressors." Chapter 2, Verse 190
“Had your Lord wanted, all the people on earth would have believed. So will you force people to believe?” (Qur’an, 10:99)
“He does not forbid you to deal kindly and justly with anyone who has not fought you for your faith and driven you out of your homes, God loves the just.” (Qur’an, 60:8)
“ There is no compulsion in religion…” (Qur’an, 2:256)
"Invite (all) to the way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious." (Al-Qur’an 16:125)
“to you your religion, and to me, mine” 109: 1-4
“Whoever kills an innocent non-Muslim will not even smell the fragrance of Paradise.” -Prophet Muhammad
“You will not enter paradise until you have faith; and you will not complete your faith till you love one another.” -Prophet Muhammad
"He is not a perfect Muslim who eats his fill and lets his neighbor go hungry." -Prophet Muhammad
"Do you love your Creator? Then love your fellow beings first." - Prophet Muhammad
"Verily, there is heavenly reward for every act of kindness done to a living animal." - Prophet Muhammad
Leave comments below on other hadith, verses that relate to this topic. There are so many more and I will continue to compile them here. So much easier to just give people who want to debate me on Twitter and online this link rather than waste my time.
Peace and Love.
Good post Aya :)..
ReplyDelete"They want to extinguish the light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah refuses except to perfect His light, although the disbelievers dislike it." (Al-Qur'an 9:32)
I read the Quran last year and I remember reading some of these verses. I can't wait to see more.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment, Anonymous.
ReplyDeleteTanishaLynne, that's awesome. Every time I read verses in the Quran I always learn new things!
You may not remember all that you have read in the holy Qur'an but it will gradually cleanse your heart to make it pure. So keep reading :)
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