The Enlightenment

Salamun'Aalaykum ~ Peace Be Upon You,
I pray you are well by the Grace and Mercy of Allah. Insha-Allah you will take the time to read this message.

My intentions are to quote some of the verses of the Quran which portray that ISLAM (PEACE) is a PEACEFUL RELIGION, which encourages FORGIVENESS, KINDNESS and CHARITY.
Insha-Allah my intentions are good.

[O MOST MERCIFUL ONE, MOST COMPASSIONATE ONE, MOST KIND ONE,
Please forgive us and shower us with YOUR mercy and UNVEIL our hearts if we are blinded to the TRUTH. Please help us to understand YOUR MESSAGE and help us to be RIGHTEOUS (devoted, honest, truthful, just, fair, trustworthy, charitable, moral, law-abiding, conscientious) Please protect us from EVIL and help us to remember YOU and be APPRECIATIVE of all that YOU do for us.]

Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Raheem
In the name of ALLAH the MOST GRACIOUS, the MOST MERCIFUL.

I submit to the Lord of the universe

Al-Falaq~ Daybreak
113.
1. Say, “I seek refuge in the Lord of the daybreak.
2. From the EVILS among His creation.
3. From the EVILS of darkness as it falls.
4. From the EVILS of the TROUBLE MAKERS.
5. From the EVILS OF THE ENVIOUS when they ENVY”.

Al-Naas~People
114.
1. Say, “I seek refuge in the LORD of the people.
2. The KING of the people.
3. The God of the people.
4. From the EVILS of sneaky whisperers.
5. Who whisper into the chests of the people.
6. Be they of jinns, or the people.

Al-Araf~The Heights
7: 204
WHEN THE QURAN IS RECITED, YOU SHALL LISTEN TO IT AND TAKE HEED, THAT YOU MAY ATTAIN MERCY.

Qaf
50.8
THIS IS AN ENLIGHTENMENT, and a REMINDER for every PIOUS WORSHIPPER.

Al-Noor~ Light
24:61
…When you enter any home, you shall GREET each other a greeting from ALLAH that is BLESSED and GOOD. ALLAH thus EXPLAINS the revelations for you, that you may UNDERSTAND.

Al-An’am ~ Livestock
6.54
When those who believe in our revelations come to you, you shall say “PEACE BE UPON YOU...”

(Wa-itha jaaka allatheena yu/minoona bi-ayatina faqul Salamun’Aalaykum)

Al-Nesa ~ Women
4.86
When GREETED with a GREETING, YOU SHALL RESPOND with a BETTER GREETING or at least an EQUAL ONE. ALLAH reckons (takes into account) all things.

Al-Hujurat~The Walls
49.10
The believers are members of ONE FAMILY; you shall keep THE PEACE WITHIN YOUR FAMILY and reverence ALLAH, that you may attain MERCY.

At-Tawba ~ Repentance
9.112
They (the believers) are the REPENTERS, the WORSHIPPERS, the PRAISERS, the MEDITATORS, the BOWING and PROSTRATING, the advocators of RIGHTEOUSNESS (good actions) and forbidders of EVIL, and the KEEPERS OF ALLAH’S LAWS. GIVE GOOD NEWS TO SUCH BELEIVERS.

Al-Shoora ~Consultation
42.37
THEY AVOID GROSS SIN AND VICE, AND WHEN ANGERED THEY FORGIVE.

Al-Shoora ~ Consultation
42.40
Although the JUST requital for an INJUSTICE is an EQUIVALENT retribution, those who PARDON and MAINTAIN RIGHTEOUSNESS are REWARDED BY ALLAH.
HE DOES NOT LOVE THE UNJUST.

Al-Shoora ~ Consultation
42.41-43
41. Certainly, those who STAND UP FOR THEIR RIGHTS, when INJUSTICE befalls them, are NOT committing any error.

42. The WRONG ones are those who TREAT the people UNJUSTLY, and resort to AGGRESSION without PROVOCATION. These have incurred a PAINFUL RETRIBUTION.

43.Resorting to PATIENCE and FORGIVENESS REFLECTS TRUE STRENGH OF CHARACTER.

The Night Journey, The Children of Israel
17:53
Tell my servants to TREAT EACH OTHER in the BEST POSSIBLE MANNER, for the devil will always try to drive a wedge among them. Surely the devil is man’s most ardent enemy.

Al Baqarah ~ The Cow
2.263
A KIND WORD and COMPASSION are BETTER than a charity that is followed by INSULT. ALLAH is Rich, Clement

Al-Hujurat~ The Chambers
49:11
O you who believe NO PEOPLE, shall RIDICULE other people, for they may be BETTER than they…

Fussilat ~ Well Expounded/Detailed
41:34
NOT EQUAL is the GOOD RESPONSE and the BAD RESPONSE. You shall resort to the NICEST POSSIBLE RESPONSE. Thus the one who use to be YOUR ENEMY, may become YOUR BEST FRIEND.

Al-Ma’edah ~ The Feast
5.87
O you who BELEIVE, DO NOT PROHIBIT GOOD THINGS THAT ARE MADE LAWFUL BY ALLAH, and DO NOT TRANSGRESS. ALLAH DISLIKES THE TRANSGRESSORS.

Al-A’araf ~ The Heights
7.198-199
When you invite them (idol worshippers) to guidance they do not hear. And you see them looking at you, but they do not see.
199. Keep to FORGIVENESS, and enjoin KINDNESS, and turn away from the ignorant (rude, ill-mannered).

Al-Mumtahanah~ The Test
60.8-9
ALLAH does NOT enjoin (FORBID) you from BEFRIENDING those who do NOT fight you because of religion, and do not evict you from your homes. YOU MAY BEFRIEND THEM. ALLAH LOVES THE EQUITABLE.
9. ALLAH enjoins (FORBIDS) YOU ONLY FROM BEFRIENDING THOSE WHO FIGHT YOU because of religion, evict you from your homes, and band together with others to banish you. Those who befriend them are transgressors.

Al Ma’edah ~ The Table Spread
5.32
…WE decreed for the Children of Israel that
ANYONE WHO MURDERS ANY PERSON WHO HAD NOT COMMITTED MURDER OR HORRENDOUS CRIME, IT SHALL BE AS IF HE MURDERED ALL THE PEOPLE.
AND ANYONE WHO SPARES A LIFE IT SHALL BE AS IF HE SPARED ALL THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE.
OUR messengers went to them with CLEAR PROOFS and REVELATIONS, but most of them, after all this, are still transgressing.

Al-Baqarah ~ The Cow
2.81
Indeed those who EARN SINS and become surrounded by their EVIL WORKS will be the DWELLERS OF HELL; they ABIDE IN IT FOREVER.

Al-Nesa ~ Women
4.94
O you who BELIEVE, if you strike in the cause of ALLAH (during war), you shall be ABSOLUTELY SURE.
DO NOT SAY TO ONE WHO OFFERS PEACE, “YOU ARE NOT A BELEIVER”,
seeking the SPOILS OF THIS WORLD. For ALLAH possesses INFINITE SPOILS.
REMEMBER YOU USE TO BE LIKE THEM, AND ALLAH BLESSED YOU.
Therefore YOU SHALL BE ABSOLUTELY SURE (before you strike).
ALLAH IS FULLY COGNIZANT (AWARE) OF EVERYTHING YOU DO.

Al-Anfal ~ The Spoils of war
8.61
If they (non-believers) resort to PEACE, SO SHALL YOU, and put your TRUST IN ALLAH. HE IS HEARER, the OMNISCIENT.

Al-Nesa ~ Women
4.114
There is no good in much of their secret conferences save (in) him who enjoins almsgiving (CHARITY) and KINDNESS and PEACE-MAKING among the people. Whoso does that, seeking the good pleasure of ALLAH, We shall bestow on him a vast reward.

Al-Baqarah ~ The Cow
2.99
WE have sent down such CLEAR REVELATIONS, and ONLY the WICKED will REJECT THEM.

Al-Mumtahanah ~ The Test
60.7
It may be that ALLAH will establish FRIENDSHIP between you and those of them who were your enemies. ALLAH IS ALL POWERFUL, and ALLAH IS ALL FORGIVING, ALL MERCIFUL.

The children of Israel
17.38
ALL BAD BEHAVIOUR IS CONDEMNED BY YOUR LORD.

Al-Ma’edah ~ The Table Spread
5.89
ALLAH does not hold you RESPONSIBLE for your MERE UTTERANCES of OATHS; HE HOLDS YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTUAL INTENTIONS…

Al-Ankaboot ~ The Spider
29.46
Do NOT ARGUE with the people of the scripture (Jews, Christians and Muslims) EXCEPT in the NICEST POSSIBLE MANNER-unless they transgress-AND SAY,
“We believe in what was revealed to us and in what was revealed to you, and our GOD and your GOD is one and the same; to HIM we are SUBMITTERS."

Al-Nahl
16. 125
You shall invite to the path of your Lord with wisdom and KIND ENLIGHTENMENT, AND DEBATE WITH THEM IN THE BEST POSSIBLE MANNER. Your LORD KNOWS BEST who has strayed from HIS path, and HE knows best who are the guided ones.

Al-Qasas ~ History
28.56
You CANNOT guide the ones you love. ALLAH IS THE ONLY ONE WHO GUIDES in accordance with HIS WILL, and in accordance with HIS KNOWLEDGE of those who deserve guidance.

The Children of Israel
17:23
Your Lord has decreed that you shall not worship EXCEPT HIM, and YOUR PARENTS SHALL BE HONOURED. As long as one or both of them live, you shall never say to them, “uff”(the slightest gesture of ANNOYANCE), nor shall you shout at them; you shall treat them AMICABLY (KINDLY).
24. And lower for them the wings of HUMILITY, and KINDNESS, and say,
“My Lord, have mercy on them, for they have raised me from infancy.”

Luqman
31.15
If they (parents) try to FORCE you to set up idols besides ME, do not obey them. But continue to treat them AMICABLY (KINDLY) in this world….

Al-Nahl~The Bee
16.128
ALLAH is with those who LEAD A RIGHTEOUS LIFE, and those who are CHARITABLE.

Al-Baqarah
2.177
RIGHTEOUSNESS is not turning your face towards the east or the west.
RIGHTEOUS are those who believe in ALLAH,
the LAST DAY,
the ANGELS,
the SCRIPTURE,
and the PROPHETS;
and GIVE THE MONEY CHEERFULLY, to the relatives, the orphans, the needy, the travelling alien, the beggars, and to free the slaves; and they observe the prayers and give the obligatory CHARITY (Zakat); and they KEEP THEIR WORD whenever they make a promise; and they steadfastly persevere in the face of persecution, HARDSHIP and war. These are the TRUTHFUL, these are the RIGHTEOUS.

Al-A’araf ~ The Heights
7.26
O children of Adam, we have given you garments to cover your bodies, as well as for luxury. But the BEST garment is the GARMENT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS (good actions). These are some of ALLAH’S SIGNS, that they may take HEED (NOTICE).

[YUSUFALI: O ye Children of Adam! We have bestowed raiment upon you to cover your shame, as well as to be an adornment to you. But the raiment of RIGHTEOUSNESS,- that is the BEST. Such are among the Signs of Allah, that they may receive admonition!
PICKTHAL: O Children of Adam! We have revealed unto you raiment to conceal your shame, and splendid vesture, but the raiment of RESTRAINT FROM EVIL, THAT IS BEST. This is of the revelations of Allah, that they may remember.]

Ali-Imran ~ The Children of Imran
3.92
You CANNOT attain RIGHTEOUSNESS until you give to CHARITY from the POSSESSIONS YOU LOVE. Whatever you give to CHARITY, ALLAH IS FULLY AWARE THEREOF.

Al-Maa’oon ~ CHARITY
107.1-3
1. Do you know who really rejects the faith?
2. That is the one who MISTREATS the orphans.
3. And does not advocate (support) the FEEDING OF THE POOR

Al-Baqarah ~ The Cow
2.267
O you who believe, you shall give to CHARITY from the GOOD THINGS you earn, and from what WE have produced for you from the earth. DO NOT PICK OUT THE BAD therein to give away, when you yourselves would not accept it unless your eyes are closed. You should know that ALLAH IS RICH, PRAISEWORTHY.

Al-Muzzammil ~ Cloaked
73.20
…Whatever GOOD you send on behalf of your souls, you will find it at ALLAH far better and GENEROUSLY REWARDED…

Ali-Imran –The Family of Imran
3.133-134
You shall EAGERLY RACE TOWARDS FORGIVENESS FROM YOUR LORD AND A PARADISE whose width encompasses the heavens and the earth;
it awaits the RIGHTEOUS
134. who give CHARITY during the GOOD TIMES and the BAD TIMES.
THEY ARE SUPPRESSORS OF ANGER,
and PARDONERS OF THE PEOPLE.
ALLAH LOVES THE CHARITABLE.

Al-Hajj~ Pilgrimage
22.32
Indeed, those who REVERENCE THE RITES DECREED BY ALLAH DEMONSTRATE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THEIR HEARTS.

Al Ma’edah ~ The Table Spread
5.15-16
…A beacon has come to you from ALLAH, and a PROFOUND SCRIPTURE.
16. With IT, ALLAH GUIDES THOSE WHO SEEK HIS APPROVAL. HE GUIDES THEM to the PATHS OF PEACE, leads them out of the DARKNESS into the LIGHT by HIS LEAVE, and GUIDES them in a STRAIGHT PATH.

Al-Balad ~ The City
90.10-17
10.Did we not show him two paths?
11. He should choose the difficult path
12. Which one is the difficult path?
13. The freeing of the slaves.
14. Feeding, during the time of hardship,
15. orphans who are related,
16. or the poor who is in need
17. and being one of those who BELIEVE, and exhorting one another to be steadfast, and EXHORTING ONE ANOTHER TO BE KIND.

Al-Hajj ~ Pilgramage
22.68
If they ARGUE with you, then say, “ALLAH IS FULLY AWARE OF EVERYTHING YOU DO”

Al-Baqarah ~ The Cow
2.139
Say, “Do you ARGUE with us about ALLAH, when HE is our LORD and your LORD?
WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR DEEDS AND YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR DEEDS.
To HIM ALONE we are DEVOTED

The Children of Israel, The Night Journey
17:36
YOU SHALL NOT ACCEPT ANY INFORMATION, UNLESS YOU VERIFY IT FOR YOURSELF. I have given you the HEARING, the EYESIGHT, and the BRAIN, and YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR USING THEM.

Al-Araf~ The Heights
7.2
This scripture has been revealed to you, YOU SHALL NOT HARBOR DOUBT ABOUT IT IN YOUR HEART, that you may WARN with it, and to provide a REMINDER for the believers

Al-Mu’minun ~ The Believers
23.118
Say, “My LORD, shower us with FORGIVENESS and MERCY. Of all the merciful ones YOU ARE THE MOST MERCIFUL."
23.94. “My LORD, let me not be one of the transgressing people."

[O Most Merciful One, if I have made mistakes in this post please forgive me and have MERCY on me. Of all the merciful ones, YOU are the MOST MERCIFUL]