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Islam
Selected quotations from the Holy Qur'an

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Muslims believe that the Holy Qur'an (Recitation) are the words of God,
and that it was revealed to Muhammad by the archangel Jibril (Gabriel). This was originally in oral and written form.
It was later assembled together into a single book, the Qur'an.
Its name is often
spelled "Koran" in English. This is not recommended, as some
Muslims find the word to be
offensive.
These quotations were taken from news releases by the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
Their web site is
at: www.cair-net.org.

Some quotations from the Qur'an:
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Honor each other: "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 |
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God loves the kind: "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 |
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About Jesus: "And in their [the earlier prophets]
footsteps We sent Jesus the son of Mary, confirming the law that had
come before him. We sent him the Gospel, therein was guidance and light
and confirmation of the law that had come before him, a guidance and an
admonition to those who fear God." Chapter 5, Verse 46 |
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Good and evil: "Whoever recommends and helps a good cause
becomes a partner therein, and whoever recommends and helps an evil
cause shares in its burden." Chapter 4, Verse 85 |
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Reaction to evil: "Repel (evil) with what is better. Then
will he, between whom and thee was hatred, become as it were thy friend
and intimate. And no one will be granted such goodness except those who
exercise patience and self-restraint." Chapter 41, Verse 34 and 35 |
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Do good: "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 |
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Reward for righteousness: "Whoever works righteousness,
man or woman, and has faith, verily, to them will We give a new Life, a
life that is good and pure, and We will bestow on such their reward
according to the best of their actions." Chapter 16, Verse 97 |
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Acts of compassion: "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 |

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God is light: "God is the Light of the heavens and the
earth. The parable of His Light is as if there were a Niche, and within
it a lamp; the Lamp enclosed in Glass; the glass a brilliant star, lit
from a blessed Tree, an Olive neither of the East nor of the West whose
Oil is well-nigh luminous though fire scarce touched it. Light upon
Light! God doth guide whom He will to His Light." Chapter 24, Verse
35 |
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Even the birds praise God: "Seest thou not that it is God
whose praises all beings in the heavens and on earth do celebrate,
(even) the birds (of the air) with wings outspread? Each one knows its
own (mode of) prayer and praise." Chapter 24, Verse 41 |
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Love and mercy: "And among His signs is this that He
created for you mates from among yourselves, that ye may dwell in
tranquility with them, and He has put love and mercy between your
(hearts); verily in that are signs for those who reflect." Chapter
30, Verse 21 |
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Forgiveness and justice: "Show forgiveness, speak for
justice and avoid the ignorant." Chapter 7, Verse 199 |
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Revelation: "Say ye: 'We believe in God and the revelation
given to us and to Abraham, Ismail, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and
that given to Moses and Jesus, and that given to (all) Prophets from
their Lord. We make no difference between one and another of them, and
we bow to God.' " Chapter 2, Verse 136 |
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About the virgin Mary: "Relate in the Book (the story of)
Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place in the East. She
placed a screen (to screen herself) from them: then We sent to her Our
angel and he appeared before her as a man in all respects. She said: 'I
seek refuge from thee to (God) Most Gracious: (come not near) if thou
dost fear God.' He said: 'Nay I am only a messenger from thy Lord (to
announce) to thee the gift of a holy son.'
1 She said: 'How shall I have a
son seeing that no man has touched me and I am not unchaste?' He said:
'So (it will be): thy Lord saith "That is easy for Me: and (We wish) to
appoint him as a Sign unto men and a Mercy from Us:" it is a matter (so)
decreed.' " Chapter 19, verses 16-21. |
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Honor one's parents: "Thy Lord hath decreed that ye
worship none save Him, and show kindness to your parents. If one or both
of them attain old age with thee, say not 'Fie' unto them or repulse
them, but speak unto them a gracious word." Chapter 17, Verses 23-24 |

Note:
- This passage is occasionally translated into English as "pure son." A
Google search returned about 2,080 web sites with "holy son" and 310 with
"pure son."


Copyright © 2002 to 2007 by Ontario Consultants on Religious
Tolerance
Originally compiled: 2002-AUG-6
Latest update: 2007-AUG-15
Compiler: B.A. Robinson 

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