Friday Nasiha

Al-Imran \r\n (The House of Imran)
\r\n Chapter 3: Verse 138

Guidance \r\n for the Open-minded
\r\n This (i.e. Quran) is a plain Statement to mankind, \r\n a Guidance (Huda) and Admonition (Mauizah) to the God-fearing.

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  The \r\n Quran is not simply a book of laws--of dos and don'ts-- but it is \r\n foremost a book of Tarbiyya (improvement and training), and \r\n a book that develops and allows people to grow spiritually and morally.
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  That's why Allah describes the Quran in this verse as Mauizah, \r\n which involves warning the person \r\n about the consequences of his actions and it involves, as the English \r\n expression states, \"putting the fear of God in him\", as well as making \r\n his heart soft and submissive to the Truth.
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  Hence, the Quran is a book that \r\n is meant to reform the individual, either changing him if he were \r\n void of guidance or improving him if he already was walking along \r\n the Straight Path. It brings him out of the death of Jahiliyya \r\n (Ignorance) to the life if Islam-- a message that imbibes in \r\n him the feeling of love, fear, and responsibility to Allah (Taqwa). \r\n
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  It is interesting to note that \r\n after every law stated in the Quran, Allah closes the relevant verses \r\n with remembrance of Allah and promises of rewards for those who stay \r\n within His limits.
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  The \r\n following four are the characteristics of the Quranic style that make \r\n it a revolutionary message for all those are Conscious of God:
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    The Quran presents what actually \r\n happens as if the reader is witnessing the event itself by exposing \r\n all of the important aspects in a clear, vivid manner.
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    The Quran does not discuss \r\n essentially related matters in separate chapters like what one \r\n finds in science and philosophy books, but everything is tied \r\n together and presented as one unified, related whole.
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    At the same time, though, \r\n the Quran stresses various aspects of life in balance or proportion, \r\n as they deserve in Allah's sight
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    The Quran gives reality a \r\n life or breathing spirit that allows the Quran to influence the \r\n heart, soul, emotions, and intellect of the reader.
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  There \r\n are many people who know the Truth but who, nevertheless, remain immersed \r\n in falsehood either because they yield to their own desires and temptations, \r\n or because they fear to share in the  hardship which the followers \r\n of Truth may have to endure.
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   to act justly between \r\n two people is a charity;
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   to help a man with \r\n his mount, lifting him onto it or hoisting up his belongings onto \r\n it is a charity;
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   a good word is a charity; \r\n
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   every step you take \r\n to prayers is a charity;
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   and removing a harmful \r\n thing from the road is a charity.
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