The Morals and Ethics of the Qur’an

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The prophet Muhammad (saws) said: "I have been sent to perfect the morals". The Qur’an is the criterion (furqan). Anything that contradicts the Qur’an is not from Islam. The following is a collection of some of the moral and ethical teachings of the holy Qur’an, the book of God. Relevant verses have been gathered together under specific headings. Many verses have been omitted to avoid repetitions and maintain conciseness. A lot of verses mention more than one moral, however very often separate headings have not been created to cover all the morals. All the verses are taken from the Shakir translation unless stated otherwise. Contents Introduction i Abortion 1 Arrogance 1 Backbiting 2 Benefiting Others 3 Charity 4 Courtesy 5 Debts 6 Despair 6 Divorce 6 Enjoining the Good and Forbidding the Evil 8 Fair Trade 9 Forgiveness and mercy 10 Fornication / Adultery 11 Freedom of Belief 13 Good Natured 14 Gratefulness 14 Greed 15 Homosexuality 16 Humbleness / Humility 17 Hypocrisy 17 Idolatry 18 Ignorance 19 Intoxicants / Alcohol 20 Justice 21 Knowledge 21 Marriage 22 Murder 23 Mutual Consultation 24 Oppression 24 Orphans 25 Parents 26 Patience and Perseverance 27 Privacy 29 Purification of the Soul 29 Racism, Nationalism, Sexism 30 Rationality / Reasoning 30 Repentance 31 Suicide 31 Suspicion 32 Truthfulness 32 Unity 32 Vain Talk 33 War and Peace 33 The Qur’an teaches us to be peaceful with people unless they are oppressors 35 The Qur’an disallows the Muslims to create unnecessary enmity 36 Defensive wars are allowed in Islam to protect the people 36 Verses often quoted out of context 37 Misrepresented verse 37 Misrepresented verse 38 Misrepresented verse 38 Misrepresented verse 39 Misrepresented verse 41 Misrepresented verse 41 The verses of Jihad 42 Women 44