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Friday Nasiha - Issue # 439
Shaban 4, 1428, A.H. - August 17, 2007, C.E.
| Living the Quran |
Surah al-Balad (The City) Chapter 90: Verses 17-18 The Muslim is merciful, for mercy is one of the traits of a Muslim, since it is the source of a pure soul and spirit. By being kind, doing righteous deeds, staying away from evil, and shunning corruption, the Muslim's soul abides in purity and his spirit remains in goodness. Since this is the case, then mercy would never separate from his heart at all. It is for this reason that the Muslim loves mercy, he spreads and encourages it and calls others to it. Since the reality of mercy is a kindness of the heart and compassion of the soul that leads to being forgiving and beneficent, it does not merely exist as internal kindness without external results. Rather the heart's mercy is the essence of external results whose physical reality is visible. Among the external effects of mercy are: pardoning those who slip, forgiving those who are mistaken, helping those in trouble, assisting the weak, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, tending to the sick, and consoling the grieved. All of these, as well as many other things are among the effects of mercy. Source: “Minhaj Al-Muslim Volume: 1" - Abu Bakr Jabir Al-Jaza'iry [read more here] |
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