Hold to forgiveness; command what is right; But turn away from the ignorant. If a
suggestion from Satan assail thy (mind), seek refuge with Allah. For He heareth and
knoweth (all things). Those who fear Allah, when a thought of evil from Satan
assaults them, bring Allah to remembrance, when lo! They see (aright)!
-Qur'an, Al-A'raf, Surah 7:199-201
Blessed are the ones who rely on Allah and have surrendered themselves before His
will, who are grateful in prosperity and patient in adversity.
-The Prophet Muhammad, as reported by Shu'aib bin Se'nam
Abandon wrongdoing. It can be done. If there were no likelihood, I would not ask you
to do it. But since it is possible and since it brings blessing and happiness, I do
ask of you: abandon wrongdoing.
Cultivate doing good. It can be done. If it brought deprivation and sorrow, I would not
ask you to do it. But since it brings blessing and happiness, I do ask of you:
cultivate doing good.
-Anguttara Nikaya
"Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring
peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter
against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man's foes
will be those of his own household.
"He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son
or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and he who does not take his cross and
follow me is not worthy of me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses
his life for my sake will find it.
"He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. He who
receives a prophet because he is a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward, and he
who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man shall receive a righteous
man's reward. And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water
because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward."
Matthew 10:34-42
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