True Teachings Of Islam

The Holy Qor-aan                                                                                                             103: 004

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ

Il-lul-la-zee-na-aa-ma-noo-wa-aa-me-loos-suaa-le-haa-te-wa-ta-waa-sao-bil-huq-qe-wa-ta-waa-sao-bis-sub-r.

Except those who believed and did good deeds and exhorted each other to practice the truthfulness and urged each other to pursue with persistence.

• اِلَّا — Il-l…(al) — Except (= Apart from; besides; excluding; in case; save; unless)
• ٱلَّذِينَ — La-zee-na — Those who (= pl., male, 3rd person articles, thing or persons)
• اٰمَنُوۡۤ — Aa-ma-noo — Believed (= v., p tense., pl. Those who believed in the Holy Qor-aan, The Islaam, and became Moslems; hose in Faith)
• وَ — Wa — And (= Additionally; also; although; but; in addition to; though; yet)
• عَمِلُوا — Aa-me-loos.. –Did deeds (= Acted; performed; practiced; put in an effort; worked)
• الصّٰلِحٰتِ — Sua-le-haa-te — Good (= Appropriate; good; holy; pious; proper; righteous; upright)
• وَ — Wa — And (= Additionally; also; although; but; in addition to; though; yet)
• تَوَاصَوۡاْ — Ta-waa-sao — Exhorted (= Advised, encouraged, enjoined, joined in, preached, urged, professed prompted, pursued, spurred, and willed each other to accept and practice and preach)
• بِ — B…(il) — With (= Literal translation and best sense conveyed is ‘with’)
• الۡحَـقِّ — Huq-qe — Truthfulness (= Fair and just; justice; justified conduct; reasonableness; suitability; The Right Faith; The Truth)
• وَ — Wa — And (= Additionally; also; although; but; in addition to; though; yet)
• تَوَاصَوۡاْ — Ta-waa-sao — Exhorted (= Advised, encouraged, enjoined, joined in, preached, urged, professed prompted, pursued, spurred, and willed each other mutually)
• بِ — B..(is) — With (= Literal translation and best sense conveyed is ‘with’)
• لصَّبۡرِ — Sub-re — Persistence (= Consistency; constancy; endurance; fortitude; patience; patiently persevering; steadfastness)

Humanism

The Holy Qor-aan has enumerated several characteristics that elevate Man from his being a greedy grabbing creature to a better person of a higher level to serve selflessly. The following verses give one of those values and strikes at the core of many evils – the ‘misuse of money’ by hoarding it.

The hoarding takes money out of circulation and hurts the economic growth of the community. It is tantamount to almost a crime to withhold money one controls from investing it in good causes including such business activity that advances progress by widening academic and educational pool, encouraging scientific experimentation, breeding entrepreneurs, expanding labor force, providing jobs for the less fortunate and thus moving the economy forward at an accelerated pace.

Islam highlights this phenomenon as a key for the advancement of human progress and evolution. Indeed, investing stimulates economy whereas hoarding stifles it.

• The Holy Qor-aan 104: 002                                                                      وَيۡلٌ۬ لِّڪُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ۬ لُّمَزَةٍ
  Wai-loonl-lay-kool-lay-ho-mo-za-tinl-lo-mo-zah mo-zah                                     Woe onto every backbiter, slanderer

Note: Malik Ghulam Farid’s translation quoted the Arabic dictionary Uq-rib that has defined هُمَزَةٍ as ‘finding fault in others behind their backs’ and لُّمَزَة as ‘finding fault in others behind their backs as well as on their faces.’  It is a matter of common observation that those with money boastfully compete each other in making and hoarding more of wealth and insultingly blame each other for ommiting to invest in common good .

• The Holy Qor-aan 104: 003                                                                     ٱلَّذِى جَمَعَ مَالاً۬ وَعَدَّدَهُ ۥAlla-zee-ja-ma-aa-maa-lunw-wa -uda-dah                                                               He who hoarded wealth and kept counting it

• The Holy Qor-aan 104: 004                                                                    يَحۡسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُ ۥۤ أَخۡلَدَهُۥ Yuh-sa-bo-un-na-maa-la-hoo-ukh-la-dah                                                                        Thinking that surely his wealth will immortalize him

Note: Most translations of مَالَهُ construe it as a combination of two words namely مَا and لَ and state as shown above which logically is connected to the word مَالاً۬ in the previous verse. However, a much broader, more comprehensive and enormously rich meanings come up when مَالَهُ is construed as a combination of three words — being مَا meaning ‘all that or whatever’ plus لَ meaning ‘belonging to, for, or owned by’ plus هُ meaning ‘his or him’ — because then مَالَهُ will mean ‘All that belongs to him’ including time, sources and other valuables one controls, and not just the wealth one has stored.

The Holy Qor-aan                                                                                                        109:007

  لَكُمۡ ۡ دِينُكُمۡ وَلِىَ دِينِ

La-koom-dee-no-koom-wa-le-ya-deen

For you is your religion. And for me is my religion

• لَ — La — For / To ( = Because; due to; for; for the benefit, purpose or reason; on account of; so that; towards; with intent to or object of)
• كُمۡ — Koom — You all (= pron., pl., both genders)
• دِينُ — Dee-no — Religion (= Islamic Monotheism; life-style; recompense; way; way of life)
• وَ — Wa — And (= Conjunction that connects words, phrases or clauses; also; additionally; in addition to; also but, yet or though)
• لَ — La — For / To ( = Because; due to; for; for the benefit, purpose or reason; on account of; so that; towards; with intent to or object of)
• ىَ — Ya — Me (= pron., sing; both genders)
• دِينُ — Deen — Religion (= Islamic Monotheism; life-style; recompense; way; way of to life)

Holy Qor-aan                                                                                                                      093:010

فَاَمَّا الۡيَتِيۡمَ فَلَا تَقۡهَر

Fa-um-mul-ya-tee-ma-fa-laa-tuck-hur

Therefore, as far the orphan, that you do not hate

• فَ — Fa — Therefore (= Consequently; as a result; so; then; thereafter; yet)
• اَمَّا — Um-maa…(l) — As far as (= Combination of two words. The first word اَن means ‘that.’ The second word مَا means ‘all that; whatever.’ Joined together they mean ‘whatever’ or ‘as far as’)
• الۡيَتِيۡمَ — Ya-tee-ma — Orphan (= Child without one or both parents; helpless; destitute)
• فَ — Fa –That (= Combination of two words. The first word اَن means ‘that.’ The second word مَا means ‘all that; whatever.’ Joined together they mean ‘whatever’ or ‘as far as’)
• لَّا –Laa — No, not (= Absolute denial; never; not at all; total negation)
• تَقۡهَر — Tuck-hur — Hate (= Act or treat harshly; be harsh; feel repulsive; oppress; wrong)