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Every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. Matthew 19:29

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Good Stuff in the The Quran

    1. The Opening

  1. There's nothing good is Surah 1.

    2. 10. Jonah

  2. There is nothing good in Surah 10.

    3. 100. The Coursers

  3. There is nothing good in Surah 100.

    4. 101. The Calamity

  4. There is nothing good in Surah 101.

    5. 102. Rivalry in Worldly Increase

  5. There is nothing good in Surah 102.

    6. 103. The Declining Day

  6. There is nothing good in Surah 103.

    7. 104. The Traducer

  7. There is nothing good in Surah 104.

    8. 105: The Elephant

  8. Woe to believers that refuse small kindesses! 107:4-7

    9. 106. Qureysh

  9. There is nothing good in Surah 105.

    10. 107. Small Kindnesses

  10. There is nothing good in Surah 106.

    11. 108. Abundance

  11. There is nothing good in Surah 108.

    12. 109. The Disbelievers

  12. Let each person believe (or disbelieve) whatever he or she wishes. 109:1, 6

    13. 11. Hud

  13. "We see thee [Noah] but a mortal like us, and we see not that any follow thee save the most abject among us, without reflection. We behold in you no merit above us - nay, we deem you liars." 11:27
  14. "Do not evil in the earth."
    Treat people fairly, respect their possessions, and avoid evil. 11:85

    15. 110: Succour

  15. There is nothing good in Surah 110.

    16. 111. Palm Fibre

  16. There is nothing good in Surah 111.

    17. 112. The Unity

  17. There is nothing good in Surah 112.

    18. 113. The Daybreak

  18. There is nothing good in Surah 113.

    19. 114. Mankind

  19. There is nothing good in Surah 114.

    20. 12. Joseph

  20. There is nothing good in Surah 12.

    21. 13. The Thunder

  21. There is nothing good in Surah 13.

    22. 14. Abraham

  22. There is nothing good in Surah 14.

    23. 15. Al-Hijr

  23. There is nothing good in Surah 15.

    24. 16. The Bee

  24. Be kind to your relatives. 16:90

    25. 17. The Children of Israel

  25. Be kind to your parents. Treat them with respect in their old age. 17:23
  26. Help your family, the needy, and wayfarer. Don't selfishly squander your wealth. 17:26
  27. Don't kill your children to avoid falling into poverty. 17:31
  28. Don't steal from orphans. 17:34
  29. Don't follow what you don't know. 17:36
  30. "Speak that which is kindlier." 17:53

    31. 18. The Cave

  31. There is nothing good in Surah 18.

    32. 19. Mary

  32. There is nothing good in Surah 19.

    33. 2. The Cow

  33. Don't confuse truth with falsehood or knowingly conceal the truth. 2:42
  34. Be good to parents, relatives, orphans, and the needy. Speak kindly and pay the poor-due. 2:83
  35. If you believe it, prove it. (A good rule, but does it apply to Muslims, too?) 2:111
  36. The Jews say the Christians are wrong, and vice versa. Yet they both believe in the Scriptures. 2:113
  37. Give of your wealth to family, relatives, and the needy. Set slaves free. 2:177
  38. Do not fight wars of aggression. (Does this apply only during Ramadan?) 2:190
  39. "Do good." 2:195
  40. Spend your money for good: to help your parents, your family, orphans, wayfarers, and the needy. 2:215
  41. Help orphans. 2:220
  42. "Make not Allah, by your oaths, a hindrance to ... making peace among mankind." 2:224
  43. "There is no compulsion in religion." (But see the next verse which says that disbelievers will burn forever in Hell.) 2:256
  44. Pay the poor-due. 2:43, 110, 277
  45. "If the debtor is in straitened circumstances, then (let there be) postponement to (the time of) ease." 2:280

    46. 20. Ta Ha

  46. "Increase me in knowledge." 20:114

    Muslim students often use this verse when they begin their studies. And since knowledge is a good thing, I've included it in "the good stuff" -- even though it makes no sense to ask Allah for it.

    47. 21. The Prophets

  47. There is nothing good in Surah 21.

    48. 22. The Pilgrimage

  48. Feed the poor and unfortunate. 22:28
  49. Don't lie. 22:30
  50. Be kind to others, forbid injustice, and pay the poor-due. 22:41
  51. Pay the poor-due. 22:78

    52. 23. The Believers

  52. Pay the poor-due. 23:4
  53. Repel evil with that which is better. 23:96

    54. 24. Light

  54. "And such of your slaves as seek a writing (of emancipation), write it for them if ye are aware of aught of good in them, and bestow upon them of the wealth of Allah which He hath bestowed upon you. Force not your slave-girls to whoredom."
    Well, I guess this is about as good as it gets in the Quran. Allah encourages you to set your slaves free if they are good enough. And don't pimp out your slave-girls (concubines). 24:33
  55. Pay the poor-due. 24:37, 24:56

    56. 26. The Poets

  56. There is nothing good in Surah 26.

    57. 27. The Ant

  57. There is nothing good in Surah 27.

    58. 28. The Story

  58. There is nothing good in Surah 28.

    59. 29. The Spider

  59. Be kind to your parents. 29:8

    60. 3. The Family of 'Imran

  60. Don't argue about things that you know nothing about. 3:66
  61. Do not be guilty of usury, doubling and quadrpling the sum lent. 3:130
  62. I suffer not the work of any worker, male or female, to be lost. Ye proceed one from another. 3:195

    63. 30. The Romans

  63. Men and women should help each other with love an mercy. 30:21
  64. Help your family, the needy, and wayfarers. 30:38

    65. 31. Luqman

  65. Help the needy. 31:4
  66. Be kind. 31:18
  67. Be modest and soft spoken. 31:19

    68. 32. The Prostration

  68. There is nothing good in Surah 32.

    69. 33. The Clans

  69. There is nothing good in Surah 33.

    70. 34. Saba

  70. There is nothing good in Surah 34.

    71. 35. The Angels

  71. There is nothing good in Surah 35.

    72. 36. Ya Sin

  72. There is nothing good in Surah 36.

    73. 37. Those who set the ranks

  73. There is nothing good in Surah 37.

    74. 38. Sad

  74. There is nothing good in Surah 38.

    75. 39. The Troops

  75. There is nothing good in Surah 39.

    76. 4. Women

  76. Help orphans and don't steal from them. 4:2, 4:10
  77. Men and women proceed from one another. 4:25
  78. "Kill not one another." 4:29
  79. Be kind to parents, relatives, orphans, the needy, neighbors, and travelers. 4:36
  80. Whoever participates in a good cause, will be rewarded. Whoever participates in an evil cause, will bear the consequences thereof. (It's not true, but it's a nice thought.) 4:85
  81. If someone says Hi to you say Hi (or Howdy) back to them. 4:86
  82. It is good to help the poor and make peace. 4:114
  83. Value justice, for both poor and rich, even when it adversely affects you or your family's interests. 4:135
  84. Don't lend money at unfairly high rates of interest. 4:161
  85. "O People of the Scripture! Do not exaggerate in your religion."
    Other translations render this "O people of the Book, do not be fanatical in your faith." (Amen to that!) 4:171

    86. 40. The Believer

  86. There is nothing good in Surah 40.

    87. 41. Fusilat

  87. Good and evil are not the same. Repel evil with goodness. That way your enemies will become your friends. 41:34

    88. 42. Counsel

  88. Be loving and kind to your relatives. 42:23
  89. Don't oppress people. 42:42

    90. 43. Ornaments of Gold

  90. Live peacefully with disbelievers. 43:88-89

    91. 44. Smoke

  91. There is nothing good in Surah 44.

    92. 46. The Wind-Curved Sandals

  92. Be kind to your parents. 46:15

    93. 47. Muhammad

  93. There is nothing good in Surah 47.

    94. 48. Victory

  94. There is nothing good in Surah 48.

    95. 49. The Private Apartments

  95. Don't defame, insult, spy on, or backbite one another. 49:11-12

    96. 5. The Table Spread

  96. Don't hate other people. Treat everyone fairly. 5:8
  97. Whoever kills a human being, it is as if he had killed all mankind. Whoever saves the life of one, it is as if he had saved the life of all.
    (But see the next verse which says that the enemies of Allah and Muhammad will be killed, crucified, have their hands and feet cut off, or expelled. And after they die they will face "an awful doom.") 5:32
  98. Pay the poor-due. 5:55
  99. Feed and clothe the needy. Set a slave free. 5:89

    100. 50. Qaf

  100. There is nothing good in Surah 50.

    101. 51. The Winnowing Winds

  101. Give of your wealth to help the poor. 51:19

    102. 52. The Mount

  102. There is nothing good in Surah 52.

    103. 53. The Star

  103. A guess can never take the place of the truth. 53:28

    104. 54. The Moon

  104. There is nothing good in Surah 54.

    105. 55. The Beneficent

  105. There is nothing good in Surah 55.

    106. 56. The Event

  106. There is nothing good in Surah 56.

    107. 57. Iron

  107. There is nothing good in Surah 57.

    108. 58. She Who Disputeth

  108. Give alms to the poor. Pay the poor-due. 58:12-13

    109. 59. Exile

  109. There is nothing good in Surah 59.

    110. 6. Cattle

  110. Do good to parents, don't kill your children or other living things unnecessarily. 6:151
  111. Don't steal from orphans. Don't cheat or lie. 6:152

    112. 60. She That Is To Be Examined

  112. There is nothing good in Surah 60.

    113. 61. The Ranks

  113. There is nothing good in Surah 61.

    114. 62. The Congregation

  114. There is nothing good in Surah 62.

    115. 63. The Hypocrites

  115. There is nothing good in Surah 63.

    116. 64. Mutual Disillusion

  116. There is nothing good in Surah 64.

    117. 65. Divorce

  117. There is nothing good in Surah 65.

    118. 66. Banning

  118. There is nothing good in Surah 66.

    119. 67. The Sovereignity

  119. There is nothing good in Surah 67.

    120. 68. The Pen

  120. There is nothing good in Surah 68.

    121. 69. The Reality

  121. There is nothing good in Surah 69.

    122. 7. The Heights

  122. Pay the poor-due. 7:156
  123. Be kind and forgiving toward others. 7:199

    124. 70. The Ascending Stairways

  124. There is nothing good in Surah 70.

    125. 71. Noah

  125. There is nothing good in Surah 71.

    126. 72. The Jinn

  126. There is nothing good in Surah 72.

    127. 73. The Enshrouded One

  127. Pay the poor-due. 73:20

    128. 74. The Cloaked One

  128. There is nothing good in Surah 74.

    129. 75. The Rising of the Dead

  129. There is nothing good in Surah 76.

    130. 76. Man

  130. There is nothing good in Surah 75.

    131. 77. The Emissaries

  131. There is nothing good in Surah 77.

    132. 78. The Tidings

  132. There is nothing good in Surah 78.

    133. 79. Those Who Drag Forth

  133. There is nothing good in Surah 79.

    134. 8. Spoils of War

  134. And if they incline to peace, incline thou also to it. 8:61

    135. 80. He Frowned

  135. There is nothing good in Surah 80.

    136. 81. The Overthrowing

  136. There is nothing good in Surah 81.

    137. 82. The Cleaving

  137. There is nothing good in Surah 82.

    138. 83. Defrauding

  138. There is nothing good in Surah 83.

    139. 84. The Sundering

  139. There is nothing good in Surah 84.

    140. 85. The Mansions Of The Stars

  140. There is nothing good in Surah 85.

    141. 86. The Morning Star

  141. There is nothing good in Surah 86.

    142. 87. The Most High

  142. There is nothing good in Surah 87.

    143. 88. The Overwhelming

  143. There is nothing good in Surah 88.

    144. 89. The Dawn

  144. There is nothing good in Surah 89.

    145. 9. Repentance

  145. Pay the poor-due, but only if they are Muslims. [Never help a non-Muslim. (See 28:86)] 9:18
  146. Alms are for the poor and needy, to free captives and debtors, and to help wayfarers. But not for non-Muslims. [Never help a non-Muslim. (See 28:86)] 9:60
  147. Men and women are protecting friends of one another. They enjoin the right and forbid the wrong, and pay the poor-due. 9:71

    148. 90. The City

  148. Free a slave, feed the hungry, and exhort one another to pity. 90:13-17

    149. 91. The Sun

  149. There is nothing good in Surah 91.

    150. 92. The Night

  150. There is nothing good in Surah 92.

    151. 93. The Morning Hours

  151. Don't oppress orphans or drive away beggars. 93:9-10

    152. 94. Solace

  152. There is nothing good in Surah 94.

    153. 95. The Fig

  153. There is nothing good in Surah 95.

    154. 96. The Clot

  154. There is nothing good in Surah 96.

    155. 97. Power

  155. There is nothing good in Surah 97.

    156. 98. The Clear Proof

  156. True religion is paying the poor due. 98:5

    157. 99. The Earthquake

  157. There is nothing good in Surah 99.

    158. 45. Crouching

  158. There is nothing good in Surah 45.

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