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sages of the Qur an and the moral teachings are repeatedly
stressed in various contexts throughout the Glorious Book.
This makes it difficult to devise any reasonably brief classi-
fication of these moral teachings according to their citations
in the Qur'an. Every principle is mentioned many times in
various contexts. It appears either as a single significant
principle or as an element of a total system of morality,
which itself is an element of a complete religious supersys-
tem.
In view of this, the following passages must be taken
only as representative selections from the Qur'an, rendered
and interpreted by human endeavors which, inevitably, fail
short of the perfection of the original and complete version
of the Book.
"Worship God, and join not any partners
with Him; and do good;- to parents, kins-
folk, orphans, the needy ones, neighbors
who are near. neighbors who are stranger,
the companion by your side, the wayiarer
(you meet). and what your nght hands pos-
sess (captives, slaves, animals, birds, etc.):
For God loves not the arrogant, the vain-
glorious;- (Nor) those who are niggardly or
enjoining niggardliness on others, or hide
the bounties which God has bestowed on
them; for We have prepared for those who
resist Faith a punishment that steeps them