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Islam · Community, dignity & peace
Call unto the way of thy Lord with wisdom and fair exhortation, and reason with them in the better way. Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth from His way, and He is Best Aware of those who go aright.
Qur’an 16:125
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
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Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Community, dignity & peace
And hold fast, all of you together, to the cable of Allah, and do not separate. And remember Allah’s favour unto you: How ye were enemies and He made friendship between your hearts so that ye became as brothers by His grace; and (how) ye were upon the brink of an abyss of fire, and He did save you from it. Thus Allah maketh clear His revelations unto you, that haply ye may be guided,
Qur’an 3:103
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
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Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Community, dignity & peace
When ye are greeted with a greeting, greet ye with a better than it or return it. Lo! Allah taketh count of all things.
Qur’an 4:86
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
Context before application
Read the surrounding ayat and surah. This is an English rendering of meanings, not the Arabic Qur’an or a ruling about a specific person. Studio application is an invitation to explore community, dignity & peace, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Community, dignity & peace
O ye who believe! Profane not Allah’s monuments nor the Sacred Month nor the offerings nor the garlands, nor those repairing to the Sacred House, seeking the grace and pleasure of their Lord. But when ye have left the sacred territory, then go hunting (if ye will). And let not your hatred of a folk who (once) stopped your going to the inviolable place of worship seduce you to transgress; but help ye one another unto righteousness and pious duty. Help not one another unto sin and transgression, but keep your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is severe in punishment.
Qur’an 5:2
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
Context before application
Read the surrounding ayat and surah. This is an English rendering of meanings, not the Arabic Qur’an or a ruling about a specific person. Studio application is an invitation to explore community, dignity & peace, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Community, dignity & peace
And if they incline to peace, incline thou also to it, and trust in Allah. Lo! He, even He, is the Hearer, the Knower.
Qur’an 8:61
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
Context before application
Read the surrounding ayat and surah. This is an English rendering of meanings, not the Arabic Qur’an or a ruling about a specific person. A communal conflict setting requires context; a personal safety decision should not be settled by this line alone. Studio application is an invitation to explore community, dignity & peace, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Community, dignity & peace
Lo! this, your religion, is one religion, and I am your Lord, so worship Me.
Qur’an 21:92
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
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Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Community, dignity & peace
And those who answer the call of their Lord and establish worship, and whose affairs are a matter of counsel, and who spend of what We have bestowed on them,
Qur’an 42:38
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
Context before application
Read the surrounding ayat and surah. This is an English rendering of meanings, not the Arabic Qur’an or a ruling about a specific person. Studio application is an invitation to explore community, dignity & peace, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Community, dignity & peace
And if two parties of believers fall to fighting, then make peace between them. And if one party of them doeth wrong to the other, fight ye that which doeth wrong till it return unto the ordinance of Allah; then, if it return, make peace between them justly, and act equitably. Lo! Allah loveth the equitable.
Qur’an 49:9
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
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Read the surrounding ayat and surah. This is an English rendering of meanings, not the Arabic Qur’an or a ruling about a specific person. This verse concerns conflict between communities of believers. It is not an instruction for a participant to use force in a personal dispute; consult qualified interpretation. Studio application is an invitation to explore community, dignity & peace, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Community, dignity & peace
The believers are naught else than brothers. Therefore make peace between your brethren and observe your duty to Allah that haply ye may obtain mercy.
Qur’an 49:10
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
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Read the surrounding ayat and surah. This is an English rendering of meanings, not the Arabic Qur’an or a ruling about a specific person. Studio application is an invitation to explore community, dignity & peace, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Community, dignity & peace
Verily we have honoured the Children of Adam. We carry them on the land and the sea, and have made provision of good things for them, and have preferred them above many of those whom We created with a marked preferment.
Qur’an 17:70
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
Context before application
Read the surrounding ayat and surah. This is an English rendering of meanings, not the Arabic Qur’an or a ruling about a specific person. Studio application is an invitation to explore community, dignity & peace, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Community, dignity & peace
It may be that Allah will ordain love between you and those of them with whom ye are at enmity. Allah is Mighty, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
Qur’an 60:7
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
Context before application
Read the surrounding ayat and surah. This is an English rendering of meanings, not the Arabic Qur’an or a ruling about a specific person. Studio application is an invitation to explore community, dignity & peace, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Community, dignity & peace
Unto you your religion, and unto me my religion.
Qur’an 109:6
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
Context before application
Read the surrounding ayat and surah. This is an English rendering of meanings, not the Arabic Qur’an or a ruling about a specific person. This verse closes Surah 109. Read it in full and consult qualified teaching rather than treating a single rendering as a complete legal rule. Studio application is an invitation to explore community, dignity & peace, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?