{17:31} And do not kill your children for fear of poverty; We give them sustenance and yourselves (too); surely to kill them is a great wrong.

{60:12} O Prophet! when believing women come to you giving you a pledge that they will not associate aught with Allah, and will not steal, and will not commit fornication, and will not kill their children, and will not bring a calumny which they have forged of themselves, and will not disobey you in what is good, accept their pledge, and ask forgiveness for them from Allah; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

{6:140} They are lost indeed who kill their children foolishly without knowledge, and forbid what Allah has given to them forging a lie against Allah; they have indeed gone astray, and they are not the followers of the right course.

{6:151}…and do not slay your children for (fear of) poverty-- We provide for you and for them..

Comment: According to Islamic teachings God has created a number of human souls and then inserts the souls into the foetus.

{31:18} And do not turn your face away from people in contempt, nor go about in the land exulting overmuch; surely Allah does not love any self-conceited boaster;

{49:11} O you who believe! let not (one) people laugh at (another) people perchance they may be better than they, nor let women (laugh) at (other) women, perchance they may be better than they; and do not find fault with your own people nor call one another by nicknames; evil is a bad name after faith, and whoever does not turn, these it is that are the unjust.

{57:23} So that you may not grieve for what has escaped you, nor be exultant at what He has given you; and Allah does not love any arrogant boaster:

{49:12} ….. and do not spy nor let some of you backbite others. Does one of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? But you abhor it; and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, surely Allah is Oft-returning (to mercy), Merciful.

{4:148} Allah does not love the public utterance of hurtful speech unless (it be) by one to whom injustice has been done; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.

Comment: Backbiting has been likened to eating the flesh of a dead brother. This can be a metaphor for betrayal.

{4:36} And serve Allah and do not associate any thing with Him and be good to the parents and to the near of kin and the orphans and the needy and the neighbour of (your) kin and the alien neighbour, and the companion in a journey and the wayfarer and those whom your right hands possess; surely Allah does not love him who is proud, boastful;

{16:90} Surely Allah enjoins the doing of justice and the doing of good (to others) and the giving to the kindred, and He forbids indecency and evil and rebellion; He admonishes you that you may be mindful.

{2:177} It is not righteousness that you turn your faces towards the East and the West, but righteousness is this that one should believe in Allah and the last day and the angels and the Book and the prophets, and give away wealth out of love for Him to the near of kin and the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer and the beggars and for (the emancipation of) the captives, and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate; and the performers of their promise when they make a promise, and the patient in distress and affliction and in time of conflicts-- these are they who are true (to themselves) and these are they who guard (against evil).

{2:195} And spend in the way of Allah and cast not yourselves to perdition with your own hands, and do good (to others); surely Allah loves the doers of good.

{76:8} And they give food out of love for Him to the poor and the orphan and the captive:
{76:9} We only feed you for Allah's sake; we desire from you neither reward nor thanks:

{2:271} If you give alms openly, it is well, and if you hide it and give it to the poor, it is better for you; and this will do away with some of your evil deeds; and Allah is aware of what you do.

{2:215} They ask you as to what they should spend. Say: Whatever wealth you spend, it is for the parents and the near of kin and the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer, and whatever good you do, Allah surely knows it.

{104:1} Woe to every slanderer, defamer,
{104:2} Who amasses wealth and considers it a provision (against mishap);
{104:3} He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
{104:4} Nay! he shall most certainly be hurled into the crushing disaster,

{17:26} And give to the near of kin his due and (to) the needy and the wayfarer, and do not squander wastefully.
{17:27} Surely the squanderers are the fellows of the Shaitans and the Shaitan is ever ungrateful to his Lord.

{2:195} And spend in the way of Allah and cast not yourselves to perdition with your own hands, and do good (to others); surely Allah loves the doers of good.

Comment: The Quran puts strong emphasis on charity. Dozens of verses command and encourage giving charity.

{16:125} Call to the way of your Lord with wisdom and goodly exhortation, and have disputations with them in the best manner; surely your Lord best knows those who go astray from His path, and He knows best those who follow the right way.

{4:86} And when you are greeted with a greeting, greet with a better (greeting) than it or return it; surely Allah takes account of all things.

{25:63} And the servants of the Beneficent Allah are they who walk on the earth in humbleness, and when the ignorant address them, they say: Peace.

{17:53} And say to My servants (that) they speak that which is best; surely the Shaitan sows dissensions among them; surely the Shaitan is an open enemy to man.

{31:19} And pursue the right course in your going about and lower your voice; surely the most hateful of voices is braying of the asses.

Comment: Islam encourages the waiving of debts and assisting another person to pay their debt.

{2:280} And if (the debtor) is in straitness, then let there be postponement until (he is in) ease; and that you remit (it) as alms is better for you, if you knew.

{2:282} O you who believe! when you deal with each other in contracting a debt for a fixed time, then write it down; and let a scribe write it down between you with fairness; and the scribe should not refuse to write as Allah has taught him, so he should write; and let him who owes the debt dictate, and he should be careful of (his duty to) Allah, his Lord, and not diminish anything from it; but if he who owes the debt is unsound in understanding, or weak, or (if) he is not able to dictate himself, let his guardian dictate with fairness; ….

{12:87} … and despair not of Allah's mercy; surely none despairs of Allah's mercy except the unbelieving people.

Comment: Despair is not a characteristic of a true Muslim. A true believer is a positive minded individual.

{2:231} And when you divorce women and they reach their prescribed time, then either retain them in good fellowship or set them free with liberality, and do not retain them for injury, so that you exceed the limits, and whoever does this, he indeed is unjust to his own soul;……

{2:232} And when you have divorced women and they have ended-- their term (of waiting), then do not prevent them from marrying their husbands when they agree among themselves in a lawful manner; with this is admonished he among you who believes in Allah and the last day, this is more profitable and purer for you; and Allah knows while you do not know.

{65:1} O Prophet! when you divorce women, divorce them for their prescribed time, and calculate the number of the days prescribed, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, your Lord. Do not drive them out of their houses, nor should they themselves go forth, unless they commit an open indecency; and these are the limits of Allah, and whoever goes beyond the limits of Allah, he indeed does injustice to his own soul. You do not know that Allah may after that bring about reunion.

{65:2} So when they have reached their prescribed time, then retain them with kindness or separate them with kindness, and call to witness two men of justice from among you, and give upright testimony for Allah. With that is admonished he who believes in Allah and the latter day; and whoever is careful of (his duty to) Allah, He will make for him an outlet,

{65:6} Lodge them where you lodge according to your means, and do not injure them in order that you may straiten them; and if they are pregnant, spend on them until they lay down their burden; then if they suckle for you, give them their recompense and enjoin one another among you to do good; and if you disagree, another (woman) shall suckle for him.

Comment: Arbitration to discourage divorce:

{4:35} And if you fear a breach between the two, then appoint judge from his people and a judge from her people; if they both desire agreement, Allah will effect harmony between them, surely Allah is Knowing, Aware.

Comment: Although divorce is allowed in Islam, it is considered the most disliked of the permissible acts. The father of a child is fully responsible for its welfare.

{3:104} And from among you there should be a party who invite to good and enjoin what is right and forbid the wrong, and these it is that shall be successful.

Comment: It is easier to accomplish this goal if good people work in groups.

{9:67} The hypocritical men and the hypocritical women are all alike; they enjoin evil and forbid good and withhold their hands; they have forsaken Allah, so He has forsaken them; surely the hypocrites are the transgressors.

{9:71} And (as for) the believing men and the believing women, they are guardians of each other; they enjoin good and forbid evil and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, and obey Allah and His Messenger; (as for) these, Allah will show mercy to them; surely Allah is Mighty, Wise.

{31:17} O my son! keep up prayer and enjoin the good and forbid the evil, and bear patiently that which befalls you; surely these acts require courage;

{4:85} Whoever joins himself (to another) in a good cause shall have a share of it, and whoever joins himself (to another) in an evil cause shall have the responsibility of it, and Allah controls all things.

{17:35} And give full measure when you measure out, and weigh with a true balance; this is fair and better in the end.

{83:1} Woe to the defrauders,
{83:2} Who, when they take the measure (of their dues) from men take it fully,
{83:3} But when they measure out to others or weigh out for them, they are deficient.
{83:4} Do not these think that they shall be raised again ?

{38:24} …. and most surely most of the partners act wrongfully towards one another, save those who believe and do good, and very few are they; ……

{2:275} Those who swallow down usury cannot arise except as one whom Shaitan has prostrated by (his) touch does rise. That is because they say, trading is only like usury; and Allah has allowed trading and forbidden usury. To whomsoever then the admonition has come from his Lord, then he desists, he shall have what has already passed, and his affair is in the hands of Allah; and whoever returns (to it)-- these arc the inmates of the fire; they shall abide in it.

{2:276} Allah does not bless usury, and He causes charitable deeds to prosper, and Allah does not love any ungrateful sinner.

{2:278} O you who believe! Be careful of (your duty to) Allah and relinquish what remains (due) from usury, if you are believers.

{3:130} O you who believe! do not devour usury, making it double and redouble, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, that you may be successful.

{30:39} And whatever you lay out as usury, so that it may increase in the property of men, it shall not increase with Allah; and whatever you give in charity, desiring Allah's pleasure-- it is these (persons) that shall get manifold.

Comment: The archaic definition of Usury (Riba in Arabic) is the charging of interest at any rate. This has also been prohibited in the Bible. Riba also includes selling a commodity at an extortionate rate. It is one of the Major sins in Islam.

{7:199} Take to forgiveness and enjoin good and turn aside from the ignorant.

{42:37} And those who. shun the great sins and indecencies, and whenever they are angry they forgive.

{42:40} And the recompense of evil is punishment like it, but whoever forgives and amends, he shall have his reward from Allah; surely He does not love the unjust.

{42:43} And whoever is patient and forgiving, these most surely are actions due to courage.

{17:32} And go not nigh to fornication; surely it is an indecency and an evil way.

{24:30} Say to the believing men that they cast down their looks and guard their private parts; that is purer for them; surely Allah is Aware of what they do.

{24:31} And say to the believing women that they cast down their looks and guard their private parts and do not display their ornaments except what appears thereof, and let them wear their head-coverings over their bosoms, and not display their ornaments except to their husbands or their fathers, or the fathers of their husbands, or their sons, or the sons of their husbands, or their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or those whom their right hands possess, or the male servants not having need (of women), or the children who have not attained knowledge of what is hidden of women; and let them not strike their feet so that what they hide of their ornaments may be known; and turn to Allah all of you, O believers! so that you may be successful.

{33:59} O Prophet! say to your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers that they let down upon them their over-garments; this will be more proper, that they may be known, and thus they will not be given trouble; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

Comment: The fulfilment of any sexual desire is prohibited outside of marriage.

{24:2} (As for) the fornicatress and the fornicator, flog each of them, (giving) a hundred stripes, and let not pity for them detain you in the matter of obedience to Allah, if you believe in Allah and the last day, and let a party of believers witness their chastisement.

Comment: Capital punishment is prescribed for fornicators and adulterers. The punishment can only be implemented by a qualified Islamic judge in an Islamic state. Four reliable witnesses are required to have seen the act. Public announcement of such sins is prohibited in Islam. Anyone guilty of admitting their sin in public on four separate occasions will also be given the same punishment.

{24:4} And those who accuse free women then do not bring four witnesses, flog them, (giving) eighty stripes, and do not admit any evidence from them ever; and these it is that are the transgressors,

Comment: Falsely accusing chaste women is also a major sin in Islam. Anyone guilty of degrading women in such a manner must also be punished by the Islamic court.

{2:256} There is no compulsion in religion; truly the right way has become clearly distinct from error; therefore, whoever disbelieves in the Shaitan and believes in Allah he indeed has laid hold on the firmest handle, which shall not break off, and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.

{109:6} You shall have your religion and I shall have my religion.

{3:64} Say: O followers of the Book! come to an equitable proposition between us and you that we shall not serve any but Allah and (that) we shall not associate aught with Him, and (that) some of us shall not take others for lords besides Allah; but if they turn back, then say: Bear witness that we are Muslims.

{9:6} And if one of the idolaters seek protection from you, grant him protection till he hears the word of Allah, then make him attain his place of safety; this is because they are a people who do not know.

{22:40 } …….And had there not been Allah's repelling some people by others, certainly there would have been pulled down cloisters and churches and synagogues and mosques in which Allah's name is much remembered; and surely Allah will help him who helps His cause; most surely Allah is Strong, Mighty.

{45:14} Say to those who believe (that) they forgive those who do not fear the days of Allah that He may reward a people for what they earn.

{3:159} Thus it is due to mercy from Allah that you deal with them gently, and had you been rough, hard hearted, they would certainly have dispersed from around you; pardon them therefore and ask pardon for them, and take counsel with them in the affair; so when you have decided, then place your trust in Allah; surely Allah loves those who trust.

Comment: This is a reference to Prophet Muhammad (saws).