What does Quran say about good? What about the doers of good? Muhsineen?
Good is derived from the root:
Ha-Siin-Nun = To be handsome, make good, seem good/beautiful/comely/pleasing, be excellent, make or render a thing good or goodly, to beautify/embellish/adorn a thing, strive or compete in goodness, to do good or act well, act or behave with goodness or in a pleasing manner towards a person, confer a benefit or benefits upon a person, act graciously with a person, know a thing well, beautify/embellish/adorn oneself, reckon/account/esteem a person to be good/beautiful/pleasing.
In the Quran we are told God made us in the best form (95:4, 32:7, 64:3, 23:14)and that we are tested for the best conduct (8:17, 11:7, 18:7, 67:2) We are also told that the Quran gives the best parables to learn from, it is the best hadith, the best teaching and a glad tiding for muhsineen (see 12:3, 25:33, 39:23, 39:55, 46:12)
Furthermore we know the best ?deen? is one who asalam who is a ?muhsin? and follows the way of Ibrahim (see 4:125, 41:33, 31:22) this involves righteous deeds and good speech and that is what a muslim is (or part of)
1. Muhsineen are loved by God and are close to/with God2:195 God loves the muhsineen (don?t destroy with own hands)
3:134 God loves the muhsineen
3:148 God loves the muhsineen
5:13 God loves the muhsineen
5:93 God loves the muhsineen
7:56 God is close to the muhsineen
16:128 God is with those who TQW and doers of good
29:69 God is with the doers of good
31:3 guidance and grace upon the muhsineen
4:69 those who follow Allah + Rasool God will give blessing/an3am
There are not many actions/attributes in related to muhsineen.
(The following verses are exclusive to muhsineen:
2:195, 2:236, 2:58, 3:134, 3:148, 5:85, 5:93, 6:84, 7:56, 7:161, 9:91, 11:115, 12:90, 12:22, 12:36, 12:56, 12:78, 22:37, 28:14 , 29:69, 31:3, 37:121, 37:131, 37:80, 37:105, 37:110, 39:34, 39:58, 46:12, 51:16, 77:44)However, while one may think this is vague, we know muhsineen means doers of good. Who could be a better law giver than God; 5:50? So the question is what is good, what does Quran say is good?
2. What Quran says about Good Act/deeds Good acts:
2:195 spend in Gods cause
2:236 make provisions for the ones you divorced even if you didn?t touch them duty of muhsineen (men)
3:134 spends in good times and in hardship, controls their anger and forgives people
4:36 do good to parents, relatives, orphans and needy and neighbours, and friends and the wayfarer and MMA.
4:59 best for those who believe, is following taking heed to God, Rassol etc.
4:86 greet each other with better or alike greetings
5:13 forgives those who break pledge
5:93 do acts as you wish provided they are righteous and you?re God conscious.
6:151 don?t ascribe divinity with God, do good to parents, don?t kill your children for fear of poverty, don?t commit fawahish openly or secretly, nor take another persons life.
6:152 don?t come close to orphans money, except to do good (i.e. protect it?)
7:56 call on God, don?t spread corruption
9:121 those who spend little or great rewarded with better with what they did
11:144 salat (a good deed)
11:115 be patient
16:125 call unto God with good and debate in kind/good manner
17:23 do good to parents
17:34 don?t come close to orphans money, except to do good (i.e. protect it?)
17:35 being just with your dealings
17:53 speak in kind manners
28:77 do good unto others and don?t spread corruption
29:8 show kindness to parents
29:46 argue/debate with ahlel kitab in kind manners
29:69 strive in the cause of God.
41:33 Best speech is one who calls on God and does righteous deeds and says I am of the muslimeen
42:23 love your fellowmen? Almawdoda fi alqrbi?
46:15 do good to parents
57:10 spend in the cause of god
92:6 believe in ultimate good
3. We are also told to repel evil with a good deed, and that a good deed increases/benefits Replace a bad deed with a good one:23:96 replace sin/evil.bad with good deed
25:70 whoever repents and does righteous their bad deeds transform to good?
27:11 replace the wrong with the good
28:54 those who are patient and repelled evil with good will have twofolds reward.
41:34 repel evil with good. Good and bad aren?t equal to each other, do what is good
Gain4:40 good deed is multiplied
6:160 whoever comes to good will gain 10 times over it
28:54 those who are patient and repelled evil with good will have twofolds reward.
28:84 whoever does good will gain further good from it
42:23 whoever does good will increase in good
4. Reward to the ones who do goodReward2:58 ample the rewards of muhsineen
2:112 whoever surrenders self to God and is a muhsinnd will have a reward, no fear nor grief.
3:148 in this life and the akhira they (3:146) get good
3:172 A good reward for those who respond to the call of god+ apostle after misfortune befalls them.
4:85 whoever does good will get blessing by it
22:58 strive in God?s or die striving will get a reward
9:120 God doesn?t fail to requite the muhsineen
9:121 those who spend (charity) God will give them best reward
11:3 enjoy life do good you will be merited with what you do.
11:115 God doesn?t fail to requite the muhsineen
12:90 God does not fail to requite the muhsineen
16:30 good fortune fore those who do good
16:41 whoever repels evil will get a great reward
16:96 reward with the best you do
16:97 those who did 3aml salihan rewarded with best they ever did
18:2 the mumineen who do good/righteous deeds get a good reward
18:30 those who believe and are righteous their deeds will be requited
18:88 those who believe and do righteous deeds they get a good reward
22:37 people who Tqw are muhsineen
24:38 God rewards with the best they did
25:76 Muttaqeen (25:74) will have a goodly abode
28:14 the muhsineen will be rewarded
29:7 rewarded with the best you ever did
33:29 doers of good have a great reward
37:80 muhsineen will be rewarded
37:105 muhsineen will be rewarded
37:121 muhsineen will be rewarded
37:131 muhsineen will be rewarded
39:35 rewarded with best you did
53:31 those who do good will get a good reward
55:60 reward of good is good
57:10 God promised ultimate reward for those who do good and strive in God?s cause
57:18 those who accept truth and offer a good ?Godly loan?? Get a reward.
77:44 muhsineen will be rewarded
Jannah 3:195 jannah for those who do good.
5:85 jannah is a reward for the muhsineen
10:26 those who preserve doing good get the best reward jannah
18:31 Jannah for those who believe and do good (18:30)
65:11 those who believe and do righteous deeds get jannah
25:24 jannah is the best abode
55:70 has excellent and beautiful things (jannah?)
55:76 jannah is rich in beauty
Doers of good get a good goal/wahusnu mab? 13:29 those who believer and do wahusnu mab
38:40 wahusnu maab (to who?)
38:49 muttaqeen get beauteous goals wahusnu maab.
Good place3:14 the best goals is with God with God
3:195 God has the best/beauteous reward
41:50 ultimate good is with God
God provided good sustenance 11:88 God provided a goodly sustenance.
16:75 blessed with good sustenance (the one who does good and isn?t as ample in sustenance isn?t = the one who is blessed with much)
40:64 God provided sustenance out of good things in earth.
5.Other people?s stories relating to Good2:83 Bani Israel were told to do good to parents and relatives, orphans and poor. speak kindly, be constant in salat and spend in charity
5:12 Bani isreal offered God a good loan
18:86 Zul-qarnain cause suffering or treat with kindness
20:86 Mosa tells his people God promised good for them?
60:4 Ibrahim was a good example
60:6 we have a good example, in them? Who? See context
7:131 when good comes to them they say it is our due when misfortune hits them they blame Musa.
6:84 Isaac, Jacob, Noah, David, Solomon, Ayyub, Joseph, rewarded as muhsineen
6:154 Mosa was given kitab for those who want to preserve in doing good
12:36 Youssef as a muhsin
12:78 Youssed as a muhsin
37:113 of Isaac?s offsprings are good
33:21 Rasool Allah is a good example for us
6.Other9:107 those who create masjid to cause mischief and kifar, swear they had best intentions
28:61 one who does good same as the one who doesn?t
35:8 one who sees evil as good is astray/misguided don?t feel sorry for them
39:58 the one who could have a second chance will wish to be muhsineen.
7.God isma alhusna 2:138 the best hue/colour is with God
7:180 invoke on isma alhusna
17:110 call on God on the most gracious names
20:8 To God are isma alhusna
59:24 To God are isma alhusna
8. Verses in relation to h-s-n I need to revisit2:201, 2:245,
3:37, 3:120
4:62, 4:78, 4:79, 4:128,
4:128 if you do good and are conscious of him god is aware
7:95, 7:137, 7:145, 7:156, 7:161
9:50, 9:52, 9:91, 9:100
12:23, 12:100
13:6, 13:18
17:7, 16:62, 16:67, 16:122
18:103
19:73, 19:74
21:101, 27:46, 28:77
37:125, 38:25, 39:10
46:16, 48:16
57:11
64:17
73:20
92:9