In the name of God, the Merciful, the Most Merciful.
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Part 1 -The Golden Rule
1. A . Examples
60:4 There has been a good example set for you by Abraham and those with him, when they said to their people: "We are innocent from you and what you serve besides God. We have rejected you, and it appears that there shall be animosity and hatred between us and you until you believe in God alone." Except for the saying of Abraham to his father: "I will ask forgiveness for you, but I do not possess any power to protect you from God." "Our Lord, we have put our trust in You, and we turn to You, and to You is the final destiny."
60:5 "Our Lord, do not let us become a test for those who rejected, and forgive us. Our Lord, You are the Noble, the Wise." 60:6 Certainly, a good example has been set by them for those who seek God and the Last Day. And whosoever turns away, then God is the Rich, the Praiseworthy.
b.Objectives
19:36 And God is my Lord and your Lord, so serve Him. This is a straight path.
c. Information
"Shall I inform you of worse than this as a punishment from God? Those whom God cursed and became angry at them, and He made from them apes and pigs and servants of evil. Those have a worst place and are more astray from the right path."
d. Seeking help
1:1 In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful. 1:2 Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds. 1:3 The Almighty, the Merciful. 1:4 Sovereign of the Day of Judgment. 1:5 You alone we serve, and You alone we seek for help. 1:6 Guide us to the straight path. 1:7 The path of those whom You have blessed, not those who have incurred the wrath, nor the misguided.
e. Help is here
"O people, if you are in doubt of my system, then I do not serve those that you serve besides God. But I serve God; the One who will terminate your lives; and I have been commanded to be of the believers."
f. Invitation
"This is my way, I invite to God in full disclosure, myself and whomever follows me. And glory be to God. And I am not of those who set up partners."
g. Job
"Call on God or call on the Almighty. Whichever it is you call on, for to Him are the best names." And do not be too loud in making your communion, nor too quite; but seek a path in between.
And say: "Praise be to God who has not taken a son, nor does He have a partner in sovereignty, nor does He have an ally out of weakness." And glorify Him greatly.
h. Appreciation
4:152 And those who believe in God and His messengers and do not make a distinction between any of them, We will give them their rewards. And God is Forgiving, Merciful.
i. Public praise
31:25 And if you ask them: "Who created the heavens and the Earth?" They will say: "God." Say: "Praise be to God." Yet, most of them do not know.
j. Constructive criticism
"O My servants who believed, be aware of your Lord." For those who worked righteousness in this world will be a good reward, and God's Earth is spacious. Those who steadfastly persevere will receive their recompense fully, without reckoning.
k. Question
"Do you serve other than God what cannot harm you or benefit you?" God is the Hearer, the Knower.
l. Respect
"Do not think you are doing me any favors by your submission. For it is God who is doing you a favor that He has guided you to the faith, if you are being true."
m. Leading others, and managing yourself.
2:44 Do you order the people to do good, but forget yourselves, while you are reciting the Scripture? Do you not understand?
n.Paitience
"And we are not sent except by the command of your Lord. To Him is our present and our future, and all that is in-between. And your Lord was never to forget."
"The Lord of the heavens and the Earth and what is in-between them. So serve Him and be patient in His service. Do you know anything that is like Him?"
Part 2
1.Objective
19:36 And God is my Lord and your Lord, so serve Him. This is a straight path.
2. Resolution
9:1 This is a revocation from God and His messenger to those with whom you have made a treaty from among those who have set up partners.
9:2 Therefore, roam the land for four months and know that you will not escape God, and that God will humiliate the rejecters.
9:3 And a declaration from God and His messenger to the people on the day of the greater Pilgrimage: "That God and His messenger are innocent from all those who set up partners." If you repent, then it is better for you, and if you turn away, then know that you will not escape God. And give news to those who have rejected of a painful retribution.
9:4 Except for those with whom you had a treaty from among those who have set up partners if they did not reduce anything from it nor did they plan to attack you; you shall continue the treaty with them until its expiry. God loves the righteous.
3. Inspiration
"I am but a human being like you, being inspired that your god is One god. So whoever looks forward to meeting his Lord, then let him do good works and not set up any partner in the service of his Lord."
4. Order
"I have been commanded to serve God, devoting the system to Him."
5. Change/ Rebellion
109:1 Say: "O rejecters," 109:2 "I do not serve what you serve," 109:3 "Nor do you serve what I serve," 109:4 "Nor will I serve what you serve," 109:5 "Nor will you serve what I serve," 109:6 "To you is your system, and to me is mine."
6. Answers
Jesus answered: " Go away Satan! The Scriptures say: " Worship the Lord your God and serve only him." Matt. 4:10
7. Wisdom
17:22 Do not make with God another god, or you will find yourself disgraced, abandoned.
8.. Agreement
"O people of the Scripture, let us come to a common understanding between us and between you; that we do not serve except God, and do not set up anything at all with Him, and that none of us takes each other as patrons beside God." If they turn away, then say: "Bear witness that we have submitted."
9. The Golden Rule
" Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind. This is the first and most important commandment. The second most important commandment is like this one. And it is: " Love others as much as you love yourself." All of the Law of Moses and the Books of the prophets are based on these two commandments. Matt 22: 37-40, Levi 19:18
10. Affirmation
"Our Lord, the Lord of heavens and Earth, we will not call besides Him any god. If we have done so then it was in error."
"Here are our people, they have taken gods besides Him, while they do not come with any clear authority. Who then is more wicked than one who invents lies about God?"
"I only call on my Lord, and I do not associate anyone with Him."
40:82 Have they not roamed the Earth and noted the consequences for those who were before them? They used to be greater in number than them and mightier in strength, and they had built more in the land. Yet, all that they had earned could not avail them.
40:83 Then, when their messengers came to them with clear proofs, they were content with what they already had of knowledge. And that which they ridiculed became their doom.
40:84 So when they saw Our might, they said: "We believe in God Alone, and we reject all the partners we used to set up!" 40:85 But their belief could not help them once they saw Our might. Such is God's way that has been established for His servants. And the rejecters were then totally in loss.
