Question: According to the Qur'an what is considered an "evil" action?
A good answer is given in Sura 17 (Al Isra'a) : verses 22-38:
- Worshipping a deity other than Allah
- Considering any entity to be equal to Allah
- Mistreating one's parents and disrespecting them
- Being exceedingly stingy or exceedingly extravagant
- Adultary
- Killing one's children for fear of poverty
- Killing the innocent
- Taking the property of an orphan
- Pretending to know when you don't
- Walking exultantly (i.e. with great triumph out of sheer arrogance)
Sura 17 (Al Isra'a) : verses 22-38:
"Do not make [as equal] with Allah another deity and [thereby] become censured and forsaken" (17:22)
"And your Lord has decreed that you not worship except Him, and to parents, good treatment. Whether one or both of them reach old age [while] with you, say not to them [so much as], "uff," and do not repel them but speak to them a noble word" (17:23)
"And do not make your hand [as] chained to your neck or extend it completely and [thereby] become blamed and insolvent" (17:29)
"And do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Indeed, their killing is ever a great sin" (17:31)
"And do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse. Indeed, it is ever an immorality and is evil as a way" (17:32)
"And do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden, except by right" (17:33)
"And do not approach the property of an orphan, except in the way that is best, until he reaches maturity. And fulfill [every] commitment. Indeed, the commitment is ever [that about which one will be] questioned" (17:34)
"And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart - about all those [one] will be questioned" (17:36)
"And do not walk upon the earth exultantly. Indeed, you will never tear the earth [apart], and you will never reach the mountains in height" (17:37)
"All that - its evil is ever, in the sight of your Lord, detested" (17:38)
QUESTION: Isn't that what Moses's 10 commandments are all about? Isn't that what the teachings of Jesus Christ are all about?
A good answer is given in Sura 17 (Al Isra'a) : verses 22-38:
- Worshipping a deity other than Allah
- Considering any entity to be equal to Allah
- Mistreating one's parents and disrespecting them
- Being exceedingly stingy or exceedingly extravagant
- Adultary
- Killing one's children for fear of poverty
- Killing the innocent
- Taking the property of an orphan
- Pretending to know when you don't
- Walking exultantly (i.e. with great triumph out of sheer arrogance)
Sura 17 (Al Isra'a) : verses 22-38:
"Do not make [as equal] with Allah another deity and [thereby] become censured and forsaken" (17:22)
"And your Lord has decreed that you not worship except Him, and to parents, good treatment. Whether one or both of them reach old age [while] with you, say not to them [so much as], "uff," and do not repel them but speak to them a noble word" (17:23)
"And do not make your hand [as] chained to your neck or extend it completely and [thereby] become blamed and insolvent" (17:29)
"And do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Indeed, their killing is ever a great sin" (17:31)
"And do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse. Indeed, it is ever an immorality and is evil as a way" (17:32)
"And do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden, except by right" (17:33)
"And do not approach the property of an orphan, except in the way that is best, until he reaches maturity. And fulfill [every] commitment. Indeed, the commitment is ever [that about which one will be] questioned" (17:34)
"And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart - about all those [one] will be questioned" (17:36)
"And do not walk upon the earth exultantly. Indeed, you will never tear the earth [apart], and you will never reach the mountains in height" (17:37)
"All that - its evil is ever, in the sight of your Lord, detested" (17:38)
QUESTION: Isn't that what Moses's 10 commandments are all about? Isn't that what the teachings of Jesus Christ are all about?
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