According to the Qur'an what is considered a sin or an evil action?

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? 

According to the Qur'an, who are considered to be the "nearest in affection" to Muslims?

Question: According to the Qur'an, who are considered to be the "nearest in affection" to Muslims?

Answer in Qur'an sura 5 (Al Ma'ida) : verse 82: Those who say, "We are Christians", because among them are priests and monks and because they are not arrogant.


Qur'an sura 5 (Al Ma'ida) : verse 82:
"And you will find the nearest of them in affection to the believers those who say, "We are Christians." That is because among them are priests and monks and because they are not arrogant."

 لَتَجِدَنَّ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ عَدَاوَةً لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا ۖ وَلَتَجِدَنَّ أَقْرَبَهُمْ مَوَدَّةً لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا الَّذِينَ قَالُوا إِنَّا نَصَارَىٰ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ مِنْهُمْ قِسِّيسِينَ وَرُهْبَانًا وَأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ (سورة المائدة (رقم 5) :82)

What's the Qur'anic verdict on those who save an innocent soul?

- Question: What's the Qur'anic verdict on those who save an innocent soul?
- Answer (Answer in Qur'an sura 5 (Al Ma'ida): verse 32): it is as if he had saved mankind entirely!

Answer in Qur'an sura 5 (Al Ma'ida): verse 32

Eng: "Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land (i.e. an innocent soul)- it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one - it is as if he had saved mankind entirely. And our messengers had certainly come to them with clear proofs. Then indeed many of them, [even] after that, throughout the land, were transgressors."

مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَا أَحْيَا النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا ۚ وَلَقَدْ جَاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُنَا بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ ثُمَّ إِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِنْهُمْ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فِي الْأَرْضِ لَمُسْرِفُونَ ((سورة المائدة ) 5: 32)

What's the Qur'anic verdict on those who kills an innocent soul?

- Question: What's the Qur'anic verdict on those who kill an innocent soul?
- Answer (Answer in Qur'an sura 5 (Al Ma'ida): verse 32): as if he had slain mankind entirely

Answer in Qur'an sura 5 (Al Ma'ida): verse 32

Eng: "Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land (i.e. an innocent soul)- it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one - it is as if he had saved mankind entirely. And our messengers had certainly come to them with clear proofs. Then indeed many of them, [even] after that, throughout the land, were transgressors."

 مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَا أَحْيَا النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا ۚ وَلَقَدْ جَاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُنَا بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ ثُمَّ إِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِنْهُمْ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فِي الْأَرْضِ لَمُسْرِفُونَ ((سورة المائدة ) 5: 32)