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Good Deed: #171 Find Balance

5:87 (Y. Ali) O ye who believe! make not unlawful the good things which Allah hath made lawful for you, but commit no excess: for Allah loveth not those given to excess.
17:29 (Y. Ali) Make not thy hand tied (like a niggard’s) to thy neck, nor stretch it forth to its utmost reach, so that thou become blameworthy and destitute.
17:110 (Y. Ali) Say: “Call upon Allah, or call upon Rahman: by whatever name ye call upon Him, (it is well): for to Him belong the Most Beautiful Names. Neither speak …

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Good Deed: #170 Have Hope

2:218 (Y. Ali) Those who believed and those who suffered exile and fought (and strove and struggled) in the path of Allah,- they have the hope of the Mercy of Allah. And Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful
3:126 (Y. Ali) Allah made it but a message of hope for you, and an assurance to your hearts: (in any case) there is no help except from Allah. The Exalted, the Wise:
4:104 (Y. Ali) And slacken not in following up the enemy: If ye are suffering hardships, they are suffering similar hardships; but …

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Good Deed: #169 Learn self restraint

2:183 (Y. Ali) O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that ye may (learn) self-restraint 2:187 (Y.Ali) ..Thus doth Allah make clear His Signs to men: that they may learn self-restraint.
4:25(Y.Ali) .. This (permission) is for those among you who fear sin; but it is better for you that ye practise self-restraint. And Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
79:40 (Y. Ali) And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord’s (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from …

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Good Deed #168: Be kind

5:13(Y.Ali) for Allah loveth those who are kind.
The Prophet(SAW) said: “Allah is not kind to him who is not kind to people.” Tirmidhi
Narrated ‘Aisha (RA): “Allah’s Messenger said, “Be calm, O ‘Aisha! Allah loves that, one should be kind and lenient in all matters.”

Action Plan
1. Be kind to your parents
2.Respect and appreciate your mother
3.  Be kind to your spouse
4. Be kind to debtors
5. Be good to your neighbours
6.Take care of animals

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Good Deed #167 Have humility

7:55 (Y. Ali) Call on your Lord with humility and in private: for Allah loveth not those who trespass beyond bounds.
25:63 (Y. Ali) And the servants of ((Allah)) Most Gracious are those who walk on the earth in humility, and when the ignorant address them, they say, “Peace!”;
3:199 (Y. Ali) And there are, certainly, among the People of the Book, those who believe in Allah, in the revelation to you, and in the revelation to them, bowing in humility to Allah. They will not sell the Signs of Allah for a …

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Good Deed: #166 Be content

4:32 (Y. Ali) And in no wise covet those things in which Allah Hath bestowed His gifts More freely on some of you than on others: To men is allotted what they earn, and to women what they earn: But ask Allah of His bounty. For Allah hath full knowledge of all things.
9:59 (Y. Ali) If only they had been content with what Allah and His Messenger gave them, and had said, “Sufficient unto us is Allah. Allah and His Messenger will soon give us of His bounty: to Allah do we turn …