Good Deeds

Good Deed: #50 Have children

3:35 (Y. Ali) Behold! a woman of ‘Imran said: “O my Lord! I do dedicate unto Thee what is in my womb for Thy special service: So accept this of me: For Thou hearest and knowest all things.” 3:38 (Y. Ali) There did Zakariya pray to his Lord, saying: “O my Lord! Grant unto […]

Good Deed: #49 Be kind to your wife

4:4 (Y. Ali) And give the women (on marriage) their dower as a free gift; but if they, of their own good pleasure, remit any part of it to you, Take it and enjoy it with right good cheer. And among His signs is this, that He created for you mates from among yourselves that […]

Good Deed: #48 Respect your husband

“Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Allah has made one of them to excel the other, and because they spend (to support them) from their means. Therefore, the righteous women are devoutly obedient (to Allah and to their husbands), and guard in the husband’s absence what Allah orders them to guard (e.g., […]

Good Deed: #47 -Marry

24:32 (Y. Ali) marry those among you who are single, or the virtuous ones among yourselves, male or female: if they are in poverty, Allah will give them means out of His grace: for Allah encompasseth all, and he knoweth all things. 4:4 (Y. Ali) And give the women (on marriage) their dower as a […]

Good Deed:#46 Use honey

47:15 (Y. Ali) (Here is) a Parable of the Garden which the righteous are promised: in it are rivers of water incorruptible; rivers of milk of which the taste never changes; rivers of wine, a joy to those who drink; and rivers of honey pure and clear… 16:68-69 (Y. Ali) And thy Lord taught […]

Good Deed: #45 Eat pomegranates

6:99 (Y. Ali) It is He Who sendeth down rain from the skies: with it We produce vegetation of all kinds: from some We produce green (crops), out of which We produce grain, heaped up (at harvest); out of the date-palm and its sheaths (or spathes) (come) clusters of dates hanging low and near: and […]

Good Deed:#44 Eat olives

“And a tree that grows on mount Sinai which provides oil – and enjoyment for those who eat it” (23:20) 6:141 (Y. Ali) It is He Who produceth gardens, with trellises and without, and dates, and tilth with produce of all kinds, and olives and pomegranates, similar (in kind) and different (in variety): eat of […]

Good Deed: #43 Eat dates

2:266 (Y. Ali) Does any of you wish that he should have a garden with date-palms and vines and streams 6:99 (Y. Ali) It is He Who sendeth down rain from the skies: with it We produce vegetation of all kinds: from some We produce green (crops), out of which We produce grain, heaped up […]

Good Deed: #42 Eat healthy food

“O mankind: Eat of what is lawful and good on earth” (2: 168) O ye who believe! Eat of the good things wherewith We have provided you, and render thanks to Allah if it is (indeed) He whom ye worship” (2:172) “And eat not of that whereon Allah’s name hath not been mentioned, for […]

Good Deed: #41 Attend Jumah/Friday prayer

62:9 (Y. Ali) O ye who believe! When the call is proclaimed to prayer on friday (the Day of Assembly), hasten earnestly to the Remembrance of Allah, and leave off business (and traffic): That is best for you if ye but knew! Prophet (saw) said, “A person who has a bath on Friday, cleanses […]