Quran Chapter 107 - Common Kindness - Those Who Deny the Judgment
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A Meccan sura describing some characteristics of a person who denies the Judgement. In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of...
Quran Chapter 108 - Abundance - God Defends His Prophet
When the Prophet lost his last son, an opponent who hated him taunted him with being ‘cut off’ without posterity. This Meccan sura comes...
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Quran Chapter 109 - The Disbelievers - Belief, Disbelief and Religious Pluralism
Some of the Meccan idolaters suggested to the Prophet as a compromise that he should worship their gods for a year and they should...
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Quran Chapter 110 - Help - The Message is Clear
A Medinan sura said to be one of the last revelations the Prophet received before his death. In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the...
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Quran Chapter 111 - Palm Fibre - The Punishment of Abu Lahab
This sura refers to an uncle of the Prophet who opposed him fiercely, as did his wife. He insulted the Prophet with ‘Tabbak yadak’ (‘may...
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Quran Chapter 112 - Purity [of Faith] - One Third of the Quran
This sura is unusual in having as its title a term not mentioned in the body of the sura. Ikhlas conveys the meaning of sincerity in...
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Quran Chapter 113 - The Daybreak - Seek Refuge with the Creator of Everything
A Meccan sura used as an invocation against evil. In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy 1 Say [Prophet], ‘I seek...
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Quran Chapter 114 - The People - The Whisperer
Another Meccan sura commonly used as an invocation against evil. In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy 1 Say, ‘I seek...
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Dhammapada Chapter 1 - The Pairs - Victimization, Nature, and the Mind
1. Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts...
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Dhammapada Chapter 2 - Heedfulness - Benefits of Meditation, The Only True Happiness
21. Heedfulness is the path to the Deathless. Heedlessness is the path to death. The heedful die not. The heedless are as if dead...
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Dhammapada Chapter 3 - The Mind - The Body, Enemies and Family
33. Just as a fletcher straightens an arrow shaft, even so the discerning man straightens his mind — so fickle and unsteady, so difficult...
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Dhammapada Chapter 4 - Flowers - Distracted Minds and The Fragrance of Virtue
44. Who shall overcome this earth, this realm of Yama and this sphere of men and gods? Who shall bring to perfection the well-taught path...
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