Read the Quran if it keeps you away from evil...

Read the Quran if it keeps you away from evil; if (you feel) it doesn't, you are not a true reader of it. ● اِقْرَؤُا الْقُرْآنَ فَاِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالى لا يُعَذِّبُ قَلْبَاً وَعَى الْقُرْآنَ. Read the Quran, for the Exalted God does not torture the heart which has perceived it. ● الصَّبْرُ عِنْدَ الصَّدَمَةِ الأُوْلَى. Real patience is realized when one suffers a calamity for the first time.

● مَنِ اسْتَعَاذَكُمْ بِاللَّهِ فَأَعِيْذُوهُ، وَمَنْ سَأَلَكُمْ بِاللَّهِ فَأعْطُوْهُ، وَمَنْ دَعَاكُمْ فَأَجِيْبُوهُ، وَمَنْ أتَى اِلَيْكُمْ مَعْرُوْفَاً فَكَافِئُوْهُ؛ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدُوهُ فَادْعُوْا لَهُ حَتَّى تَعْلَمُوْا أنَّكُمْ قَدْ كَافَأْتُمُوْهُ.

Receive the one who takes refuge in you in the name of God, give something to the one who begs you in the name of God, accept the invitation of the one who invites you, and be kind to the one who is kind to you; if you cannot do so, pray for him instead as long as you make sure you have made up his kindness. ● لا يَحْتَكِرُ إلاّ خَاطِى‏ءٌ. Receiving alms is not permissible for the wealthy, nor is it for the high- minded.

● اِبْتَغُوا الرَّفْعَةَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ؛ تَحْلُمُ عَمَّنْ جَهِلَ Recompense rudeness with forbearance and deprivation with عَلَيْكَ؛ وَتُعْطِي مَنْ حَرَمَكَ. munificence to gain dignity before God. ● أَصْلِحْ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ وَلَوْ تَعْنِي الْكِذْبَ. Reconcile people even through telling (a harmless) lie. ● سَدِّدُوْا وَقَارِبُوْا. Rectify yourself and seek proximity (to God). ● الحُمْرَةُ مِنْ زِيْنَةِ الشَّيْطانِ Redness is the beauty of Satan.

● اِيَّاكُمْ وَالدَّيْنَ؛ فَاِنَّهُ هَمٌّ بِاللَّيْلِ وَمَذَلَّةٌ بِالنَّهَارِ. Refrain from adultery, for it takes away the brightness of countenance, cuts off (the adulterer's) sustenance, makes the Merciful (God) furious and causes eternal punishment. ● اِحْذَرُوا الْبَغْىَ؛ فَاِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ عُقُوبَةٍ هِيَ أَحْضَرُ مِنْ عُقُوبَةِ الْبَغْيِ. Refrain from aggression, for its punishment is the most immediate. ● اِجْتَنِبِ الْغَضَبَ. Refrain from anger.

● اِيَّاكُمْ وَالْشُّحَّ؛ فَاِنَّمَا هَلَكَ مَنْ كانَ قَبْلَكُمْ بِالشُّحِّ، أَمَرَهُمْ بِالبُخْلِ فَبَخِلُوْا؛ وَأَمَرَهُمْ بِالقَطِيْعَةِ فَقَطَعُوْا؛ وَأَمَرَهُمْ بِالفُجُوْرِ فَفَجَرُوْا. Refrain from avarice, for it ruined your predecessors. It led them to misery and they became misers, it led them to breaking the bonds of kinship and they did so, and it led them to wickedness and they became wicked.