righteousness in islam means doing good deed as a muslim for the sake of god.

righteousness in islam means doing good deed as a muslim for the sake of god. islam opens its wide door for every person from all walks of life because, as prophet (p.) says, "all of you are from adam and adam is from dust. " thus we all are equal in the sight of god. islam shows no discrimination against any one. we were taught by prophet muhammad (p. ), who declared freedom, equality, and liberty for all mankind.

with this principle of islam, the faith has become the perfect solution to the spiritual needsof human being. the prophet (p.) recited in the last sermon of his life the verse of the holy qur'an: 5:3 "today, i have completed your faith for you and bestowed upon you my blessings and chose islam as the religion". the qur'an, 5:3. wa assalam alaykum. A brief history of qur'an the month of ramadan marks the revelation anniversary of the holy qur'an.

qur'an is the revelation of the god almighty to the holy prophet muhammad (p.), which took place from the year 609 to 633 c.e. annually, during each month of ramadan, the ninth month of the islamic calendar, all of the revelation that prophet (p.) had received in the past years was revealed again during the laylat al-qadr, a special month of ramadan, in 609 c.e. the qur'an was revealed within two periods, the meccian from 609 to 622 c.e., when prophet muhammad (p .

) was in mecca and the median, from 622 to 633 c.e., when he migrated to madina. in general, the first session deals with the islamic doctrines and faith, and the second period mainly is concerned with the islamic practical law. there are 114 chapters in the qur'an, each deals with a variety of subjects. the qur'an was written down under prophet's (p.) supervision by the companions. the qur'an's message one of the main qur'anic goal is to establish equality and justice among all mankind.

the qur'an says: " we have sent you (muhammad (p.) for all mankind " (34:28). the qur'an liberate the human mind from ignorance and prejudice, and encourage to observe the greatness of god's creation. the qur'an also encourages to obtain knowledge for the sake of betterment of humanity and be active throughout the life. therefore, imam ali (a.) states that those who read qur'an would increase their knowledge and decrease their ignorance.

the qur'an reads: o mankind, worship your lord, who has created you and those before you, so that you may ward off evil".