Qur'anic Commands: Guidance for the Human Soul

Qur'anic Commands: Guidance for the Human Soul

The Holy Qur’an is a Scripture of incomparable wisdom and beneficence for humankind. It contains Divine commandments, and prohibitions for the illumination of the human soul. Speaking with the unique authority and voice of God,the Holy Scripture seeks to raise the human soul from the depths of darkness into light. Through explicit verses of clear commands as well as subtle hints of allusive wisdom, the Book of God defines what is right and what is prudent in exigent circumstances of everyday life. Indeed, the Qur’an is an appeal to the human heart and righteous consciousness: to realize and recognize the station of the Divine in our human settings. It is by worshipping the one and only God and sincerely doing his duties towards fellow beings that man can recognize the true purpose of life. The present compilation is a modest attempt to bring together selected Verses of the Holy Qur’an around the theme of the obligations of faith. The idea is to allow a reader to easily glimpse upon Qur’anic teachings; to allow her to appreciate the commandments of God within the overall spiritual and ethical framework of Islamic beliefs and practices as emerging from the Qur’an itself.