Verses in the Qur’an about justice

upholders of justice, bearing witness for Allahalone , even against
yourselves or your parentsand relatives. Whether they are rich or
poor, Allahis well able to look after them. Do not follow your own
desires and deviatefrom the truth . If you twist or turn away, Allah
isaware of what you do. (Surat an-Nisa', 135)
Among those We have created there is a community who guide bythe Truth
and act justly according to it . (Surat al-A'raf, 181)
… if you do judge, judge between them justly. Allahloves the just .
(Surat al-Maida, 42)
You who believe! show integrity for the sake of Allah, bearing witness
with justice. Do not let hatred for a people incite you into not
beingjust. Be just. That is closer to taqwa . Fear [and respect]
Allah. Allah isaware of what you do. (Surat al-Maida, 8)
Every nation has a Messenger and when theirMessenger comes everything
is decided between them justly . They are not wronged. (Surah Yunus,
47)
We sent Our Messengers with the Clear Signs and sent down the Book and
the Balance with them so that mankind might establish justice . (Surat
al-Hadid, 25)
Say: " My Lord has commanded justice …" (Surat al-A 'raf, 29)
So call and go straight as you have been ordered to.Do not follow
their whims and desires but say, 'I haveiman in a Book sent down by
Allah and I am orderedto be just between you . Allah is our Lord and
your Lord. We have our actions and you have your actions.There is no
debate between us and you. Allahwill gather us all together.He is our
final destination.'(Surat ash-Shura, 15)
Among those We have created there is a community who guide bythe Truth
and act justly according to it . (Surat al-A 'raf, 181)
Those with faith, those who are Jews, and the Christians and
Sabaeans,all who believe in Allah and the Last Day and act rightly,
will have their reward with their Lord . They will feel no fear and
will know no sorrow. (Surat al-Baqara, 62)
Call to the way of your Lord with wisdom and fairadmonition, and argue
with them in the kindest way. (Surat an-Nahl, 125)
Is it not likely that, if you did turn away, you would cause
corruption in the earth and sever your ties of kinship? Such are the
people Allah has cursed, making them deaf and blinding their eyes.
(Surah Muhammad, 22-23)
Allah does not forbid you from being good to those who have not fought
you in the deen or driven you from your homes,or from being just
towards them. Allah loves those who are just . Allah merely forbids
you from taking as friends those who have fought you in the religion
and driven you from your homes and who supported your expulsion. Any
who take them as friends are wrongdoers. (Surat al-Mumtahana, 8-9)
As for those who reject Allah's Signs, and kill the Prophets without
any right to do so, and kill those who command justice, give them news
of a painful punishment. (Surah Al 'Imran, 21)

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Verses of the Qur’an about forgiveness

Whether you reveal a goodact or keep it hidden, or pardon an evil act,
Allah is Ever-Pardoning, All-Powerful . (Surat An-Nisa, 149)
Make allowances for people , command what is right, and turn away from
the ignorant. (Surat Al-A'raf,199)
That is so. And if anyone inflicts an injury the same as the one done
to him andthen is again oppressed, Allah will come to his aid. Allah
is All-Pardoning, Ever-Forgiving . (Surat Al-Hajj, 60)
Those of you possessing affluence and ample wealth should not make
oaths that they will not give to their relatives and the very poor and
those who have made hijra in theway of Allah.* They shouldrather
pardon and overlook. Would you not love Allah to forgive you? Allah is
Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful . (Surat An-Nur, 22)
The repayment of a bad action is one equivalent to it. But if someone
pardons and puts things right, his reward is with Allah .
Certainly He does not love wrongdoers. (Surat Ash-Shura, 40)
Allah does not impose on any self any more than it can stand. For it
is what it has earned; against it, what it has merited. Our Lord, do
not take us to taskif we forget or make a mistake! Our Lord, do not
place on us a load like the one You placed on those before us! Our
Lord, do not place on us a load we have not the strength to bear! And
pardon us; and forgive us ; and have mercy on us. You are our Master ,
so help us against the people of the kafirun. (Surat Al-Baqara, 286)
Those of you who turned their backs on the day the two armies clashed
– it was Shaytan who made them slip for what they had done. But Allah
has pardoned them. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, All-Forbearing . (Surat Al
'Imran, 155)
It may well be that Allah will pardon them. Allah isEver-Pardoning,
Ever-Forgiving. (Surat An-Nisa, 99)
The People of the Book willask you to bring down a Book from heaven to
them.They asked Musa for even more than that. They said, 'Let us see
Allah with our own eyes.' So the lightning-bolt struck them down for
their wrongdoing. Then they adopted the Calf after the Clear Signs had
come to them, but We pardoned them for that and gave Musa clear
authority. (SuratAn-Nisa, 153)
But because of their breaking of their covenant, We have cursed them
and made their hearts hard. They distort the true meaning of words and
have forgotten a good portion of what they were reminded of. You will
never cease to come upon some act of treachery on their part, except
for a few of them. Yet pardon them , and overlook. Allah loves
good-doers. (Surat Al-Ma'ida, 13)
You who believe! do not ask about matters which, ifthey were made
known to you, would make things difficult for you. If you do ask about
them when the Qur'an is being sent down, they will be made known to
you. Allah has ignored them. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, All-Forbearing .
(Surat Al-Ma'ida, 101)
Allah pardon you ! Why did you excuse them until it was clear to you
which ofthem were telling the truthand until you knew the liars?
(Surat At-Tawba, 43)
It is He Who accepts repentence from His servants and pardons evilacts
and knows what they do. (Surat Ash-Shura, 25)
Any disaster that strikes you is through what your own hands have
earned and He pardons much . (Surat Ash-Shura, 30)
Or He wrecks them for what they have earned though He pardons much .
(Surat Ash-Shura, 34)
Those of you who divorce your wives by equating them with your
mothers, they are not your mothers.Your mothers are only those who
gave birth to you. What you are saying is wrong and a slanderous
lie.But Allah is Ever-Pardoning, Ever-Forgiving . (Surat Al-Mujadala,
2)
You who believe! some of your wives and children are an enemy to you,
so bewary of them.But if you pardon and exonerate and forgive,Allah is
Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful . (Surat At-Taghabun, 14)
FORGIVING
Those are the people who will have blessings and mercy from their
Lord; they are the ones who are guided. (Surat Al-Baqara, 157)
Your God is One God. There is no god but Him, the All-Merciful, the
Most Merciful . (Surat Al-Baqara, 163)
He has only forbidden you carrion, blood and pork and what has been
consecrated to other than Allah. But anyone who is forced to eat it –
without desiring it or going to excess in it – commits no crime. Allah
is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful . (Surat Al-Baqara, 173)
Those are the ones who have sold guidance for misguidance and
forgiveness for punishment. How steadfastly they will endure the Fire!
(Surat Al-Baqara, 175)
You who believe! retaliation is prescribed for you in the case of
people killed: free man for free man, slave for slave, femalefor
female. But if someone is absolved by his brother, blood-money should
be claimed with correctness and paid with good will. That is an
easement and a mercy from your Lord .

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Enemy Becomes a Friend

In the sixth year after the hijrah, the Prophet, peace be upon him,
decided to expand the scope of his mission. He sent eight letters to
rulers in the Arabian peninsula and surrounding areas invitingthem to
Islam. One of these rulers was Thumamah ibn Uthal.
Thumamah was one of themost powerful Arab rulers in pre-Qur'anic
times. This is not surprising since he was a chieftain of the Banu
Hanifah and one of the rulers of al- Yamamah whose word no one daredto
challenge or disobey.
When Thumamah receivedthe Prophet's letter, he was consumed by anger
and rejected it. He refused to listen to the invitation of Truth and
goodness. More than that, he felt a strong desire to go and killthe
Prophet and bury his mission with him.
Thumamah waited and waited for a convenient time to carry out his
design against the Prophet until eventually forgetfulness caused him
to lose interest. One of his uncles, however, remindedhim of his plan,
praising what he intended to do.
In the pursuit of his evil design against the Prophet, Thumamah met
and killed a group of the Prophet's companions. TheProphet thereupon
declared him a wanted man who could lawfully be killed on sight.
Not long afterwards, Thumamah decided to perform umrah. He wanted to
perform tawaf around the Ka'bah and sacrifice to the idols there (The
people of Makkah, before becoming Muslims, placed hundreds of idols
inthe Holy Ka'bah. These idols were later destroyed by the Prophet).
So he left al-Yamamah for Makkah. As he was passing near Madinah, an
incident took place which he had not anticipated.
Groups of Muslims were patrolling the districts of Madinah and
outlying areas on the lookout for any strangers or anyone intent on
causing trouble. One of these groups came upon Thumamah and
apprehended him but theydid not know who he was.They took him to
Madinah and tied him to one of the columns in the mosque. They waited
for the Prophet himself to question the man and decide what should be
done with him.
When the Prophet was about to enter the mosque, he saw Thumamah and
asked his companions, "Do you know whom you have taken?"
"No, messenger of God," they replied.
"This is Thumamah ibn Uthal al-Hanafi," he said."You have done well in
capturing him."
The Prophet then returnedhome to his family and said, "Get what food
you can and send it to Thumamah ibn Uthal." He then ordered his camel
to be milked for him. All this was done before he met Thumamah or had
spoken to him.
The Prophet then approached Thumamah hoping to encourage him to become
a Muslim."What do you have to say for yourself" he asked.
"If you want to kill in reprisal," Thumamah replied, "you can have
someone of noble blood to kill. If, out of your bounty, you want to
forgive, I shall be grateful. If you want money in compensation, I
shall give you whatever amount youask."
The Prophet then left him for two days, but still personally sent him
food and drink and milk from his camel. The Prophet went back to him
and asked, "What do you have to say for yourself" Thumamah repeated
whathe had said the day before. The Prophet then left and came back to
him the following day. "What do you have to say for yourself?" he
asked again and Thumamah repeated what he had said once more. Then the
Prophet turned to his companions and said, "Set him free."
Thumamah left the mosque of the Prophet and rode until he came to a
palm grove on the outskirts of Madinah near al-Baqi' (a place of
luxuriant vegetation which later became a cemetery for many of the
Prophet's companions). Hewatered his camel and washed himself well.
Thenhe turned back and made his way to the Prophet's mosque. There, he
stood before a congregation of Muslims and said:
"I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and I bear witness that
Muhammad is His servant and His messenger." He then went to the
Prophet, upon whom be peace, andsaid:
"O Muhammad, by God, there was never on this earth a face more
detestable than yours. Now, yours is the dearest face of all to me."
"I have killed some of yourmen," he continued, "I am at your mercy.
What will you have done to me?"
"There is now no blame on you, Thumamah," replied the
Prophet."Becoming a Muslim obliterates past actions and marks a new
beginning."

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Qur'anic names of Paradise

Firdaws — The Highest Gardens of the Paradise (al-Kahf,[11] Al-Mu'minoon[12 ])
Dār al-maqāmah — The Home (Fāṭir[13])
Dār as-salām — Home of Peace (Yūnus[14])
Dār al-ʾĀḫirah — The Homein the Hereafter (al-ʿAnkabūt[15 ])
al-Ǧannah — This is the most commonly used term in the Qur'an and
Hadith. (al-Baqarah,[16 ] Al-i-Imran,[17] [10] al-Maʾidah[18])
Ǧannat al-ʿadn — Gardens of Everlasting Bliss (at-Tawbah[19]: 72, ar-Raʾd[20])
Ǧannat al-Ḫuld — The Eternal Gardens (al-Furqān[21])
Ǧannat al-Maʾwā — Gardenof Abode (an-Naǧm[22])
Ǧannat an-Naʿīm — The Gardens of Delight (al-Māʾidah,[23 ]
Yūnus,[24]al-Ḥaǧǧ[25])
Maqʿad aṣ-Ṣidq — Assembly of Truth (al-Qamar[26])
al-Maqām al-ʾAmīn — The House of Security (ad-Duḫḫān[27])

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