Be Honest With All People
[3:75] Some followers of the scripture can be trusted with a whole lot, and they will give it back to you. Others among them cannot be trusted with a single dinar; they will not repay you unless you keep after them. That is because they say, “We do not have to be honest when dealing with the gentiles!”* Thus, they attribute lies to GOD, knowingly.
[3:76] Indeed, those who fulfill their obligations and lead a righteous life, GOD loves the righteous.
[3:77] As for those who trade away GOD’s covenant, and their obligations, for a cheap price, they receive no share in the Hereafter. GOD will not speak to them, nor look at them, on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He purify them. They have incurred a painful retribution.
[3:78] Among them are those who twist their tongues to imitate the scripture, that you may think it is from the scripture, when it is not from the scripture, and they claim that it is from GOD, when it is not from GOD. Thus, they utter lies and attribute them to GOD, knowingly.
Homeless Honesty Social Experiment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GldwdbwPEvQ
Honesty Always Pays – Life Changing Act
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3EieYuqhqw
In addition to being honest we others, it is more important to be honest with ourselves.
[2:9] In trying to deceive GOD and those who believe, they only deceive themselves without perceiving.
“Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
“If a man asks me for my loyalty…I will give him my honesty. If a man asks me for my honesty…I will give him my loyalty!” – John Boyd
It is our responsibility to use our hearing, eyes and minds to seek the truth, and not to follow others blindly.
Footnote*3:75 Prior to the discovery of the Quran’s mathematical code, some scholars falsely claimed that Muhammad was an illiterate man who could not write such a great book. They distorted the meaning of the word “Ummy,” claiming that it meant “illiterate.” This verse proves that “Ummiyyeen” means “gentiles” (See also 62:2 & Appendix 28).
Muhammad was not illiterate. The first three revelations to him were (1) to read (2) write (3) read the Quran from cover to cover. It doesn’t make sense that Muhammad would defy God and not follow the very first commandments given to him. Additionally traditional Muslims consider Muhammad the perfect human being and since they believe he was illiterate should also seek to be illiterate.
1st Revelation
[96:1] Read, in the name of your Lord, who created.
[96:2] He created man from an embryo.
[96:3] Read, and your Lord, Most Exalted.
[96:4] Teaches by means of the pen.
[96:5] He teaches man what he never knew.
2nd Revelation
[68:1] NuN,* the pen, and what they (the people) write.
3rd Revelation
[73:4] Or a little more. And read the Quran from cover to cover.
http://www.quranalone.com/the-quran/appendices/appendix-28.php
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