يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِۦ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ ١٠٢
O you who have believed, fear Allāh as He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims [in submission to Him].
Quran verses about Enjoining good and forbidding evil
الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر
33 verses in 15 surahs · 10 subtopics
Denouncing wrong is, according to these verses, a defining feature of Islam, illustrated by the youths of the Cave, by Luqman counseling his son and by the man from the town to which the messengers came. They praise those who enjoin good, make it a duty of the community, and set what is right and fitting (al-maʿruf) as the basis of life with one’s wife and with one’s parents.
Verses gathered from a topical index of the Quran, in Mushaf order; every verse is quoted in full.
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- All verses 33
- Kindness, the basis of living with one’s wife 10
- Enjoining it is a duty of the community, carried out by those qualified 2
- Enjoining good is among the deeds of the Messenger ﷺ 1
- Some of what the wives of the Prophet ﷺ were commanded 1
- Luqman advises his son to enjoin good 1
- Kindness, the basis of keeping company with parents, even if associators 1
- Among the People of the Book is a community that enjoins good 1
- The measure of what the guardian may take from the orphan’s wealth 1
- Praise for those who enjoin good 4
- Evil (al-munkar) 16
- Those who denounce evil: the youths of the Cave who refused to worship other than Allah 1
- Those who denounce evil: Luqman’s counsel to his son as he admonishes him 1
- Those who denounce evil: the man of the town the messengers came to 1
- Denouncing evil is among Islam’s most prominent features 3
- On Satan’s path lie indecency and evil 1
- Prayer’s effect in restraining from evil 2
- Evil is what the Truth (al-Haqq) has forbidden 1
- Cursed are those who do not forbid one another evil 1
- Whoever enjoins good and forbids evil is thanked and rewarded 2
- Flaunting evil before Allah is punished by the earth swallowing its doers 1
- People of wisdom and knowledge forbid it 2
Enjoining it is a duty of the community, carried out by those qualified · 2 verses
كُنتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَلَوْ ءَامَنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَّهُم مِّنْهُمُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمُ ٱلْفَٰسِقُونَ ١١٠
You are the best nation produced [as an example] for mankind. You enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and believe in Allāh. If only the People of the Scripture had believed, it would have been better for them. Among them are believers, but most of them are defiantly disobedient.
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Verses gathered from a human-made thematic index of the Quran; the introduction summarises its subtopics. For a legal opinion, consult a scholar.