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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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Those who denounce evil: the man of the town the messengers came to · 1 verse

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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.

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