الأمانة
18 verses in 9 surahs · 8 subtopics
Trustworthiness (amanah) is presented here as a quality of the messengers and of Gabriel, and the verses command returning trusts to those entitled to them without ever betraying them. They praise those who safeguard trusts, warn against relying on someone suspected of neglecting them, and recall that the universe shrank from the trust that man took upon himself.
Verses gathered from a topical index of the Quran, in Mushaf order; every verse is quoted in full.
إِنَّا عَرَضْنَا ٱلْأَمَانَةَ عَلَى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلْجِبَالِ فَأَبَيْنَ أَن يَحْمِلْنَهَا وَأَشْفَقْنَ مِنْهَا وَحَمَلَهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ ظَلُومًا جَهُولًا ٧٢
Indeed, We offered the Trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, and they declined to bear it and feared it; but man [undertook to] bear it. Indeed, he was unjust and ignorant.
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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.
