Scriptural References

Applicable to the Immigration Debate



Texts from the Qu'ran



Qur'an 4:135
Be ye staunch in justice, witnesses for God, even though it be against [the worldly interests] of yourselves or (your) parents or (your) kindred, whether (the case be of) a rich man or a poor man.

Qur'an 107
In the name of God,
the Beneficent, the Merciful

Hast thou observed him who belieth [makes a lie of] religion?
That is he who repelleth the orphan,
And urgeth not the feeding of the needy.
Ah, woe unto worshippers
who are heedless of their prayer;
Who would be seen (at worship)
Yet refuse small kindnesses

Qur'an 4:97
Lo! as for those whom the angels take (in death) while they wrong themselves [by sinning], (the angels) will ask: In what were ye engaged? They will say: We were oppressed in the land. (The angels) will say: Was not God's earth spacious that ye could have migrated therein?

Qur'an 5:8
Be steadfast witnesses for God in equity, and let not hatred of any people seduce you that ye deal not justly. Deal justly, that is nearer to your duty. Observe you duty to God. Lo! God is informed of what ye do.

Qur'an 59:9
But those who entered the city and the faith before them love those who flee unto them for refuges, and find in their breasts not need for that which has been given to them, but prefer [the refugees] above themselves though poverty become their lot. And whoso is saved from his own avarice-- such are they who are successful.

Qur'an 16:41
And those who became [refugees] for the cause of God after they had been oppressed, we verily shall give them goodly lodging in the world, and surely the reward of the hereafter is greater, if they but knew.

Qur'an 24:22
And let not those who possess dignity and ease among you swear not to give to the near of kind and to the needy, and to refugees for the cause of God. Let them forgive and show indulgence. Yearn ye not that God forgive you? God is Forgiving, Merciful.



Note: The verse numbers given in the above references sometimes vary slightly in different editions and translations. However, they are rarely off by more than five verses in either direction.



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