Some examples of concepts that are Good and Bad according to the Quran

Here are some examples of concepts from the Quran that are generally considered good or beneficial, along with alternative behaviors or actions that could be considered bad or harmful

  • 'Adalah (Justice) / Injustice or corruption
  • 'Adl (Equity or justice) / Inequity or injustice
  • 'Afaf (Chastity or purity) / Impurity or indecency
  • 'Aql (Intellect or reason) / Ignorance or foolishness
  • 'Eid (Islamic festival) / Neglect or disregard of Islamic festivals
  • 'Ibadah (Worship or devotion) / Neglect or disregard of worship.
  • 'Ilm (Knowledge or learning) / Ignorance or lack of knowledge
  • 'Omar (Life span or duration of life) / Premature death or shortened lifespan
  • 'Oqubat (Punishment or retribution) / Forgiveness or pardoning
  • 'Ubudiyah (Worship and servitude to Allah) / Arrogance or disobedience to Allah
  • 'Ulum al-Qur'an (Knowledge of the Quran) / Ignorance or neglect of the Quran
  • 'Umrah (Minor pilgrimage to Mecca) / Neglect or abandonment of the pilgrimage
  • 'Uquq al-Walidayn (Kindness or obedience to parents) / Disrespect or disobedience to parents
  • 'Urf (Custom or tradition) / Ignorance or ignorance of customs and traditions
  • 'Uthman (Generosity or munificence) / Greed or avarice
  • Adab (Good manners) / Bad manners or impoliteness
  • Adl (Justice) / Injustice or oppression
  • Akhlaq (Good manners or ethics) / Bad manners or unethical behavior
  • Altruism / Selfishness
  • Amal Salih (Righteous Deeds) / Sinful deeds
  • Amanah (Trustworthiness or reliability) / Betrayal or dishonesty
  • Bakhil (Generosity or liberality) / Stinginess or miserliness
  • Barakah (Blessing or abundance) / Misfortune or scarcity
  • Baytullah (House of Allah) / Disrespect or desecration of mosques or other places of worship
  • Bismillah (In the name of Allah) / Disregard or disobedience of Allah
  • Blessing / Curse
  • Cennah (Garden or paradise) / Hellfire or damnation
  • Charity / Greed
  • Cilm (Knowledge or learning) / Ignorance or lack of education
  • Cleanliness / Filthiness
  • Compassion / Cruelty
  • Compassionate leadership / Tyrannical leadership
  • Consistency / Hypocrisy
  • Contentment / Greediness
  • Cooperation / Competition
  • Courage / Cowardice
  • Dawah (Invitation or calling to Islam) / Obstruction or hindrance of Islamic propagation
  • Dhibh (Slaughtering of animals according to Islamic law) / Killing or slaughtering animals in a cruel or inhumane manner
  • Dhikr (Remembrance of Allah) / Forgetfulness of Allah
  • Dignity / Humiliation
  • Dua (Supplication or prayer) / Neglecting or abandoning prayer or supplication
  • Dua'a (Supplication or prayer) / Despair or hopelessness
  • Eeman (Faith or belief) / Disbelief or atheism
  • Ehsan (Beneficence or excellence) / Malevolence or evil
  • Enjoining good / Forbidding evil
  • Enlightenment / Ignorance
  • Fairness / Bias
  • Faith / Disbelief
  • Fajr (Dawn prayer) / Neglect of prayer or delaying it
  • Fard (Obligation or duty) / Neglect or disregard of religious obligations
  • Fasting (Sawm) / Gluttony or overindulgence
  • Fikr (Reflection or contemplation) / Neglect or inattention to spiritual matters
  • Fisabilillah (Spending in the cause of Allah) / Hoarding wealth
  • Fitrah (Natural disposition or innate nature) / Corrupt or deviant behavior
  • Forgiveness / Revenge, Vengeance
  • Generosity / Selfishness
  • Ghafur (Forgiving or merciful) / Vengeful or vindictive
  • Gheerah (Protective jealousy or honor) / Indifference or lack of honor
  • Ghibah (Backbiting or speaking ill of others behind their back) / Kindness or avoiding speaking ill of others
  • Ghina' (Singing or melodious voice) / Music or listening to forbidden music
  • Giving / Taking
  • Good companionship / Bad companionship
  • Good deed / Bad deed
  • Good manners / Bad manners
  • Good speech / Bad speech
  • Graciousness / Rudeness
  • Gratitude / Ingratitude
  • Guidance / Misguidance
  • Halal (Permissible) / Haram (Forbidden)
  • Haq (Truth), Haqq / Falsehood or lying
  • Haya (Modesty or bashfulness) / Arrogance or shamelessness
  • Hayat al-Dunya (Life in this world) / Neglect or disregard for the afterlife
  • Hidayah (Guidance or direction) / Misguidance or going astray
  • Hijrah (Migration for the sake of Allah) / Settling in a land of disbelief
  • Hikmah (Wisdom or insight) / Ignorance or lack of understanding
  • Hilm (Forbearance) / Impatience
  • Hope / Despair
  • Humility / Arrogance
  • Husn al-Dhann (Good Opinion) / Bad opinion
  • Husn al-Khātimah (Good ending or a happy ending) / Bad ending or a miserable ending
  • Husn al-Khulq (Good Character) / Bad character
  • Husn al-Khuluq (Good character or morals) / Bad character or immoral behavior
  • Husn al-Zann (Positive Thinking) / Negative Thinking or Suspicion
  • Ihram (State of ritual purity during pilgrimage) / Ignoring the rules of Ihram or violating the sanctity of the pilgrimage
  • Ihtisab (Accountability) / Cheating or Deception
  • Ijtihad (Independent reasoning) / Blind following or dogmatism
  • Ikhlas (Sincerity or purity of intention) / Hypocrisy or insincerity
  • Ilm al-Ghayb (Knowledge of the Unseen) / Belief in superstitions, Ignorance
  • Iman (Faith or belief in Allah) / Disbelief or atheism
  • Infaq (Spending for the cause of Allah) / Stinginess or hoarding wealth
  • Istighfar (Seeking forgiveness or repentance) / Arrogance or pridefulness
  • Istiqamah (Firmness on the Straight Path) / Deviation from the Straight Path
  • Jannah (Paradise or Heaven) / Hellfire or eternal punishment
  • Jaza' (Reward or recompense) / Punishment or penalty
  • Jihad (Striving in the way of Allah) / Oppression or aggression towards others
  • Jumu'ah (Friday congregational prayer) / Neglect or disregard for Friday prayers
  • Justice / Injustice
  • Karam (Generosity or nobility) / Meanness or ignobility
  • Karamah (Dignity or honor) / Humiliation or disgrace
  • Khashyah (Reverence or awe) / Arrogance or insolence
  • Khilafah (Caliphate) / Oppression or tyranny
  • Khushu (Humble devotion) / Arrogance or showing off
  • Kindness / Harshness
  • Knowledge / Ignorance.
  • La ilaha illa Allah (There is no god but Allah) / Polytheism or atheism
  • Laylat al-Qadr (Night of Power or Destiny) / Neglect or disregard of this blessed night
  • Leadership / Tyranny
  • Love / Hate
  • Luqman (Wisdom or knowledge) / Foolishness or ignorance
  • Lutf (Kindness or gentleness) / Harshness or cruelty
  • Ma'rifah (Knowledge of Allah) / Ignorance or disbelief in Allah
  • Ma'ruf (Good deeds or righteous actions) / Evil deeds or sinful actions
  • Mawaddah (Affection and Love) / Hatred or Animosity
  • Mawlid (Prophet's birthday) / Rejection or disregard of the celebration of the Prophet's birthday
  • Mawt (Death) / Life or immortality
  • Mercy / Harshness
  • Mindfulness / Negligence
  • Modesty / Immodesty
  • Mu'min (Believer or faithful person) / Hypocrite or disbeliever
  • Muhabbah (Love) / Hatred or enmity
  • Muhasabah (Self-Accountability) / Denial of wrongdoing
  • Muhsin (Doer of Good) / Mufsid (Corrupter)
  • Muwaddah (Love and Affection) / Enmity
  • Nafs (Self or soul) / Ego or arrogance
  • Nafs al-Lawwama (Self-reproaching soul) / Self-justifying or blameworthy soul
  • Nasiha (Advice or counsel) / Deception or misleading others
  • Niyyah (Intention) / Insincerity or hypocrisy
  • Obedience / Disobedience
  • Patience / Impatience
  • Peace / Conflict
  • Purity / Impurity
  • Qadar (Divine Decree or Destiny) / Disbelief in Divine Decree or Destiny
  • Qadr (Predestination) / Denial of divine decree or fate
  • Qalb (Heart) / Hardness of heart or spiritual neglect
  • Qana'ah (Contentment) / Greed
  • Qiblah (Direction of prayer or focus) / Lack of direction or focus in life
  • Qist (Equity) / Inequality or unfairness, Injustice
  • Qiyam al-Layl (Night prayer or voluntary prayer at night) / Neglect or disregard of night prayer
  • Qiyamah (Day of Judgment) / Denial of the afterlife or reckoning
  • Qudrah (Power or Ability) / Weakness or incapacity
  • Qunut (Supplication) / Neglecting supplication or turning away from Allah's mercy
  • Rabb (Lord or Sustainer) / Idol worship or associating partners with Allah
  • Rahmah (Mercy) / Cruelty or harshness
  • Remembrance / Forgetfulness
  • Remorse / Justification.
  • Repentance / Stubbornness
  • Rida (Contentment with Allah's Decree) / Complaints about Allah's Decree
  • Ridaa' (Pleasure or satisfaction) / Displeasure or dissatisfaction
  • Righteousness / Sin
  • Rizq (Sustenance or provision from Allah) / Greed or hoarding of wealth
  • Sabab (Means) / Blind fatalism or superstition
  • Sabar (Endurance) / Despair
  • Sabqah (Preference) / Prejudice
  • Sabr (Patience or endurance) / Impatience or hastiness
  • Sadaqah (Charity or voluntary giving) / Selfishness or self-centeredness
  • Sakhawat (Generosity) / Meanness or miserliness
  • Sakina (Tranquility or Peace) / Turmoil or chaos
  • Salam (Peace and safety) / Violence or aggression
  • Salat (Prayer or worship) / Neglect or abandonment of prayer
  • Self-control / Impulsiveness
  • Selflessness / Self-centeredness
  • Shafa'ah (Intercession) / Rejecting the possibility of intercession
  • Shari'ah (Islamic law) / Ignorance or rejection of Islamic teachings
  • Shukr (Gratitude or thankfulness) / Ingratitude or unthankfulness
  • Shukran (Thankfulness) / Ingratitude or ungratefulness
  • Shura (Consultation) / Dictatorship or Tyranny
  • Sincerity / Hypocrisy
  • Sirah (Biography or life story) / Ignorance or lack of knowledge about the life of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
  • Suhbah (Company of the righteous) / Bad company or companionship
  • Suhur (Pre-dawn meal during Ramadan) / Neglecting or avoiding Suhur during Ramadan
  • Tafakkur (Reflection) / Negligence
  • Tafsir (Exegesis of the Quran) / Misinterpretation of the Quran
  • Taqdeer (Destiny or Fate) / Blaming fate or predestination for one's actions
  • Taqwa (Fear of Allah) / Recklessness or disregard for consequences, carelessness, Immodesty or heedlessness
  • Taqwiyatul Iman (Strengthening of faith) / Weakness of faith or disbelief
  • Taubah (Repentance or remorse) / Persistence in sin or wrongdoing
  • Tawakkul (Reliance on Allah) / Anxiety or fear
  • Tawassul (Seeking nearness to Allah) / Idol worship or associating partners with Allah
  • Tawazun (Balance) / Extremism or Exaggeration
  • Tawbah (Repentance or seeking forgiveness) / Persisting in sin or wrongdoing
  • Tawfiq (Success through Allah's guidance) / Failure or losing the way
  • Tawheed (Oneness of Allah) / Associating partners with Allah (Shirk)
  • Tawhid (Oneness of Allah) / Polytheism
  • Tazkiyah (Purification of the Soul) / Corrupting the Soul
  • Thankfulness / Ingratitude
  • Thawab (Reward) / Punishment or loss
  • Tolerance / Intolerance
  • Trust / Betrayal
  • Trustworthiness / Betrayal
  • Truthfulness / Dishonesty
  • Tughyan (Transgression) / Obedience to the commands of Allah
  • Ummah (Muslim community) / Sectarianism or divisiveness within the Muslim community
  • Unity / Division
  • Vasiyyah (Bequest or will) / Injustice or unfair distribution of inheritance
  • Vilayat (Friendship or alliance) / Enmity or hostility
  • Wali (Friend or ally of Allah) / Enemy or opponent of Allah
  • Waqf (Endowment or charitable donation) / Stinginess or withholding of charity
  • Wara (Abstinence) / Greed
  • Wasiyyat al-Nabi (The Prophet's legacy or last will) / Ignoring or neglecting the Prophet's teachings
  • Wisdom / Foolishness, Ignorance
  • Wudu (Ablution or purification) / Impurity or filth
  • Xazanah (Treasure or wealth) / Poverty or destitution
  • Xir (Justice) / Injustice or oppression
  • Xushu' (Humility or modesty) / Arrogance or conceit
  • Yaqeen (Certainty of faith) / Doubt or skepticism
  • Yaqin (Certainty or conviction) / Doubt or uncertainty
  • Yaqqin (Certainty or conviction) / Doubt or uncertainty
  • Yaum al-Qudus (Holy Day or Friday) / Neglect or disregard of the holy day
  • Zakat (Alms-giving) / Hoarding wealth or miserliness
  • Zikr (Remembrance of Allah) / Forgetfulness or neglect
  • Zina (Adultery or fornication) / Chastity or abstinence
  • Zuhd (Asceticism or detachment from material things) / Attachment or love of material things
  • Zulm (Oppression or wrong) / Justice or fairness

In summary, as for Good and Bad, in the Quran, it is mentioned that seeking forgiveness from Allah (Istighfar) is a way to purify oneself from sins and mistakes. It is considered a good act and a means of gaining Allah's forgiveness and mercy. However, arrogance and pridefulness can lead a person away from seeking forgiveness, as they may feel that they have done nothing wrong or that they are above reproach. This behavior is considered bad or harmful as it can lead to a lack of self-reflection and an inability to learn from mistakes.


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