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liberation of the oppressed also considered a condition
and meeting the needs of to achieve the ultimate goal
economically less-developed of life.
people as part of devotion, Consequently, piety not
worship, and faith. The value only encompasses the love
of social welfare is compared of Allah; but also the love
and contrasted with the value of fellow human beings
of devotion and worship of who should be treated as
Allah, the Lord of Universe. part of an extended human
The Quran emphasizes family. While the ayah
establishing good relations begins with a reference to
as a basic value. This concern spending substantially for
of the Quran for human one's kin, it immediately
issues makes it general, refers to orphans, the
relevant, and applicable in needy, travelers, and others
all circumstances. It also who may fall in the
induces a Muslim to relate category of “strangers”. This
his piety with social realities. looks more complete when
It gives a new meaning to one adds the narration of
piety and virtue as social the Holy Prophet:
values. These values encourage “Religion is not only
a person to share the what one formally or
blessings and bounties of ritualistically practices but
Allah with others as a how one deals with others”.
matter of obligation. It is (Ref: Bassiouni, 2012)
