alaa 'l-badru alaynThe full moon rose over us

min haniyyi 'l-wadFrom the valley of Wada' wajaba 'l-shukru alaynAnd it is incumbent upon us to show gratitude

m da li-l-lhi dFor as long as anyone in existence calls out to God ayyuha 'l-mabhu fnOh our Messenger (Emissary) amongst us

jia bi-l-amri 'l-mu Who comes with the exhortations (injunctions/commandments) to be heeded

jia sharrafa 'l-madnahYou have brought to this city nobility

marh aban y khayra dWelcome you who call us to a good way

"Let there be no compulsion in religion. Truth stands out clear from error; whoever rejects evil and believes in God has grasped the most trustworthy hand-hold that never breaks. And God hears and knows all things." - (The Quran, Al-Baqarah, 2: 256)

"Be tolerant to be tolerated." Prophet Muhammad (s) as narrated in Ahmad B. Hanbal, Musnad 1/248.

"No mercy would be shown to him who does not show mercy." Prophet Muhammad (s) in Sahih Bukhari

18 and in Sahih Muslim 85.

"Every soul is held in pledge for its deeds." - (The Qur'an, Al-Muddathir, 74:38)

Gods Messenger (peace be upon him) was asked what type of earning was best and replied, A mans work with his hand and every business transaction which is approved." Rafi ibn Khadij, Mishkat al Masabih, hadith no. 2783.

"Woe to those who give short measure, who demand of other people full measure for themselves, but giveless than they should when it is they who weigh or measure for others! Do these people not realize that they will be raised up on a mighty Day, a Day when everyone will stand before the Lord of the Worlds? " (The Qur'an, Al-Mutaffifin, 83:1-4)

"O you who believe! Fulfill your obligations" (The Qur'an, Al-Ma'idah, 5:1)

"If the debtor is in difficulty, then delay things until matters become easier for him; still, if you were to write it off as an act of charity, that would be better for you if you only knew."(The Qur'an, Al-Baqara, 2: 280)

On the Day of Judgment, the Prophet (saaw) will be a witness against one who employs a laborer and gets the full work done by him, but does not pay him his wages." Abu Hurayrah, Sahih al Bukhari, hadith no. 3.430.

"O you who believe! Give of the good things which you have (honorably) earned. And of the fruits of the earth which We have produced for you, and do not even aim at getting anything which is bad, in order that out of it you may give away something, when you yourselves would not receive it except with closed eyes.(The Qur'an, Al-Baqarah, 2: 267)

"He who buys the stolen property, with the knowledge that it was stolen, shares in the sin and shame of stealing. Prophet Muhammad (s) in a hadith reported by al Bayhaqi and cited in al Qaradawi.

"God commands you [people] to return things entrusted to you to their rightful owners, and if you judge

between people, to do so with justice." (The Qur'an, An-Nisa, 4:58)

"And spend of your substance in the cause of God. And make not your own hands contribute to (your) destruction; But do good; for God loves those who do good."(The Qur'an, Al-Baqarah, 2: 195)

"None of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself "(Hadith #13 in An Nawawi and related by Bukhari and Muslim)

"When someone helps the good deeds to be practiced, it is as if he performed those good deeds indeed," Prophet Muhammad (s) in Tirmizi, 14.

"The blessed of mankind is the one who is the most beneficial for mankind." Prophet Muhammad (s) in Beyhaki 6/112.

"I am to my servant as he expects of Me, I am with him when he remembers Me. If he remembers Me in his heart, I remember him to Myself, and if he remembers Me in assembly, I mention him in an assembly better than his, and if he draws nearer to Me a hand's span, I draw nearer to him an arm's length, and if he draws nearer to Me an arm's length, I draw nearer to him a fathom length, and if he comes to me walking, I rush to him at [great] speed" (Bukhari and Muslim).

O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and were you then to ask forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great as its. (Tirmidhi)