The Moral Values of the Qur'an: Not Calling Believers by Nicknames
Contents
- Introduction
- Just Estimation of Allah
- Fearing Allah as Much as One Can
- Destiny
- Putting Trust in Allah
- Pondering
- Being Careful
- Goodness in All
- Death is Near
- The Never-ending Attempts of Satan
- The Soul is Prone to Evil
- Being Chosen by Allah
- Prayer
- Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness
- Patience Till Death
- Support by Allah
- No Desperation for the Believers
- Evaluating Everything from the Point of View of the Qur’an
- Allah Knows the Secrets of All Hearts
- The Temporary Life in This World
- The Real Owner of All Possessions
- Being Grateful to Allah
- Our On-going Test
- Allah Does Not Place a Burden Greater Than One Can Bear
- No Love for the Unbelievers
- Regarding Nothing Dearer Than Allah, His Messenger and Striving in His Cause
- Humbling One's Self in Prayer
- Celebrating the Praises of Allah
- Remembering Allah in Adversity
- Reciting the Revelations of Allah
- Avoiding Profane Talk
- Being Moderate
- The Angels are Witness
- Writing Down Transactions
- Saying Something Which One Will Not Do
- No Dispute Among the Believers
- Seeking Allah’s Protection from Satan While Reading the Qur’an
- Being Considerate
- Turning Away from the Ignorant
- Not Arguing About Things About Which One Knows Nothing
- No Mocking
- Not Calling Believers by Nicknames
- Being Worthy of Trust
It is the habit of unbelievers to call each other by offensive nicknames. The idea behind it is again to humiliate others and to “prove” one’s own superiority. The nickname may call attention to a physical defect or to past errors. The unbelievers do not forget wrongdoing and always remind the person of his mistakes, although he may not ever have repeated them.
However, believers are different from them. They are forgiving, and there is a close brotherhood among them; they do not stoop to behave in this way. Moreover, Allah has ordered the believer neither to
“defame nor be sarcastic to one another, nor call each other by (offensive) nicknames.”