{16:78} And Allah has brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers-- you did not know anything-- and He gave you hearing and sight and hearts that you may give thanks.

{40:61} Allah is He Who made for you the night that you may rest therein and the day to see; most surely Allah is Gracious to men, but most men do not give thanks.

{31:12} And certainly We gave wisdom to Luqman, saying: Be grateful to Allah. And whoever is grateful, he is only grateful for his own soul; and whoever is ungrateful, then surely Allah is Self-sufficient, Praised.

{31:14} And We have enjoined man in respect of his parents-- his mother bears him with faintings upon faintings and his weaning takes two years-- saying: Be grateful to Me and to both your parents; to Me is the eventual coming.

{55:13} Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

{2:188} And do not swallow up your property among yourselves by false means, neither seek to gain access thereby to the judges, so that you may swallow up a part of the property of men wrongfully while you know.

{9:34} O you who believe! most surely many of the doctors of law and the monks eat away the property of men falsely, and turn (them) from Allah's way; and (as for) those who hoard up gold and silver and do not spend it in Allah's way, announce to them a painful chastisement,

{9:35} On the day when it shall be heated in the fire of hell, then their foreheads and their sides and their backs shall be branded with it; this is what you hoarded up for yourselves, therefore taste what you hoarded.

{63:9} O you who believe! let not your wealth, or your children, divert you from the remembrance of Allah; and whoever does that, these are the losers.

{63:10} And spend out of what We have given you before death comes to one of you, so that he should say: My Lord! why didst Thou not respite me to a near term, so that I should have given alms and been of the doers of good deeds?

{104:1} Woe to every slanderer, defamer,
{104:2} Who amasses wealth and considers it a provision (against mishap);
{104:3} He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
{104:4} Nay! he shall most certainly be hurled into the crushing disaster,

{53:45} And that He created pairs, the male and the female

{7:80} And (We sent) Lut when he said to his people: What! do you commit an indecency which any one in the world has not done before you?
{7:81} Most surely you come to males in lust besides females; nay you are an extravagant people.
{7:82} And the answer of his people was no other than that they said: Turn them out of your town, surely they are a people who seek to purify (themselves).

{26:165} What! do you come to the males from among the creatures
{26:166} And leave what your Lord has created for you of your wives? Nay, you are a people exceeding limits.

{91:7} And the soul and Him Who made it perfect,
{91:8} Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong for it;
{91:9} He will indeed be successful who purifies it,
{91:10} And he will indeed fail who corrupts it.

Comment: No such thing as a gay gene has been discovered. One of the best proofs against it is the existence of identical twins in this world, where only one of the twins is homosexual and the other one is absolutely not.

{3:43} O Marium! keep to obedience to your Lord and humble yourself, and bow down with those who bow.

{11:23} Surely (as to) those who believe and do good and humble themselves to their Lord, these are the dwellers of the garden, in it they will abide.

{61:2} O you who believe! why do you say that which you do not do?
{61:3} It is most hateful to Allah that you should say that which you do not do.

{107:4} So woe to the praying ones,
{107:5} Who are unmindful of their prayers,
{107:6} Who do (good) to be seen,

{63:1} When the hypocrites come to you, they say: We bear witness that you are most surely Allah's Messenger; and Allah knows that you are most surely His Messenger, and Allah bears witness that the hypocrites are surely liars.

{2:11} And when it is said to them, Do not make mischief in the land, they say: We are but peace-makers.
{2:12} Now surely they themselves are the mischief makers, but they do not perceive.

{4:145} Surely the hypocrites are in the lowest stage of the fire and you shall not find a helper for them.

Comment: The Hypocrites mentioned in the Quran are those people who pretend to be Muslims.

{29:17} You only worship idols besides Allah and you create a lie surely they whom you serve besides Allah do not control for you any sustenance, therefore seek the sustenance from Allah and serve Him and be grateful to Him; to Him you shall be brought back.

{25:3} And they have taken besides Him gods, who do not create anything while they are themselves created, and they control not for themselves any harm or profit, and they control not death nor life, nor raising (the dead) to life.

{16:20} And those whom they call on besides Allah have not created anything while they are themselves created;

{17:36} And follow not that of which you have not the knowledge; surely the hearing and the sight and the heart, all of these, shall be questioned about that.

{2:170} And when it is said to them, Follow what Allah has revealed, they say: Nay! we follow what we found our fathers upon. What! and though their fathers had no sense at all, nor did they follow the right way.

Comment: Blind faith is disallowed in Islam.

{49:6} O you who believe! if an evil-doer comes to you with a report, look carefully into it, lest you harm a people in ignorance, then be sorry for what you have done.

{2:78} And there are among them illiterates who know not the Book but only lies, and they do but conjecture.

{62:5} The likeness of those who were charged with the Taurat, then they did not observe it, is as the likeness of the ass bearing books, evil is the likeness of the people who reject the communications of Allah; and Allah does not guide the unjust people.

Comment: This only refers to those Jews who did not uphold the Torah. As the Quran explains: {5:68} Say: O followers of the Book! you follow no good till you keep up the Taurat and the Injeel and that which is revealed to you from your Lord;

{2:219} They ask you about intoxicants and games of chance. Say: In both of them there is a great sin and means of profit for men, and their sin is greater than their profit. And they ask you as to what they should spend. Say: What you can spare. Thus does Allah make clear to you the communications, that you may ponder

Comment: "and their sin is greater than their profit" this principle can be applied to explain the reasoning of all the laws of Islam. Some of the things that are prohibited by Islam may seem beneficial but their benefit is greatly out weighed by their harm. Many of these unislamic desires are superficial and deceptive.

{5:90} O you who believe! intoxicants and games of chance and (sacrificing to) stones set up and (dividing by) arrows are only an uncleanness, the Shaitan's work; shun it therefore that you may be successful.

{5:91} The Shaitan only desires to cause enmity and hatred to spring in your midst by means of intoxicants and games of chance, and to keep you off from the remembrance of Allah and from prayer. Will you then desist?

{4:135} O you who believe! be maintainers of justice, bearers of witness of Allah's sake, though it may be against your own selves or (your) parents or near relatives; if he be rich or poor, Allah is nearer to them both in compassion; therefore do not follow (your) low desires, lest you deviate; and if you swerve or turn aside, then surely Allah is aware of what you do.

{5:8} O you who believe! Be upright for Allah, bearers of witness with justice, and let not hatred of a people incite you not to act equitably; act equitably, that is nearer to piety, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah; surely Allah is Aware of what you do.

{49:9} And if two parties of the believers quarrel, make peace between them; but if one of them acts wrongfully towards the other, fight that which acts wrongfully until it returns to Allah's command; then if it returns, make peace between them with justice and act equitably; surely Allah loves those who act equitably.

{96:1} Read in the name of your Lord Who created.

{20:114} Supremely exalted is therefore Allah, the King, the Truth, and do not make haste with the Quran before its revelation is made complete to you and say: O my Lord ! increase me in knowledge.

{35:28} And of men and beasts and cattle are various species of it likewise; those of His servants only who are possessed of knowledge fear Allah; surely Allah is Mighty, Forgiving.

{24:32} And marry those among you who are single and those who are fit among your male slaves and your female slaves; if they are needy, Allah will make them free from want out of His grace; and Allah is Ample-giving, Knowing.

{30:21} And one of His signs is that He created mates for you from yourselves that you may find rest in them, and He put between you love and compassion; most surely there are signs in this for a people who reflect.

{2:187} …they are an apparel for you and you are an apparel for them;…

Comment: In the previous verse spouses have been described as garments (apparel) for each other. This can be a metaphor for comfort and protection. Marriage is greatly encouraged in Islam.

{53:45} And that He created pairs, the male and the female

{5:32} For this reason did We prescribe to the children of Israel that whoever slays a soul, unless it be for manslaughter or for mischief in the land, it is as though he slew all men; and whoever keeps it alive, it is as though he kept alive all men; and certainly Our messengers came to them with clear arguments, but even after that many of them certainly act extravagantly in the land.

{6:151} Say: Come I will recite what your Lord has forbidden to you-- (remember) that you do not associate anything with Him and show kindness to your parents, and do not slay your children for (fear of) poverty-- We provide for you and for them-- and do not draw nigh to indecencies, those of them which are apparent and those which are concealed, and do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden except for the requirements of justice; this He has enjoined you with that you may understand

{25:68} And they who do not call upon another god with Allah and do not slay the soul, which Allah has forbidden except in the requirements of justice, and (who) do not commit fornication and he who does this shall find a requital of sin;

{5:45} And We prescribed to them in it that life is for life, and eye for eye, and nose for nose, and ear for ear, and tooth for tooth, and (that there is) reprisal in wounds; but he who foregoes it, it shall be an expiation for him; and whoever did not judge by what Allah revealed, those are they that are the unjust.

Comment: The capital punishment for proven murder is the death penalty.

{42:38} And those who respond to their Lord and keep up prayer, and their rule is to take counsel among themselves, and who spend out of what We have given them.

Comment: This verse describes one of the principles of Islamic politics.

{42:41} And whoever defends himself after his being oppressed, these it is against whom there is no way (to blame).
{42:42} The way (to blame) is only against those who oppress men and revolt in the earth unjustly; these shall have a painful punishment.

{11:113} And do not incline to those who are unjust, lest the fire touch you, and you have no guardians besides Allah, then you shall not be helped.

{28:83} (As for) that future abode, We assign it to those who have no desire to exalt themselves in the earth nor to make mischief and the good end is for those who guard (against evil)

{28:4} Surely Firon exalted himself in the land and made its people into parties, weakening one party from among them; he slaughtered their sons and let their women live; surely he was one of the mischiefmakers.

{26:151} And do not obey the bidding of the extravagant,
{26:152} Who make mischief in the land and do not act aright.

{4:2} And give to the orphans their property, and do not substitute worthless (things) for (their) good (ones), and do not devour their property (as an addition) to your own property; this is surely a great crime.

{93:9} Therefore, as for the orphan, do not oppress (him).

{4:10} (As for) those who swallow the property of the orphans unjustly, surely they only swallow fire into their bellies and they shall enter burning fire.

{2:220} On this world and the hereafter. And they ask you concerning the orphans Say: To set right for them (their affairs) is good, and if you become co-partners with them, they are your brethren; and Allah knows the mischief-maker and the pacemaker, ……

{6:152} And do not approach the property of the orphan except in the best manner until he attains his maturity, and give full measure and weight with justice-- We do not impose on any soul a duty except to the extent of its ability; and when you speak, then be just though it be (against) a relative, and fulfill Allah's covenant; this He has enjoined you with that you may be mindful;

{17:34} And draw not near to the property of the orphan except in a goodly way till he attains his maturity and fulfill the promise; surely (every) promise shall be questioned about.