https://hermetic.com/moorish/7koran#chapter-xxvii

  1. The man to whom God/Allah has given riches, and blessed with a mind to employ them aright, is peculiarly favored and highly distinguished πŸ‘.

    1. jk: probably the first kudos I’ve seen for men.
  2. He looketh on his wealth with pleasure, because it affordeth him the means to do good πŸ‘.

  3. He protects the poor that are injured. He does not oppress the weak πŸ‘.

  4. He seeks out objects of compassion. He inquiries into their wants, yet reviles judgements without self importance πŸ‘.

  5. He assists and rewards merit. He encourages ingenuity and liberally promotes every useful design πŸ—Ύ.

  6. He stands by his own great works, improves, enriches his country πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΉπŸ‡ΌπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ, labor is employed.

  7. He considers the superfluities (abundance) of his table as belonging to the poor of his neighborhood, and he defrauds them not πŸ¦ƒ.

    Turkeys forage on lantana flowers (πŸ’).

    Turkeys forage on lantana flowers (πŸ’).

  8. The benevolence of his mind is not checked by his fortune; he rejoices therefore in riches, and his joy is blameless πŸ‘.


  1. But woe unto him that heapeth up wealth in abundance, and rejoiceth alone in the possession thereof; that grindeth the face of the poor; and does not consider the sweat of their brow.

  2. He drives an oppression without feeling, the ruin of his brother disturbeth him not.

  3. The tears of the orphan he drinketh as milk, no grief or distress can make his heart hardened with the love of wealth, no grief or distress can make impression upon it. [jk: review versions]

    1. [”soften our hearts to receive the fairest impressions”], Ch20v10
  4. But the curse of iniquity pursues[eth] him; he lives in continual fear; the anxiety of his mind and the greedy desires of his own soul take vengeance upon him for the calamities he has brought upon others.

  5. What are the miseries of poverty in comparison with the gnawings of his heart?

    Chapter 27: The Holy Unity of the Rich[ish] and Poor[ish], verse 1-14

    Chapter 27: The Holy Unity of the Rich[ish] and Poor[ish], verse 1-14

  6. Let the poor[ish] man comfort himself, yes, rejoice for he hath many reasons.

  7. He sits down to his morsel in peace. His table is not crowded with flatteries or devourers.

  8. He is not embarrassed with a train of dependents, nor teased with the clamours of solicitation.