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Attitude towards
family and friends
A believer gives thanks to Allah when he considers the cre-
ation of his parents who have spent so much time and labour look-
ing after him over the years since he first opened his eyes to this
world. A person who lives according to the Qur'an will always
strive to be aware that Allah created his parents and gave them His
mercy and compassion and endowed them with love for their chil-
dren. Allah created a bond of love between parents and the children
whom they bring up from helpless infancy until they are self-suffi-
cient adults. In this bond of love, parents never tire of the pleasure
of nurturing their children and seeing them grow. Allah stresses the
importance of family in human life:
We have instructed man concerning his parents. Bearing him
caused his mother great debility and the period of his weaning
was two years: "Give thanks to Me and to your parents. I am
your final destination." (Surah Luqman: 14)
Our Lord says in the Qur'an that we ought to behave well to-
wards our parents:
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