Theme D - Quotes Flashcards
Bible Quotes - revenge
“Do not repay anyone evil for evil […] like at peace with everyone” (Romans 12:17-18)
‘If there is a serious injury, you are to take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth’ (Exodus 21:23-24)
Bible quote - peace
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God” (Matthew 5:9)
Bible quote - limits to violence
“Defend the rights of the poor and orphans […] rescue them from the power of evil men” (Psalm 82:3-4)
Bible quote - violence
“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword” (Matthew 26:52)
Qur’an quotes - causes of war
“… there is cause to act against those who oppress people and transgress in the land against all justice … though if a person is patient and forgives, this is one of the greatest things” (42:43)
Bible quote - peace
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbour and hate your enemy’. But I tell you: love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you”
Qur’an quote - Holy War
“Allah forbids you not, with regard to those who fight you not for Faith nor drive you out of your homes, from dealing kindly and justly with them: for Allah loves those who are just” (60:8)
Qur’an quotes - sanctity of life
“… do not take life, which God has made sacred, except by way of justice and law” (6:151)
“… if anyone slew a person […] it would be as if he had slew the whole people”
Qur’an quote - lesser jihad and self-defence
“Fight in the cause of Allah those who fight you, but do not transgress limits; for Allah loves not transgressors” (Qur’an 2:190)
Qur’an quotes - fair-dealing towards all
“But if they cease, Allah is forgiving, Most Merciful […] let there be no hostility except to those who practice oppression” (2:192-193)
“Allah loves those who are just” (60:8)
Qur’an quote - WMDs
“Do not contribute to your destruction with your own hands, but do good, for God loves those who do good” (2:195)
Qur’an quote - forgiveness
“The servants of the Lord of Mercy are those who walk humbly on the Earth, and who, when aggressive people address them, reply, with words of peace” (25:63)
Bible quote - forgiveness
“Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you had a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you” (Colossians 3:13)
Qur’an quote - pacifism
“Let there be no compulsion in religion” (2:256)
Qur’an quote - victims of war
“Whoever saved a life, it would be as if they saved the life of all mankind” (5:32)
