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C ONDITIONS OF B AI ‘ AT AND R ESPONSIBILITIES OF AN A H MAD I 150 wayfarer, and those whom your right hands possess. Surely, Allah loves not the proud and the boastful. Kind Treatment to All In this verse, Allah the Almighty commands not only to treat your brothers, your near ones, your relatives, your acquain- tances, and your neighbors kindly, but also be compassionate to them, help them if they are in need, and be beneficent to the best of your ability to even those people whom you do not know and have no relationship or association with. And be beneficent to those whom you have only met temporarily. If they are in need of your sympathy or your help and can benefit from you, then you must help them. By doing so, a beautiful culture of Islam will be established. Develop compassion for God’s creatures, with the understanding that it is something more than a good deed, it falls into the category of benevolence. Benevolence means not expecting the return of your favours; benevolence is exercised by man purely for the sake of Allah the Almighty. In this way, such a beautiful society will be established where there will be no dispute between husband and wife, mother-in-law and daughter-in- law, brothers, and neighbors. Everyone will try to be benevo- lent to the other. Each person will try to give others their rights with love and care, and will do so purely to win the love of Allah. In today’s society, this is even more urgent than ever before. Allah says that if you do not follow this path, then you will be counted as arrogant. And Allah does not like arrogance.