PASSING FOR NORMAL

Some selections for Zee

From the Koran:

“Be kind to parents,
and the near kinsman,
And to orphans,
and to the needy,
And to the neighbour
who is of kin,
And to the neighbour
who is a stranger,
And to the companion
at your side,
And to the traveler,
and to that your Right hands own.
Surely God loves not The proud and the boastful” (The Women)

“And We sent,
following In their footsteps,
Jesus Son of Mary,
confirming The Torah before him;
And We gave to him The Gospel,
wherein Is guidance and light,
And confirming the Torah Before it,
as a guidance and an admonition
Unto the god fearing”
“And We have sent down to thee the Book
with the truth,
confirming the Book that was before it,
and assuring it.” (The Table)

“ It is not piety, that you turn your faces to the East and to the West.
True piety is this: To believe in God, and the Last Day,
The angels, the Book, and the prophets,
To give of one’s substance, however cherished,
To kinsmen, and orphans,
The needy, the traveler, beggars,
And to ransom the slave,
To perform the prayer, to pay the alms.” (The Cow)