What Quran teaches us about God, how to do good, and how to stay away from Evil.

Who is God based on Quran;

God is describing himself in Quran as follows:

God named himself Allah in Arabic language, and no one dare to name himself "Allah" over history other than Allah.

Allah has 99 names or attributes, where each one of them give God on adjective, each one has been mentioned in Quran in so many places.

S.No	Name of Allah	Name of Allah in Arabic	Meaning
1	Ar Rahman	الرحمن	The Most Gracious
2	Ar Raheem	الرحيم	The Most Merciful
3	Al Malik	الملك	The King
4	Al Quddus	القدوس	The Most Holy
5	As Salam	السلام	The Ultimate Provider of Peace
6	Al Mu'min	المؤمن	The Guardian of Faith
7	Al Muhaymin	المهيمن	The Guardian, the Preserver
8	Al Aziz	العزيز	The Almighty, the Self Sufficient
9	Al Jabbaar	الجبار	The Compeller
10	Al Mutakabbir	الْمُتَكَبِّرُ	The Dominant one
11	Al Khaaliq	الخالق	The Creator
12	Al Baari	البارئ	The Maker
13	Al Musawwir	المصور	The Fashioner of Forms
14	Al Ghaffaar	الغفار	The Ever-Forgiving
15	Al Qahhaar	القهار	The All Subduer
16	Al Wahhaab	الوهاب	The Bestower
17	Ar Razzaaq	الرزاق	The Ever-Providing, The Sustainer
18	Al Fattaah	الفتاح	The Ultimate Judge, The Opener of All Portals, the Victory Giver
19	Al Alim	العليم	The All-Knowing, the Omniscient
20	Al Qaabidh	القابض	The Restrainer, the Straightener
21	Al Baasit	الباسط	The Expander, the Munificent
22	Al Khaafidh	الخافض	The Abaser, The Demeanor
23	Ar Raafi'	الرافع	The Exalter
24	Al Mu'izz	المعز	The Giver of Honour
25	Al Mudil	المذل	The Giver of Dishonor
26	As Sami'	السميع	The All-Hearing
27	Al Basir	البصير	The All-Seeing
28	Al Hakam	الحكم	The Judge, the Ultimate Arbiter
29	Al 'Adl	العدل	The Utterly Just
30	Al Latif	اللطيف	The Kind
31	Al Khabir	الخبير	The All-Aware
32	Al Halim	الحليم	The Forbearer, The Indulgent
33	Al-‘Azeemu	العظيم	The Magnificent, the Infinite
34	Al Ghafur	الغفور	The All-Forgiving
35	Ash Shakur	الشكور	The Grateful
36	Al Ali	العلي	The Sublimely Exalted
37	Al Kabir	الكبير	The Great
38	Al Hafidh	الحفيظ	The Preserver, The Protector
39	Al Muqit	المقيت	The Nourisher
40	Al Hasib	الحسيب	The Reckoner
41	Al Jalil	الجليل	The Majestic
42	Al Karim	الكريم	The Bountiful, the Generous
43	Ar Raqib	الرقيب	The Watchful
44	Al Mujib	المجيب	The Responsive, the Answerer
45	Al Wasi'	الواسع	The Vast, the All Encompassing
46	Al Hakim	الحكيم	The Wise
47	Al Wadud	الودود	The Loving, the Kind One
48	Al Majid	المجيد	The All Glorious
49	Al Ba'ith	الباعث	The Raiser of the Dead
50	Ash Shaheed	الشهيد	The Witness
51	Al Haqq	الحق	The Truth, the Real
52	Al Wakil	الوكيل	The Trustee, the Dependable
53	Al Qawiyy	القوي	The Strong
54	Al Mateen	المتين	The Firm, the Steadfast
55	Al Wali	الولي	The Protecting Friend, Patron, and Supporter
56	Al Hamidu	الحميد	The All Praise Worthy
57	Al Muhsi	المحصي	The Accounter, The Numberer of All
58	Al Mubdi	المبدئ	The Producer, Originator, and Initiator of all
59	Al Mu'id	المعيد	The Reinstater Who Brings Back All
60	Al Muhyi	المحيي	The Giver of Life
61	Al Mumit	المميت	The Bringer of Death, the Destroyer
62	Al Hayy	الحي	The Ever Living
63	Al Qayyum	القيوم	The Self Subsisting Sustainer of All
64	Al Waajid	الواجد	The Perceiver, the Finder, the Unfailing
65	Al Maajid	الماجد	The Illustrious, the Magnificent
66	Al Waahid	الواحد	The One, the All Inclusive, the Indivisible
67	Al Ahad	الاحد	The One, the Indivisible
68	As Samad	الصمد	The Everlasting,The Eternal Refuge
69	Al Qaadir	القادر	The All-Capable, The Most Able, The Most Powerful
70	Al Muqtadir	المقتدر	The All Determiner, the Dominant
71	Al Muqaddim	المقدم	The Expediter, He who brings forward
72	Al Mu'akhkhir	المؤخر	The Delayer, He who brings backwards
73	Al Awwal	الأول	The First
74	Al Aakhir	الآخر	The Last
75	Az Dhaahir	الظاهر	The Manifest; the All Victorious
76	Al Baatin	الباطن	The Hidden; the All Encompassing
77	Al Waali	الوالي	The Patron
78	Al Muta'ali	المتعالي	The Self Exalted
79	Al Barr	البر	The Most Kind and Righteous
80	At Tawwaab	التواب	The Ever-Pardoning, Ever Relenting
81	Al Muntaqim	المنتقم	The Avenger
82	Al 'Afuww	العفو	The Pardoner, The Forgiver
83	Ar Ra'uf	الرؤوف	The Clement, The Compassionate, The All-Pitying
84	Malik Al Mulk	مالك الملك	The Owner of All Sovereignty
85	Dhual Jalal wa Al Ikram	ذو الجلال و الإكرام	The Lord of Majesty and Generosity
86	Al Muqsit	المقسط	The Equitable, the Requiter
87	Al Jaami'	الجامع	The Gatherer, the Unifier
88	Al Ghani	الغني	The All Rich, the Independent
89	Al Mughni	المغني	The Enricher, the Emancipator
90	Al Mani'	المانع	The Withholder, the Shielder, the Defender
91	Ad Dharr	الضآر	The Distresser
92	An Nafi'	النافع	The Propitious, the Benefactor
93	An Nur	النور	The Light
94	Al Hadi	الهادي	The Guide
95	Al Badi'i	البديع	Incomparable, the Originator
96	Al Baaqi	الباقي	The Ever Enduring and Immutable
97	Al Waarith	الوارث	The Heir, the Inheritor of All
98	Ar Rashid	الرشيد	The Guide, Infallible Teacher, and Knower
99	As Saboor	الصبور	The Forbearing, The Patient

Let us have one of the names to elaborate about, so you know what these names actually means:

The Story of Gary, and Allah name Al kabir, The biggest or the Great.

At one time, a salesperson called me in a Monday morning, I was very busy going through my emails. 

The guy said; Hay good morning this is Gary from New Horizon, today we are launching a new product specially tailored for ISP's, can I please talk to the owner of the business.

I said: I am the owner of the business, but I am very busy now, can you call us some other time please.

Gary: Are you the owner of the business?

I said: No, the owner of business is God.

Gary: Yes off course God owns everything, do you want to know how I envision God?

I said: OK.

Gary: I envision God like an Old Old man with a long white beard and I love him so much.

I said: I said do you want to know how I envision God?

Gary: Sure

I said: Where are you calling me from?

Gary: Santa Clara.

I said: Where is Santa Clara?

Gary: In California.

I asked: Where is California?

Gary: California is in America, and America is on Earth.

I said: The earth is in our Galaxy, and our galaxy is one of the millions of other galaxies in our universe, and our universe according to What Nasa showed us that every minute our universe is expanding. 

I asked: How do you compare yourself to all that universe?

Gary: Insignificant

I said: God told us in the Quran, that there are seven skies, the closest one to us is the lowest sky, which is the one that has everything in it made of Atoms, and physical structures that we can see and touch, the second sky contains the first sky, and the first sky compared to the second is like a ring thrown in a desert, and here I want you to imagine the first sky like a huge sphere in the middle of the second sky, basically it will be a very small dot in the middle of the second sky, which is the larger sphere, and the third sky is likewise, the fourth sky is likewise, and so forth to the seventh sky, the sevenths sky is likewise compared to the chair of God.

Gary: Wait does God has a chair?

I answered: Yes, it is not the kind of chair that we know, which is meant to be if you get tired then you sit on it to relax, God never gets tired and he does not need that kind of chairs. The chair of God physically is available but we don't know how does it look, It means, however, the control of God over his creation, the chair that kings sits on, it doesn't mean literally the physical chair it means the control of that King or ruler. 

So we will substitute the word chair with the word control, the full control of the seven skies and whatever in them compared to the full control of all what God has created, is like a ring compared to a desert. Then the chair of God compared to the throne of God is likewise.

Gary: What is the throne?

I answered: When you go to any king office, like the White House for example although we don't have kings that controls us in the US, however usually you get into a huge building that is well designed and once you get in the door, there will be a huge hall, with a carpet that extends from the door all the way to the chair of the king, usually it is a very long distance, with all the guards and both sides and the high ceiling, with all the decorations, and lighting on the side walls. As you start to walk to the chair of the king wither he is setting on it or not, you feel the respect and the admiration for the king. Without any comparison between this earthly King and God, I just wanted to give you the definition of what a throne is, the throne is that building where the chair of the king is.

So If God is the creator of all that and he has created even bigger than this creation, which is the Angels that are holding the throne of God, and other creations that we never knew about. 

Do you think that God is bigger all smaller than this creation?

Gary: Of course bigger, beyond my comprehension. Man forget what I told you about my God, I believe in your God.

I said: All that I told you about is one attribute of 99 attributes that God has mentioned in the Quran, and this Attribute is the biggest, Alkabir in Arabic language.

God is one, means strength, uniqueness, power beyond our comprehension:

Surah (112) in Quran, God Says:

Say He Allah (God) is One, Allah is the source of everything, Never gave birth, Never was born, Never anyone had been equivalent to him.

When we say this company is a one-man show, it means a negative thing, it means this company is not reliable, it means it is limited in its capacity, might be only available when the owner is there, and so forth.

loneliness means weakness in our mind when you want to do big things you need help from others. 

That does not apply to God, God alone has full control over everything he created.

At one time I was setting in Starbucks with one of my friends, and he was knocking on the table that we were sitting on, and he was asking me if the atoms majority is empty space how come this table is so hard and my hand does not go through it?

I said why you are the scientist?

He said when we look at the atom structure, we find that the nucleus is in the middle of the atom, surrounded by the electrons that go around it with light speed. He said I want you to imagine the nucleus like an aspirin pill in the middle of a football playground and the electrons like another aspirin pills that rotate around this football playground. This is the real size comparison, between the atom size and the components that form it. So basically the majority of the atom is empty space, and the only thing that holds it together is the energy that these electrons which makes them go fast with the speed of light, and the energy the nucleus has to keep the electrons in their orbits. This huge amount of energy when the scientists tried to split the atom, this huge every got unleashed and the outcome was uncontrollable energy, which is called the atomic energy. 

So basically this table is nothing but energy, and everything that you look at in this existence is called atomic structures, are nothing but energy in its majority, the mass of the atoms to the size of the atoms is insignificant. 

What does that mean, God is the source of energy for every creation, not only that the relationships between all these creations is another totally different thing, the rules that God has designed for the Water, the Air, the Earth, the gravity, animals, humans, blood in the veins, ... etc. all goes by his rules and limitations, who can control all that every second? 

If you hire the largest company in the world, they will not be able to control one human body, let alone the creation of God.

God is controlling all that by himself, alone, now one means pride, power, extreme management, extreme intelligence, extreme resources, One to God is different than one to us.

How to do good?

What is the definition of good:

It is already defined in ourselves by the instinct that God has implanted in us, and if I start to list good things it will be an insult for the reader, because it all known by all of us what is good and what is evil. What we need is how to do good?

So let me start with the first good thing that we all need to have, which is purity and being clean:

God is teaching us in Quran that before we meet him:

O you who believe! When you intend to offer As-Salât (the prayer), wash your faces and your hands (forearms) up to the elbows, rub (by passing wet hands over) your heads, and (wash) your feet up to ankles. If you are in a state of Janâba (i.e. had a sexual discharge), purify yourself (bathe your whole body). But if you are ill or on a journey or any of you comes from answering the call of nature, or you have been in contact with women (i.e. sexual intercourse) and you find no water, then perform Tayammum with clean earth and rub therewith your faces and hands. Allâh does not want to place you in difficulty, but He wants to purify you, and to complete His Favour on you that you may be thankful.(6)

The sixth verse in chapter 5 Surat Almaeda.(the feast)

I cannot go meet anyone on this planet unless I clean my self up so that I will smell good and look good, but the internals that the other party does not see, I don't really care for. like if I went to the call of nature, wither I still have residuals of filth in my underwear or not, wither I have a lot of hair hidden under my clothing, that is full of filth that I cannot see. 

God sees what normal people cannot see, that is why he asked us to be clean inside out, we need to have our inside hair always clean shaved or removed, when we go to the bathroom, we have to wash with water after the call of nature, when urinating we need to make sure that there are no splashes that came to our clothing or our body, and clean with water. If water is not available then make sure no residuals or drips clean at least three times with papers, and make sure your clothes did not touch any of the urine of any surface that could have had impurities.

We are meeting God five times a day every day, we have to be clean up to his standards, not ours, which will keep us healthy and clean at all times.

This was just one example of cleaning ourselves and our clothing to meet God.

It is a good thing to be clean, but how to be clean is another different story, God has to teach us how.

Quran teaches us how to do all the good things, of how to :

Be generous, be kind, be patient, be a truth teller, be honest, be trustworthy, be polite, ... so many other aspects that Quran teaches us, in the aspects of our life.

I invite you to read Quran, to learn how to do all these good things and more.

Quran teaches us, How to stay away from Evil?

Again we already know what is evil, by instinct we don't need to define what is evil, what we need is how to stay away from Evil.

Just few examples from Surat Al Isra of don't do:

( 31 )   And do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Indeed, their killing is ever a great sin.

( 32 )   And do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse. Indeed, it is ever an immorality and is evil as a way.

( 33 )   And do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden, except by right. And whoever is killed unjustly - We have given his heir authority, but let him not exceed limits in [the matter of] taking life. Indeed, he has been supported [by the law].

( 34 )   And do not approach the property of an orphan, except in the way that is best, until he reaches maturity. And fulfill [every] commitment. Indeed, the commitment is ever [that about which one will be] questioned.

( 35 )   And give full measure when you measure, and weigh with an even balance. That is the best [way] and best in result.

( 36 )   And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart - about all those [one] will be questioned.

( 37 )   And do not walk upon the earth exultantly. Indeed, you will never tear the earth [apart], and you will never reach the mountains in height.

( 38 )   All that - its evil is ever, in the sight of your Lord, detested.

Likewise, God is teaching us to stay away from Evil, you will find so many wonderful instructions that you cannot find anywhere else other than in Quran.

http://quran.ksu.edu.sa/index.php?l=en#aya=17_31&m=hafs&qaree=husary&trans=en_sh