Real Meaning of Development

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UN, World Bank, NGOs and else, all try to bring development to this
globe. Islam also has it's own definition and methodology to achieve
development. Let us read here few verses and hadiths.
Verse 1

مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا مِّن ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنثَى وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ
فَلَنُحْيِيَنَّهُ حَيَاةً طَيِّبَةً وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْرَهُم
بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ

Whoever works righteousness - whether male or female - while he (or
she) is a true believer (of Islâmic Monotheism) verily, to him We will
give a good life (in this world with respect, contentment and lawful
provision), and We shall pay them certainly a reward in proportion to
the best of what they used to do (i.e. Paradise in the Hereafter).
[surah an-Nahl 16: 97]

This verse clearly relates the adherence to Islam with being happy in
this world and the hereafter.

More..
http://www.islamscience.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=91&Itemid=37

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