Hospitality in the Qu'ran

In this last chapter, Appiah discusses the ‘stranger kindness’ predicament in which there is a dilemma about how, and when strangers should commit acts of kindness

After reading The Giver, it can be understood that our world and their community has many differences, but there are also some similarities.

Hospitality Hospitality is the friendly reception and treatment of quests or strangers. “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it” (http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/hospitality -Anonymous, Holy Bible: King James Version). Showing hospitality can come in many forms; one could show kindness, be polite, use simple manners, donating something, and many more. Although some might disagree, the hospitality of strangers can impact one's life. It is always best to be kind, it can make one's life much better than it was before. "

In This Wise, the New Testament calls for the highest standard of reputation, ethics, training and conduct for us as help givers.-If we will be the channel of Gods healing to the populations wherein we live.

Willow’s experiences in Tura with Muslims demonstrated the Muslim response to Western culture. In Tura, she is surrounded by a much more conservative group of people than were in Cairo. She felt the “anger” that people had towards the West (120). Between the West and Arabic cultures, there was “a pit full of dangers: poverty, terrorism, wars of attrition, racism, colonialism, and malice” (119). This bred distrust, and it was palpable to Willow. Between many of the inhabitants of Tura to Willow, there was a lack of compassion or care given to her. One

Along with loyalty, hospitality was valued heavily in Ancient Greek.Hospitality is the generosity and courtesy shown to those who are far from home and/or associates of the person bestowing guest-friendship. Examples of hospitality can be found throughout Homer's epic. One example of hospitality can be seen when Odysseus went to the Cyclops's cave. When Odysseus approaches the Cyclop,Odysseus says, ”as the custom, is to honor strangers” (Homer 764). This tell the readers that for the greek sculpture honoring strangers is valued

One of the major things the gods stress is the relationship between guest and host. On the adventure in search of his long lost father, Odysseus, Telemachus was a guest in the house of King Menelaus. Menelaus gave Telemachus and the son of Nestor both a place to stay, food, and bath, and many gifts.“… shared to the full hospitality/ of others. Now unhitch their horses: lead /our quests into the house, to share our feast” (IV.45- 47). If this code or rule were kept than, man would be able to live in peace. Beggars as well, are also part of the gods’ laws. If a beggar were to come to a house, begging for food, money, or clothing, the owners would be obligated to help the beggar. Zeus, the ruler of all gods watches out for the beggars and knows if they are turned away. During the great Trojan War, the Greeks led a victory against Troy after ten years of continuous battle. However throughout the war they were given much help from the gods, and they gave nothing to them in return. The Greeks were punished at sea for not sacrificing to the gods. If man at the time were able to sacrifice to the gods for the great assists, and listened to the gods, than man would be able to live peacefully.

One example of a positive show of hospitality is the way Telemachus treats Athena in Book 1. When Athena arrives, Telemachus immediately welcomes her inside, invites her to his feast, and sits her on a throne. Telemachus and Athena then begin to feast. While they eat, Telemachus decides to ask Athena about his father. He says, “Dear guest, will this offend you, if I speak?” (426). Telemachus obviously was very warm and welcoming to Athena, and he doesn’t want to hurt her, but some readers could suspect that there is a little bit of an ulterior motive in the back of his mind. If Telemachus is exceptionally nice to Athena, then she may tell him about his father. It is hard to tell if Telemachus was being genuine, or if he just wanted to know about his father, but I believe that he genuinely welcomed

The theme of the Odyssey that I’m gonna talk about is Hospitality. In The Odyssey, Hospitality is used many times from when they left Ithaca to when they come back from Troy and other places they had to cross upon. Example of Hospitality is when Ulysses with the Phaeacians, When Telemachus in Sparta, Circe and Circe and Calypso, and the last one when Penelope to the suitors. When Ulysses with the Phaeacians is the example of Hospitality because when they found Ulysses next the sea shore they didn’t know he was the king of Ithaca but they still treated him kindly and gave him food and clothes. They even took him to Ithaca without him even saying a word about him being a king or Ulysses.

Jesus loves and cares for the poor and sick, he praises those who help the poor and condemns those who do not show compassion to those in need. Throughout the New Testament, there are many stories of Jesus showing empathy towards the poor. In the miracle story of the feeding of the five thousand, the disciples tell Jesus to send the multitudes away to go and buy food. Jesus replied: “They don’t need to go away.

Jhanae, Literary Essay Friendchip. Generosity. Kindness. Qualities that many, but not all people posses. What would life be like if everyone was kind and helpful all the time, and there were no bullies or even evil people in this world?

Jewish and Christian teachings which call us to respond to God's love by loving our neighbors as ourselves;

     Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God. Many people today seem to look over the poor and needy. The people who are the poorest may be the happiest. We have to be able to look at these people and see how wonderful they really are. They may not ask for anything but when someone offers to give them something they truly do cherish it. Even if it is just a slice of bread or a pair of old shoes, or even a blanket. Today we can give to charities to help these people because somewhere someone is getting that blanket you did not want and it is the thing that is keeping him warm all winter.

Religious beliefs soon formed new values as the importance of gift giving became a ‘tradition’ among religions. In most religions helping others who could not help themselves was already a steadfast belief. As people’s values of wanting to help and give to others started to intertwine with the calendar holidays many people started to look for newer and better gift ideas for their loved ones and soon strangers as well. Christian’s predominantly could be found buying minuscule little gift items, such as notebook paper, pencils, and ribbons, for the homeless children, their families and the poorer community that could not provide for themselves during the holiday seasons.

Another teaching is contained in the guidelines set out for Muslims to follow. The two relevant guidelines are “You should support the community of Muslims” and “Justice, compassion and generosity are frequently given as qualities of a truly human life.” These two ethical guidelines require Muslims to support the poor and needy as if Muslims support the community through financial support than they are upholding the first guideline and if Muslims are generous and give money, besides Zakat to the poor and needy than they are upholding the second guideline. These guidelines tie in with what the prophet Mohammed made very clear through several sermons and a number of passages in the Qur’an “that there is a due above and over Zakat and that the