Therefore, treat not the orphan with harshness, Nor repulse the petitioner (unheard);
فَأَمَّا ٱلْيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقْهَرْ وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّآئِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ
Quran 93:9-10
The same idea in other traditions
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Learn to do well; Seek justice, relieve the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
The God-conscious being is the helper of the helpless. The God-conscious being extends his hand to all.
The disciples of Gotama are always well awake, and their mind day and night always delights in compassion.
By renouncing pleasures he obtains freedom from false longing, whereby he becomes compassionate, humble, free from sorrow, …
Let the rich satisfy the poor implorer, and bend his eye upon a longer pathway. Riches come now to one, now to another, and like the wheels of cars are ever rolling.
Mencius said, 'All men have a mind which cannot bear to see the sufferings of others. … even now-a-days, if men suddenly see a child about to fall into a well, they will without exception experience a feeling of alarm and distress. … The feeling of commiseration is the principle of benevolence. …
In a desert a man found a dog that was dying from thirst. Using his hat as a bucket, he fetched water from a well and gave it to the helpless animal. The prophet of the time stated that God had forgiven the man his sins because of his kindly act. Reflect, if thou be a tyrant, and make a profession of benevolence. He who shows kindness to a dog will not do less towards the good among his fellows. …