Meaning and Importance of Taqwa

 Allah Loves Muttaqeen

[Those who guard themselves against evil and preserve themselves from the inevitable harmful consequences for violating Allah's Commands by carefully abiding by His Guidance, not exceeding His Prescribed Limits and not deviating or departing from His Right Path; those who render service and obedience to Him alone (2:21)

  

and observe the prescribed abstinence (2:183-187);

  

those who believe in Him, Divine Books, Akhirat, Angels, Prophets, and in the existence of the Unseen, that which is beyond the reach of human perception (by the senses) {Allah (21:49, 35:18, 36:11, 50:33, 67:12), Al-Saa’at (16:77, 32:5-6, 34:3, 72:25-26)

those who establish As-Salaat [remembering Him (20:14, 62:9) all the time (70:23) and at appointed times (4:103, 62:9),

 and follow His Guidance in all the affairs] and keep the resources, that He has bestowed upon them, open [for the welfare of humanity]. (2:177, 9:44, 39:33, 92:17-20) [31:3-4];

those who give from their wealth to family and relatives, orphans, widows to those left helpless in the society, to those whose hard-earned income fails to meet their basic needs, to those whose running businesses have stalled, to those who have lost their jobs, to the one whose life has stalled for any reason, to the disabled, the needy wayfarer, son of the street, the homeless, the one who travels to them for assistance, to those who ask for help, and to those whose necks are burdened with any kind of bondage, oppression, crushing debts and extreme hardship of labour [2:177];

 those who spend their wealth for their own tazkiya or personal development and not for favour from anyone to be paid back [92:17-20];

 those who are true to their promises and covenants whenever they make a promise or covenant [2:177, 8:56, 9:4, 9:7];

  

those who remain steadfast in physical or emotional distress and in times of peril [2:177];

 those who avoid great sins and fawahish (yet not ascribe purity to themselves) [53:32];

those who promote the truth and believe therein [39:33];

 those who remember Allah immediately, when approached by devil [7:201];

 those who strive in the way of Allah by their wealth and lives [9:44];

and those who will be in the pure state when Angels come to take their lives [16:31-32]










TOPIC ENCOMPASSES: Who Are Muttaqeen?;WHO IS MUTTAQI?; DEFINITION OF TAQWA;MEANING OF TAQWA; WHAT IS TAQWA?;QUALITIES OF MUTTAQI;IMPORTANCE OF TAQWA; WHAT IS FEAR OF ALLAH?;FEAR OF ALLAH; MEANING OF FEAR OF ALLAH; IMPORTANCE OF FEARING ALLAH;TAQWA MEANING; ALLAH LOVES MUTTAQI