The Difference in the Meaning of Taqwa in the Verses of al-Ahzab and al-Taghabun
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Question:
He says: May Allah preserve you, what is the difference in the meaning of taqwa (mindfulness of Allah) in the following verses:[Ali 'Imran 3:102] [Al-Anfal 8:25] [Al-Baqarah 2:281] What is the difference in the meaning of taqwa between these verses?
Answer:
Yes, taqwa is from Allah. Fear Allah, Mighty and Majestic, by doing His commands and leaving His prohibitions. And fear the Fire, meaning by the deeds that protect you from it: by doing righteous deeds and leaving the evil deeds that cause entry into the Fire; avoid them.[Al-Anfal 8:25] This is regarding forbidding evil. If evil occurs, it is not permissible to remain silent about it, because if the punishment descends, it will encompass the sinner and the non-sinner who did not forbid it, the one who did not forbid it. Fear a fitnah that will not strike you; fear it by forbidding evil, enjoining good and forbidding evil, so that the punishment does not encompass you. Yes.
He says: May Allah preserve you, what is the difference in the meaning of taqwa (mindfulness of Allah) in the following verses:
O you who have believed, fear Allah as He should be feared
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِAnd fear a trial which will not strike those who have wronged
وَاتَّقُوا فِتْنَةً لَّا تُصِيبَنَّ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواAnd fear a Day when you will be returned to Allah
وَاتَّقُوا يَوْمًا تُرْجَعُونَ فِيهِ إِلَى اللَّهِAnswer:
Yes, taqwa is from Allah. Fear Allah, Mighty and Majestic, by doing His commands and leaving His prohibitions. And fear the Fire, meaning by the deeds that protect you from it: by doing righteous deeds and leaving the evil deeds that cause entry into the Fire; avoid them.
And fear a trial which will not strike those who have wronged among you exclusively
وَاتَّقُوا فِتْنَةً لَّا تُصِيبَنَّ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا مِنكُمْ خَاصَّةً
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-60-أسباب محبة الله للعبد|صالح الفوزان|العام|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (40:01)
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