Defining Taqwa
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Question:
This questioner says, may Allah preserve you: What is the taqwa (mindfulness of Allah) that is intended, and which Islam has encouraged, and what is the way to attain it?
Answer:
Taqwa is a great word, a comprehensive term for acts of righteousness, acts of excellence, and acts of goodness. Allah has promised the righteous a great reward, and He has informed us that He loves the righteous, that He is with the righteous, and that the final outcome is for taqwa. As the scholars have defined it, taqwa is that you act in obedience to Allah in the light of Allah, hoping for the reward of Allah, and that you leave the disobedience of Allah in the light of Allah, fearing the punishment of Allah.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh
This questioner says, may Allah preserve you: What is the taqwa (mindfulness of Allah) that is intended, and which Islam has encouraged, and what is the way to attain it?
Answer:
Taqwa is a great word, a comprehensive term for acts of righteousness, acts of excellence, and acts of goodness. Allah has promised the righteous a great reward, and He has informed us that He loves the righteous, that He is with the righteous, and that the final outcome is for taqwa. As the scholars have defined it, taqwa is that you act in obedience to Allah in the light of Allah, hoping for the reward of Allah, and that you leave the disobedience of Allah in the light of Allah, fearing the punishment of Allah.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/182 — archive.org (5:34)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.