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what is taqwa

peace... i forgot to post this earlier, but this is a pretty neat definition of taqwa that was told during the khutbah this week.

al-taqwa hiya al-'7awf min al-jaleel,
wal 3amalu bil tanzeel,
wal rida bil qaleel,
wal isti3dad leyawm al-ra7eel.

approximately, this means...
taqwa is the fear of the mighty,
and following the revelation,
and being content with what is little,
and preparing for the day of departure.

i should try to type that in arabic just to see if wp supports it at some point.

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4 Responses to “what is taqwa”

  1. Nida says:
    4/13/2005 at 9:49 pm

    explain “being content with what is little”…not being greedy?

  2. ahmedre says:
    4/15/2005 at 9:28 am

    from my understanding, you are happy and content with whatever you have been given as opposed to not being happy about it or complaining or what not — so yeah, i guess you could say not being greedy.

  3. junaid says:
    4/16/2005 at 7:28 pm

    salamun alaikum,

    mashallah, very nice (and ooh it rhymes! *g*)
    .. do you have a source or a reference for this pls?
    jazakallah

  4. ahmedre says:
    4/18/2005 at 11:32 am

    wa3laikum alsalam.
    unfortunately, i can’t remember who he said this quote came from. insha’Allah i’ll try to find out and post it here.

    jazakAllah khair.
    walsalam 3alaikum.
    -ahmed