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Taqwa (Arabic: تقوى taqwā / taqwá) is an Islamic term for being conscious and cognizant of God, of truth, "piety, fear of God." [1] [2] It is often found in the Quran.. Those who practice taqwa — in the words of Ibn Abbas, "believers who avoid Shirk with Allah and who work in His obedience" [3] — are called muttaqin (Arabic: المُتَّقِين al-mutta
In the sense of "prudence, fear" it can be used synonymously with the terms tuqa(n), tuqāt, taqwá, and ittiqāʾ, which are derived from the same root. [12] These terms also have other meanings. For example, the term taqwá generally means "piety" (lit. "fear [of God]") in an Islamic context. [21]
Ittaqullah (Arabic: اتقوا الله) is an Arabic word or word-phrase composed of the words "Ittaqu" (the command or imperative form of the word taqwa [1]), and "Allah".
In Islam, Jahannam (hell) is the final destiny and place of punishment in Afterlife for those guilty of disbelief and (according to some interpretations) evil doing in their lives on earth. [34] Hell is regarded as necessary for Allah's (God's) divine justice and justified by God's absolute sovereignty, and an "integral part of Islamic theology ...
The enemies of Islam despaired from destroying it, [25] suggests Tabatabai, because Ali's leadership would have rightly guided the Muslim community. [ 24 ] Tabatabai contends that the perfection of religion in the verse of ikmal is the guardianship ( walaya ) of Ali, as opposed to the closure of Islamic legislation, advanced by some Sunni scholars.
Since in Islamic beliefs, God does not reside in paradise, Islamic tradition was able to bring bridge the world and the hereafter without violating God's transcendence. [13]: 11 Islamic literature is filled with interactions between the word and the hereafter and the world is closely interwined with both paradise and hell.
It has been called "the dominant message" of the holy book of Islam, the Quran, [Note 1] [2] and resurrection and judgement the two themes "central to the understanding of Islamic eschatology." [ 3 ] Judgement Day is considered a fundamental tenet of faith by all Muslims, and one of the six articles of Islamic faith .
In one Quranic verse this word is used to describe the sin of slaying one's own children for fear of poverty. ( Quran 17:33-31 ). Scholars believe that dhanb or ithm could be used in place of khati'ah in this instance; [ 5 ] however, the word choice indicates that khati'ah is more than just a moral lapse or mistake and is punishable.