Taqwa is when a man draws sword against Satan and against one’s soul and succeeds to guard himself from evil and commit no sins. Taqwa is an affirmative action and a positive activity, be it in one’s soul or in his body. Of course the physical actions after all stem from spiritual activity and arise…
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Sometimes even refraining from an action…
Sometimes even refraining from an action becomes the proof of taqwa. Suppose a youth faces a situation which tempts the commitment of a sin, but he controls himself and does not commit that sin. Here, apparently no action has been fulfilled, but in reality a great action has taken place and that is deciding to…
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I have not created the jinns and mankind except…
‘I have not created the jinns and mankind except to adore Me.’ Adoration here is abandoning sinning in belief and in action.” SOURCE: USWAT UL-ARIFEEN | AYATOLLAH TAQI BAHJAT (R)
Abandoning transgression in belief and in action…
Abandoning transgression in belief and in action makes one need nothing else. Anything else needs them, while they do not need anything else; rather, they increase the good deeds and prevent bad ones. SOURCE: USWAT UL-ARIFEEN | AYATOLLAH TAQI BAHJAT (R)
I plead to Allah that we not only…
I plead to Allah that we not only remain talkers but also doers. Do not undertake an action without knowing it. Let us stop where knowledge stops. And let us act upon what we know and be cautious about what we do not know till we come to know, for going this way contains no…
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