Fasting Increases Taqwa – Dr Zakir Naik
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Yusuf Chambers: One of the said main objective actually of fasting is the next question, Taqwa. What I understand is the fear of Allah or being aware of Allah but could you explain this concept or the concept of Taqwa so the viewers may take maximum benefit from that information that they can fast better.
Dr. Zakir: As far as Taqwa is concerned just to give u an example. Taqwa is like if you are walking in a very narrow lane which has got a lot of thorns, there are plants, and creepers, and trees there are a lot of thorns and you walk in that narrow lane cant you prevent you clothes from getting stuck in the thorn, and getting torn, so how well you do that, that is the action of taqwa.
Linguistically taqwa comes from the Arabic root word ‘Waqa’ which means forbearance which means fear which means abstinence. Islamically it means fear of Allah. Islamically taqwa is the state of the heart of a human being and the consciousness of Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala. The consciousness of His presence and of His knowledge which makes him do the righteous deeds and it prevents him from doings things which are haraam and makes him pious. That’s the reason taqwa if you translate in one word people translate as God consciousness or Allah’s consciousness its translated as piety, its translated as righteousness in short.
And taqwa actually as our beloved Prophet said it is a shield and taqwa is a shield which prevents you from the hellfire and it prevents you from the punishment of Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala and there are various verse of the Quran which speak about Taqwa, Allah says in the Quran in
Surah Ale Imran ch. nbo. 3 verse no. 102
“Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo”
That
“O you believe, have taqwa of Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala and die not except in the state of Islam”
That means the believers should fear Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala and die not except as in the state of Islam.
And Ibn Masood, may Allah be pleased with him, while giving commentary of this verse he says it means that the believers have to obey Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala and should not disobey him. They have to remember Him, they should not forget Him, they should be thankful to Him and they should not be ungrateful and the criteria for judgment in the sight of Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala for judging any human being it is Taqwa.
And Allah says in Surah Hujuraat ch. no. 49 verse no. 13
“Ya ayyuha alnnasu inna khalaqnakum min thakarin waontha wajaAAalnakum shuAAooban waqaba-ila litaAAarafoo inna akramakum AAinda Allahi atqakum inna Allaha AAaleemun khabeer”
Which means
“O humankind, We have created you from a single pair of male and female and have divided you into nations and tribes so that you shall recognize each other not that you shall despise each other. And the most honored in the sight of Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala is the person who has Taqwa”
The criteria for judgment in the sight of Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala, its not sex, its not color, its not caste, its not money, its not wealth, its not age but it is Taqwa, it is God consciousness, it is piety, it is righteousness. Only way one human being can be superior to the other, it is by Taqwa…
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