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What Is Taqwa? The Quality Allah Measures

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People measure each other by name, colour and money; the Qur'an names a different measure. This explainer unpacks taqwa from Surah al-Hujurat 49:13 and the opening of al-Baqarah, the Prophet's ﷺ words 'Taqwa is here', and the hadith of the clear, the unclear and the heart, with framing from Maulana Maududi's Tafhim al-Qur'an and Dr Israr Ahmed's Bayan-ul-Qur'an. It ends with an honesty note on a famous 'thorny path' definition.

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  1. 0:00The measure
  2. 0:16atqakum: the one with most taqwa
  3. 0:51Where taqwa lives
  4. 1:15From w-q-y: to guard
  5. 1:44The anchor hadith
  6. 2:19The heart
  7. 2:39Guidance for the muttaqin
  8. 3:06Who the muttaqin are
  9. 3:35Honesty note
  10. 4:10Recap

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Sources in this video

  • Sahih al-Bukhari 52
  • Sahih Muslim 2564
  • Qur'an 49:13 and 2:2–5 (Pickthall translation)
  • Ibn Kathir, Tafsir on 2:2
  • Maulana Maududi, Tafhim al-Qur'an, Surah 49 nn.28–29 and Surah 2 n.3
  • Dr Israr Ahmed, Bayan-ul-Qur'an (Roman ed.), al-Baqarah p.161

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On-screen translations — Qur'an: Pickthall (1930, public domain) · hadith: Learning Heaven's own rendering of the verified Arabic.

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