2.2 Sūrat al-Baqarah: The Meaning and Scope of Taqwā (التقوى)
Read in Arabic: https://salamchinese.blogspot.com/2025/05/2.html بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful. السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته Peace be upon you, dear brothers and sisters in faith! All praise is due to Allah, the Most High and Most Glorious, and endless blessings be upon our Seal of the Prophets, Muḥammad ﷺ. May Allah be pleased with all of his noble Companions. Today we share the topic: understanding “ taqwā ” التقوى . The root meaning of “taqwā” carries the sense of guarding / protecting oneself . We will therefore understand it by combining three meanings: guarding , distancing , and reverent fear (taqwā) . To understand these three meanings in relation to human beings, we must know how to guard, how to distance ourselves, and how to have reverent fear—therefore we must first recognize the one who has taqwā , namely المتقى . We will first identify what relates to a person being called a muttaq...