Quotes About Taqwa (Fear and Mindfulness of God, Protecting Oneself from God’s Displeasure)

“It is courageous to be fearful of God

“The biggest celebrities on the day of judgment will be those who had the most taqwa (piety), no matter how unknown they were in this life.

Saad Tasleem

“If you fear Allah, no one will harm you, and if you fear other than Allah, no one will benefit you.

Al-Fudayl ibn Iyad (Al-Fozail ibn Iyaz)

“Many of us search for His signs hoping He will guide us, yet we remain lost. There may be moments when we witness His absolute infinite wealth of guidance (tawfiq) and blessings, still most of the time we persist in a world of emptiness and neediness. We search endlessly for His messages. But if God were to answer your call, would you know it? Would you heed His guidance? Is it possible that you are repeatedly shown signs, and dismiss them as simple coincidences?

Understanding His will and receiving His call requires closeness (taqwa). It requires a tearing of the veil between you and Him. It requires a love and intimacy so powerful and so consuming, that only the vessel of one’s heart can carry this one love. The great poet said:

“Gamble everything for love. If you are a true human being. If not, leave this gathering. Half-heartedness doesn’t reach into majesty. You set out to find God, but then you keep stopping for long periods at mean-spirited roadhouses. Don’t wait any longer. Dive in the ocean, leave and let the sea be you. Silent, absent, walking an empty road, all praise.” (Rumi)

Omar Ead

“The proof is in your actions, when nobody can see you except Allah.

Abdulbary Yahya

“Hope is good as long as it doesn’t become delusion. Fear is good as long as it doesn’t become despair.

Shaykh Omar Suleiman

“You will never be pious (a person of taqwa) until you become knowledgeable, and you will never be beautiful with your knowledge until you act [by it].

Abu ad-Darda al-Ansari

“One teardrop that falls from the eye of a believer out of love and fear for Him is better than this world and everything it contains.

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

“But the more I fear the people, the more I become enslaved. True freedom only comes when I let go of the fear of anything and anyone other than God.

Yasmin Mogahed

“Whoever is prevented from disobeying Allah by upholding the Dignity of Allah in his heart, Allah will protect his dignity in the hearts of the creation and will prevent them from dishonoring him.

Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah

“A tear that runs down a believer's cheek is more beneficial than a thousand raindrops on the earth.

Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah

“The Creator ranks Supreme in their eyes, so everything else becomes immaterial to them. They are with Paradise as if they had already witnessed it and enjoyed its presence. They are with Hell as if they have already seen it and tasted its torment.

Anonymous Author

“Indeed righteousness illuminates the heart, radiates the face, strengthens the body, increases provision, and produces a love in the hearts of the creation for that person. Whereas sinfulness darkens the heart, greys the face, weakens the body, and produces hatred in the hearts of the creation for that person.

Ibn Abbas

“Keep your eyes on your Ending. Few other things so effectively reveal the illusion and insignificance of our present day concerns.

Yasmin Mogahed

“God can see and hear everything you do. But your concern is if the people can.

Yasmin Mogahed

“Fear is a disease that consumes the soul of the one who embraces it. Man’s total capacity to fear is fixed: the more he fears one thing the less he fears another. People fear standing up to a tyrant because they are afraid of some harm that he ‘may’ cause them, even though that harm is limited to the life of this world. Such people have little or no fear for any harm that Allah will cause them in the Hereafter. However, if these same people were to fear the Day when they shall return to stand before the Lord of the Worlds, they would not fear any tyrant on the face of the Earth. “Do they fear them? Allah is more worthy for you to fear if you are indeed believers.” (Quran 9:13)

Babar Ahmad

“The beauty of the tests of Allah (swt) is that after notifying us that they’re coming, He gives us the exact recipe for succeeding in them: Sabr (patience) and Taqwa (God-consciousness).

Yasmin Mogahed

“Who are we acting for? Who is testing us? Who is watching, really? CNN, C-Span, the American public? No. They’re all a part of the illusion; all a part of the test. They’re all just a creation of the test. We act for one judge and one judge alone. We act for the only true Reality (al-Haqq). We act because we know He is watching, and He is the only One who will judge this test.

Yasmin Mogahed

“And when such people feel trapped by life, by financial hardship, by pain, by loneliness, by fear, by heartbreak, or sadness, all they have to do is turn to Allah, and He always makes a way out for them. Know that this is not some feel-good theory. It is a promise. A promise made by Allah Himself, who says in the Qur’an:
“…And for those who fear Allah, He (ever) prepares a way out, And He provides for him from (sources) he never could imagine. And if any one puts his trust in Allah, sufficient is (Allah) for him…” (65:2-3)

Yasmin Mogahed

“When you fear a person, you are driven away from him; when you fear Allah, you are driven towards Him.

Yasir Qadhi

“Someone addressed al-Sha`bi (d. 105 AH) by saying, "O Scholar!" to which he replied, "The scholar is only the one who fears Allah."

Amir ibn Sharahil ash-Sha`bi

“The one who honors Allah's commandments will in return be honored by Allah's creation.

Yasir Qadhi

“To leave a sin out of fear of God is good, but to leave it to show gratitude for what He has blessed you with is better.

Yasir Qadhi

“Man is cautious about consuming anything that might harm his body, yet doesn't care about exposing himself to what will harm his soul.

Yasir Qadhi

“Love of Allah gives us spiritual life; hope in His Reward is the greatest incentive to do good; and fear of His Wrath stops us from evil.

Yasir Qadhi

“I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don't fear Him.

Saadi Shirazi

“The habit of the righteous is true worship, whereas the worship of the lazy is mere habit.

Yasir Qadhi

“The bravest man is the one who fears Allah the most—he who fears Allah fears none besides Him.

Yasir Qadhi

“I advise you to fear Allah and to obey Him (have taqwa) and I advise you to adhere to the Quran, for it is a light in the dark night and a guidance during the day, so implement it no matter how much struggle and poverty you have to face. If a calamity befalls you, put your wealth forward to protect your religion, and if the calamity continues, put forward your wealth and your life to save your religion [but never risk your religion], for the ruined is he whose religion is ruined, and the looted is he whose religion is taken. And know that there is no poverty after Paradise, and no riches after the Fire.

Jundub ibn Abdullah al-Bajali

“The fearful is not the one who cries then wipes of tears from his eyes. But the fearful is the one who abandons what he fears being questioned about by Allah (on the day of judgement)

Sheikh Muhammad Hassan (born 1962)

“The essence of taqwa is to make a shield (which guards) against Allah's anger and punishment. That shield is to obey His commandments and abstain from His prohibitions.

Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali

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