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Taqwā (God-Consciousness / Piety)

Reverent, watchful awareness of God that guards against wrongdoing — a foundational Qurʾānic virtue and the root of righteous conduct.

Reverent, watchful awareness of God that guards against wrongdoing — a foundational Qurʾānic virtue and the root of righteous conduct.

How it traveled

  1. Guide for the Perplexed
    Cairo · 1190
    explains
  2. Zohar
    Guadalajara · 1280
    explains
  3. Menorat HaMaor
    Toledo (Castile) · 1391
    explains
  4. Akeidat Yitzchak
    Tarragona · 1490
    explains

Key passages(20)

REF ref-abul-ala-mawdudi-towards-understanding-islam

Towards Understanding Islam · Abul A'la Mawdudi

Citation only · not on Sefaria
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Risala Qushayriyya · al-Qushayri

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Ghunya · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

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Bidayat Hidaya · al-Ghazali

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Cuhud Muhammadiyya · al-Sha'rani

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Da Wa Dawa · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

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Fatawa Kubra · Ibn Taymiyya

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Futuhat Makkiyya · Ibn Arabi

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Ihya Culum Din · al-Ghazali

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Jamic Masail · Ibn Taymiyya

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Lataif Isharat · al-Qushayri

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Madarij Salikin · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

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Mafatih Asrar · al-Shahrastani

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Mafatih Ghayb · Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

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Majmuc Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

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Majmucat Rasail Wa Masail · Ibn Taymiyya

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Minhaj Cabidin · al-Ghazali

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Minhaj Sunna · Ibn Taymiyya

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Muntaha Matlab · al-'Allama al-Hilli

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Rasail Wa Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

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Modern teachers who discuss this idea

Modern and living teachers whose books take up Taqwā (God-Consciousness / Piety). These works are still in copyright, so we can’t show the text here — each links out to the book.