❛𝐪𝐚𝐥𝐛 𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧❜

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❝𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯, 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘩 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶.

𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨.❞

there is an ongoing debate about what the true meaning of taqwā is:

     does it mean to be in fear of Allah SWT, or to be conscious of Him? what does piety even mean? what does it mean to be God-conscious? how can I fear Him if I need to love Him? God loves those who fear Him, then this would need further explanation. 

Ibn al-Qayyim said :

❝when you fear something, you run away from it, but when you fear Allah, you run back to Him.❞

    and so the fear of Allah is not the kind that would cause you to flee from Him but to come back to Him because that fear is not like the fear of anything else. taqwā is inadequately understood when defined only in a context of fear.

so, how do we merge fear and love?

  we fear losing His love.

indeed, the greatest way to be loved by Allah is to show we fear losing that love.

    may Allah allow us to never compromise our love for Him, and may Allah entrench within us taqwā, that God-consciousness, and may Allah keep us in His favour. 

Āmīn.  

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