Piety (Taqwa)

So what is it about piety?

Let's define it first: "Piety" or "Taqwa" is abstaining from something for the fear of Allah.

To me it has evolved over the years..

When I was much younger, I could look at a person praying 5 times a day and to me that was ultimate taqwa..But then the definition grew deeper for me.. It could be easier for a person to pray 5 times a day but harder to abstain from a major sin like backbiting.

In my understanding any such thing that you are not allowed to do and you find it hard to abstain from and still abstain because you want to please your Rabb...that's Taqwa..
Yes..following orders like fulfilling the 5 pillars of islam..or the 6 pillars of iman...that could be taqwa too...But real test comes when you have to choose between your ego, pride, honour and the love of Allah.

What would you sacrifice?

It requires an amazing level of iman to even harbor something so amazing in our hearts...The love of Allah taala.. What would you do to achieve His acceptance, His happiness, His love? How easy is it for you to let go when you can't? What ultimately do you place your decisions on? That's where you can analyse the taqwa you hold within you. When you accept there's a supreme power watching over you and you completely submit yourself to Him...that's taqwa.

May Allah taala fill our hearts with His Nur and everlasting Piety till the last of our breaths...
Ameen

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This. This is the path I carved out for me.
This. This is how I want it to be.

This. This is the life I have dreamed for me.
This. This is how it's going to be.

This. This is the time I will listen to me.
This. This is how I want it to be.