http://khushu.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/the-struggle-of-truth-and-certainty/ Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:34:31 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://khushu.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/the-struggle-of-truth-and-certainty/#comment-34 Adeeb Fri, 23 May 2008 00:11:30 +0000 http://khushu.wordpress.com/?p=152#comment-34 Thats a very good question, and insha'Allah may the answer to which be beneficial. The meaning of Taqwa, is God-consciouseness, which is in essence the purpose of revelation, to constantly remind the believer to remember Allah. How does this happen and how is it maintained. One of the keys to taqwa is in the 'Power of Bismillah'. That is to say, to invoke the blessings of Allah for every good thing that we may set out to do, or are doing. This could be cooking, eating, washing, going to bed, or rising from bed, leaving ones house, stepping into ones house, and a multitude of other activities. The simple act of training ones heart and mind to remember Allah in these small acts, has a great cumulative effect on the heart, and thus is rewarded by Allah with a heart that finds it easier to remember Him. Our intention is to seek to arrive at a point where our level of taqwa is such that we see the blessings of Allah, and His signs around us so much so that this in itself acts as a shield, as a barrier, between us and the world. So that whilst we live in the world, we do not desire to be a part of it, whilst we take from it only what we need, we not desire to fall in love with it. To simply remind oneself on a daily basis of these two principles strengthens the heart, which is in essence, the core of taqwa. Insha'Allah I will expand on this point in my next post. Thank you again for your question. Thats a very good question, and insha’Allah may the answer to which be beneficial. The meaning of Taqwa, is God-consciouseness, which is in essence the purpose of revelation, to constantly remind the believer to remember Allah. How does this happen and how is it maintained. One of the keys to taqwa is in the ‘Power of Bismillah’. That is to say, to invoke the blessings of Allah for every good thing that we may set out to do, or are doing. This could be cooking, eating, washing, going to bed, or rising from bed, leaving ones house, stepping into ones house, and a multitude of other activities. The simple act of training ones heart and mind to remember Allah in these small acts, has a great cumulative effect on the heart, and thus is rewarded by Allah with a heart that finds it easier to remember Him. Our intention is to seek to arrive at a point where our level of taqwa is such that we see the blessings of Allah, and His signs around us so much so that this in itself acts as a shield, as a barrier, between us and the world. So that whilst we live in the world, we do not desire to be a part of it, whilst we take from it only what we need, we not desire to fall in love with it. To simply remind oneself on a daily basis of these two principles strengthens the heart, which is in essence, the core of taqwa. Insha’Allah I will expand on this point in my next post. Thank you again for your question.

]]> http://khushu.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/the-struggle-of-truth-and-certainty/#comment-33 imani ali Thu, 22 May 2008 21:59:11 +0000 http://khushu.wordpress.com/?p=152#comment-33 Knowledge is no doubt a weapon for a sucessfull life, be it worldy knowledge for wordly success or be it islamic knowlege for a better understanding of islam and a better place in the heareafter. My question is how do you attain taqwa, there is so many materialistic things to distract the naffs it becomes imposible at times. Knowledge is no doubt a weapon for a sucessfull life, be it worldy knowledge for wordly success or be it islamic knowlege for a better understanding of islam and a better place in the heareafter.
My question is how do you attain taqwa, there is so many materialistic things to distract the naffs it becomes imposible at times.

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