Who are "Al Mutaqeen/Pious"? (3)

"It is not righteousness that you turn your faces towards the East and the West (metonymy for blank & dull worship), but righteousness is this that one should believe in Allah and the last day and the angels and the Book and the prophets, and give away wealth out of love for Him to the near of kin and the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer and the beggars and for (the emancipation of) the captives, and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate; and the performers of their promise when they make a promise, and the patient in distress and affliction and in time of conflicts-- these are they who are true (to themselves) and these are they who guard (against evil)." Quraan 2:177

لَّيْسَ الْبِرَّ أَن تُوَلُّواْ وُجُوهَكُمْ قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَلَكِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ وَالْمَلائِكَةِ وَالْكِتَابِ وَالنَّبِيِّينَ وَآتَى الْمَالَ عَلَى حُبِّهِ ذَوِي الْقُرْبَى وَالْيَتَامَى وَالْمَسَاكِينَ وَابْنَ السَّبِيلِ وَالسَّائِلِينَ وَفِي الرِّقَابِ وَأَقَامَ الصَّلاةَ وَآتَى الزَّكَاةَ وَالْمُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِهِمْ إِذَا عَاهَدُواْ وَالصَّابِرِينَ فِي الْبَأْسَاء وَالضَّرَّاء وَحِينَ الْبَأْسِ أُوْلَئِكَ الَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا وَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُتَّقُونَ
البقرة : ١٧٧

That's a real Islam, not a customary one, not a cultural one! An Islam that is stemming from a pure heart and a fine mind!

Allah loves the righteous

"Allah loves the righteous" Quraan 3:76

إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُتَّقِينَ
آل عمران: ٧٦

"the righteous" is equivalent to "Al Mutaqeen" in the Arabic (original) version of the verse.


Who are "Al Mutaqeen"/the righteous/the pious?

Who are "Al Mutaqeen/Pious"? (2)

"Lo! those who ward off (evil), when a glamour from the devil troubleth them, they do but remember (Allah's Guidance) and behold them seers! " Quraan 7:201

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ اتَّقَواْ إِذَا مَسَّهُمْ طَائِفٌ مِّنَ الشَّيْطَانِ تَذَكَّرُواْ فَإِذَا هُم مُّبْصِرُونَ
الأعراف - الآية ٢٠١

To remember that Allah see, hear, and know you, that He will interrogate you in the judgment day, ...
To remember that this life is only a test, that we will leave it with nothing but our deeds and beliefs, ...


What does Allah say about them?
"Allah is with those who ward off (evil)." Quraan 2:194

أَنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الْمُتَّقِينَ
البقرة - الآية ١٩٤

How would you feel if the King or Queen or President or Prime Minister of your country is your company? How would you feel if the Creator of the whole universe is your company?!

Who are "Al Mutaqeen/Pious"? (1)

One high level of faith is 'Al Taqwa' which means avoiding evil, warding oneself off evil. Evil in this context might be equalised with whatever is Haram (forbidden action/thing by Allah). Muslims who reach that level of faith are called 'Al Mutaqeen', those are the kind of believers whom their faith manifests itself on their deeds, so who are they?

"Who believe in the Unseen, and establish worship, and spend of that We have bestowed upon them;

And who believe in that which is revealed unto thee (Muhammad) and that which was revealed before thee, and are certain of the Hereafter." Quraan 2:3-4

الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ وَيُقِيمُونَ الصَّلاةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ

وَالَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ وَبِالآخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ

البقرة - الآيات ٣-٤

What is the force behind their faith?
They are certain of the Hereafter, they know there will be a judgment day, they know there's a punishment and reward. Probably, like a good civilian who doesn't commit crime because he knows that he might get caught, then will be judged and punished--the only difference is that 'Al Mutaqeen' know for sure that they will get caught, because the judge (The Creator) is the witness, so there's no way out!

What does Allah say about them?
"These depend on guidance from their Lord. These are the successful." Quraan 2:5

أُوْلَئِكَ عَلَى هُدًى مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ

البقرة - الآية ٥