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[quote]Assalamo’alaikum brothers and sisters,
            The literary meanings of TAQWA/Piety are “having fear (of Almighty Allah)”. One who adapts TAQWA/Piety is called MUTTAQUEE/Pious.  
            The concept of TAQWA/Piety is not as the people know, rather different. It is not an ordinary entity but is a special aspect and extreme of Muslim's spirit. I simplify the concept to state that it is same as someone passes through a thick jungle, taking so much care not to have infliction of even a minor abrasion on one’s clothes or the body. The concept can be further consolidated by the following examples.
1.	Men can offer prayers with pent or T-shirt or bare headed but is against TAQWA/Piety.
2.	Men and women (even with Hijab) can work together in an office or hospital but is also against TAQWA/Piety.   
3.	We can refuse a young healthy habitual beggar but is against TAQWA/Piety. 
4.	Even killing of the insects on the crops is against TAQWA/Piety. Let them eat. Similarly TAQWA/Piety requires donation of your own food, when you are hungry, to the other hungry people. 
5.	Moreover TAQWA/Piety also favours the rights of nonliving things e.g. throwing of a clean white paper or even an unused matchstick into the dustbin is against TAQWA/Piety.
            Similarly there are many other examples where we are not sinful but still can not be included in the category of TAQWA/Piety. This is the state of FANAH-FILLAH that means“ Negating oneself and nothing but Allah”.  
            Holy Quran guides only those who adapt TAQWA/Piety(Baqra-2, HUDALLIL MUTTAQUEEN). So the requirement of gaining effects of Quran is to be a MUTTAQUEE first. This is compulsory without which one will get the reward of reciting Holy Quran but will remain deprived of advanced supper high effects (JAMALIAT) of Holy Quran, the receptors of which are only mounted on TAQWA/Piety. So adapting TAQWA/Piety and achieving the effects of Holy Quran is followed by height of delight for the man and Almighty Allah. 
            In the end, TAQWA/Piety is summarised as having absolute fear of Almighty Allah at each and every step and breath in our lives. May Allah facilitate us to do what he wants? Amen!
                                                                                                                         Allah Hafiz!
                                                                                                                         Dr. Akhlaq 
                                                                                                    Pakistan[/quote]

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