What is Taqwa?

Taqwa is not only in our manners…
Taqwa is not just about looking Islamic….
Taqwa is not about sporting a beard or wearing a Hijab…
Taqwa is not appearance

BUT

Taqwa is when you miss a single prayer, you feel uneasy the whole day…
Taqwa is when you speak a lie, your instinct feels bad…
Taqwa is the guilt that follows when you hurt someone knowingly or unknowingly.
Taqwa is the shame and regret that follows a sin you did, knowing fully well about its stand in the sight of Allah,
Taqwa is when you cannot sleep the whole night after disobeying or disrespecting your parents.
Taqwa is to cry in the depths of the night fearing none but the one above the ‘Arsh.

Taqwa is the fear that refrains us from sinning even when we are alone and nobody is looking…
Taqwa is the guts and the will to please Allah, even when the whole world is hell bent on displeasing Him…
Taqwa is to wear that beard and Hijab for the sole reason of pleasing Our Creator and to keep it as per Sunnah….
Taqwa is to stay happy and smiling even after knowing this world is a prison for believers…
Taqwa is the good manners and character that loving and fearing Allah brings in us…
Taqwa is the struggle to better yourself according to Islam with each passing day…
Taqwa is not only about rising in deen, it is more about falling but again rising up and never letting go…
Taqwa IS ALL ABOUT WHAT LIES IN THE HEART.

And if this heart is filled with proper Taqwa, then actions automatically follow…
And the sweetness of these actions is so much better…

Allah سبحانه وتعالى says in Surat-uth-Thariyaat:

وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ الذِّكْرَىٰ تَنْفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ٥٥

“Remind, for reminder benefits the believers.” [51:55]