تَفسيرُ التَّقوى Explanation of Godwariness

34ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): تَمامُ التَّقوى أن تَتَعلَّمَ ما جَهِلتَ وتَعمَلَ بِما عَلِمتَ .

34– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The completion of Godwariness is that you learn what you do not know and you act upon what you do know.’[Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 2, p. 120]
 

35ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): التَّقوى أن يَتَّقِيَ المَرءُ كُلَّ ما يُؤثِمُهُ .

35– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Godwariness is that a person is wary of everything that tempts him into sin.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2162]
 

36ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن مَلَكَ شَهوَتَهُ كانَ تَقِيّاً.

36– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who controls his desire is Godwary.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8284]
 

37ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ لَمّا سُئلَ عَن تَفسيرِ التَّقوى ـ: أن لا يَفقِدَكَ اللّه‏ُحَيثُ أمَرَكَ، ولا يَراكَ حَيثُ نَهاكَ.

37– Imam al-Sadiq (AS), when asked about the interpretation of Godwariness, said, ‘That Allah does not miss you where He has commanded you and does not see you where He has prohibited you.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 70, p. 285, no. 8]
 

38ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا يَغُرَّنَّكَ بُكاؤهُم، إنّما التَّقوى في القَلبِ.

38– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Their crying should not deceive you; rather it is the Godwariness in the heart.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, v. 70, p. 286, no. 9]