Taqwa: Taqwa is an Islamic term for being conscious and cognizant of God, of truth, "piety, fear of Allah." It is often found in the Quran.

✦⋆· said, "Pay more attention to performing deeds with Taqwa than deeds without it, for action with Taqwa is never considered little, and how can an accepted action be little for Allah has said, '"Allah accepts only from the Godwary."[ Quran 5:27]

● "There is a characteristic that whoever adopts, the world and the Hereafter will obey him, and he will win with the victory of Heaven." He was asked, "What is it O Messenger of Allah (saw)?" He said, "Godwariness. Whoever wants to be the most honourable of people should be wary of Allah Almighty." He then recited: "And whoever is wary of Allah, He shall make a way out for him, and provide for him from whence he does not reckon."[ Quran 65:2,3]

● "The Godwary are those who are wary of Allah for something that does not [necessarily] require wariness, for fear of entering into obscurity."

● "A man will not be among the Godwary until he takes account of himself more than a partner would take account of his [business] partner, such that he knows where his food comes from, where his drink comes from, and where his clothes come from - do they come from the lawful or the prohibited?"

● "The completion of Taqwa is that you learn what you do not know and you act upon what you do know."

● "The most Godwary of people is he who speaks the truth, be it for or against himself."

● "Whoever would like to become the most Godwary of people should rely on Allah."

✦⋆· said, "Taqwa is the leader of moral virtues."

● "Taqwa is the best treasure and the most protective guard. In it is the salvation of every runaway, the goal of every seeker, and the victory of every conqueror."

● "Fear Allah with some Taqwa at least, and place a veil [of shame] between yourself and Allah even if it be thin."

● "Taqwa is the servants' ultimate contentment with Allah in His creation's need of Him."

● "I advise you, O servants of Allah, to be wary of your duty to Allah, for it is the rein and the firm foundation. So, hold onto its proofs and cling onto its realities."

● "Taqwa is the key to appropriate behaviour, a store for the Hereafter, freedom from every habit, salvation from every type of ruin, with it a seeker is successful, a runaway is saved, and wishes are acquired."

● "Whoever plants the trees

of Taqwa will reap the fruits of guidance."

● "There is no dignity more honourable than Taqwa."

● "He who adopts Taqwa...dignity will pour down on him after having been scarce; mercy will incline towards him after having missed him [previously], blessings will gush onto him after having been barren, and benediction will heavily rain upon him after having merely drizzled."

● "Taqwa is the remedy for the sickness of your hearts, the sight for the blindness of your hearts, the cure for the sickness of your bodies, the reformation of the corruption of your chests [souls], the purification of the filth of your souls, the enlightenment of the blindness of your eyes, the safety for the fear of your anxiety, and the light to the blackness of your darkness."

● "Cling onto Taqwa, for it has a rope with strong links, and a stronghold with an invincible peak."

● "The Godwary people have signs that they are known by: speaking truthfully, returning trusts, fulfilling promises ... little association with women, spending for good causes, good-naturedness, ample clemency, and the pursuit of knowledge of whatever brings them closer to Allah Almighty."

● "It is forbidden for every heart that is infatuated with the world to have Taqwa reside therein."

● "One who disputes cannot be wary of Allah."

● "Taqwa is that a person is wary of everything that tempts him into sin."

● "He who controls his desire is Godwary."

● "A virtuous person is better than virtue and a vicious person is worse than vice."

✦⋆· in a letter that he wrote to Sa'ad al-Khayr, said, "Allah guards a servant as a result of his Taqwa when his intellect is distant from him, and He illuminates him from blindness and ignorance as a result of his Taqwa. Noah and those with him were saved in the ark and Salih and those with him were saved from the thunderbolt, because of Taqwa. The patient ones are victorious and those groups are saved from destruction through Taqwa."

● "The Godwary people have the simplest of provisions in this world, but are the most helpful to you with their provisions, you only have to mention and they help you, and if you forget [your needs] they remind you. They are communicators of Allah's commands, guardians over Allah's commands, they have confined their love to loving their Lord. They feel estranged in the world in obedience to their Ruler; they look at Allah and His love with their hearts, and they know that they are looking at Him because of the magnitude of His Rank."

✦⋆· said, "Whoever clings onto Allah being wary of his duty to Him, Allah will protect him, and whoever Allah comes to protect should not worry even if the sky was to fall onto the earth, or if a calamity was to descend onto the earth and tribulation was to encompass everyone, he will be in the protection of Allah from every tribulation as a result of his Taqwa. Does Allah Almighty not say: "Indeed the Godwary will be in a secure place."[ Quran 44:51]."

● Imam Sadiq (as), when asked about Allah's verse: "Be wary of Allah with the wariness due to Him", said, "He must be obeyed and not disobeyed, remembered and not forgotten, thanked and not denied."