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2- The Garden of Guidance

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3- Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said:

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“O mankind! Be careful of your duty to your Lord Who created you from a single soul and from it created its mate and from them twain hath spread abroad a multitude of men and women. Be careful of your duty toward Allah in Whom ye claim (your rights) of one another, and toward the wombs (that bare you). Lo! Allah hath been a watcher over you.” (4:1)

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“O mankind! Be careful of your duty to your Lord Who created you from a single soul and from it created its mate and from them twain hath spread abroad a multitude of men and women. Be careful of your duty toward Allah in Whom ye claim (your rights) of one another, and toward the wombs (that bare you). Lo! Allah hath been a watcher over you.” (4:1)

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“O mankind! Be careful of your duty to your Lord Who created you from a single soul and from it created its mate and from them twain hath spread abroad a multitude of men and women. Be careful of your duty toward Allah in Whom ye claim (your rights) of one another, and toward the wombs (that bare you). Lo! Allah hath been a watcher over you.” (4:1)

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7- "nor a red over a black, nor a black over a red, except through God-consciousness (taqwa)."

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8- "Have I conveyed the message?"

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9- They replied, "The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has conveyed it."

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10- Narrated by Ahmad.

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Benefit:

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The essence of taqwa is encapsulated in the fear of Allah, clearly manifested in the fasting person who is consumed by extreme thirst,

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yet rinses his mouth while performing ablution for prayer, taking the utmost care that not a single drop of water slips down his throat,

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even though not a single person would ever notice if he were to swallow it.

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But his fear of Allah, and his dread that his fast might be nullified,

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compels him to thoroughly spit out the water so that not even a trace of it lingers in his mouth.

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That is the very essence of taqwa and mindfulness of Allah.