Quotes & Sayings About Taqwa

This moment of dawning is called taqwa - God-consciousness, and ihsan - awareness. Suddenly you know that God can see you and knows you, even if you do not know or see Him. — Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood

Good manners is part of taqwa and you cannot have taqwa without good manners — Ibn Rajab

I would rather be a conscious wrongdoer than a mindless saint. — Habeeb Akande

The heart becomes sick, as the body becomes sick, and its remedy is al-Tawbah (repentance) and protection [from transgression]. It becomes rusty as a mirror becomes rusty, and its clarity is obtained by remembrance. It becomes naked as the body becomes naked, and its beautification is al-Taqwa. It becomes hungry and thirsty as the body becomes hungry, and its food and drink are knowledge, love, dependence, repentance and servitude. — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

Whoever is not made glorified by taqwa can find no glory. — Al-Shafi'i

An accepted deed is never small in Taqwa (consciousness of Allah), how can what has been accepted be small? — Ali Ibn Abi Talib