The Ethical Value of the Qur’ānic Concept of Taqwā

Abstract

This article presents the important ethical value of the Qur’anic Taqwā and its consequences at individual, collective and universal levels. In Islam, taqwā means the fear of Allah, piety, and righteousness. The article objective is to demonstrates that taqwā is a major ethical concept in the Qur’ānic text and drives the conductus of Muslims in their all-present life aspects. Also, it has a significant consequence on their life Hereafter. The article finds that if Muslims can feel and understand all the vertical and horizontal aspects of taqwā in the present and life Hereafter, the Islamic world will be much better than what it is now, even then, they can export this Qur’anic value of taqwā to the whole of humanity and establish for a new Islamic ethical theory. During the text, a verse analysis approach is applying to develop the whole aspects of taqwā in Islam. The article concluded the integral and identical aspect of the ethical-religious aspect of the Qur’ānic taqwā and its significant impacts on Muslims life.   

Keywords: Taqwā, Qur’ān, Ethics, Piety, Virtue