taqwa
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic تَقْوَى (taqwā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑːkwə/, /ˈtɑːkwɑː/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːkwə
Noun
taqwa (uncountable)
- (Islam) The care taken by a person to obey the commands of Allah.
- 2020 April 20, Sami Rahman, “Ramadan 2020: The health benefits of fasting”, in Al Jazeera:
- It involves abstaining from eating, drinking, smoking and sexual relations from dawn to sunset, in the hopes that it will lead to greater "taqwa", or consciousness of God.