Identities in The Quran

Wakas

peace Sarah,

Thanks for the work. This is the kind of study and sharing of research that is needed.

also i'm becoming more familiar with the PRL (project root list) focusing on the root of the word. it helps, it's useful if you know how to read arabic letters it's useful.

One does not even need to read Arabic these days. By using http//corpus.quran.com for example anyone can find the root of any word they wish to study. It is so easy.

http//www.studyquran.co.uk/PRLonline.htm

san

bravo Sarah -- This is really good!

let me add one to your list

God loves, is with and supports the muttaqeen/tqw Allah
...
652 And whoever yattaqi Allah - He will make for him a way out

If i may suggest, this thread may be best focused on T-Q-W (e.g. by renaming the thread's subject like that of this post's), so any finding regarding other "identities" can be observed in their relationship to T-Q-W. Then afterward we can make another thread to focus on H-S-N (IHsan, muHsin) for example. Just to keep it compact and modular for easy reference. So we'll have a series of "Identities in the Quran".

Insha Allah i will add to this thread incrementally and i encourage others to add new findings on T-Q-W here too. So whenever you read on T-Q-W, please check this thread if what you've just read had been listed (or not) or if you wanted to add a note.

Peace!

Bigmo

bravo Sarah -- This is really good!

let me add one to your list

God loves, is with and supports the muttaqeen/tqw Allah
...
652 And whoever yattaqi Allah - He will make for him a way out

If i may suggest, this thread may be best focused on T-Q-W (e.g. by renaming the thread's subject like that of this post's), so any finding regarding other "identities" can be observed in their relationship to T-Q-W. Then afterward we can make another thread to focus on H-S-N (IHsan, muHsin) for example. Just to keep it compact and modular for easy reference. So we'll have a series of "Identities in the Quran".

Insha Allah i will add to this thread incrementally and i encourage others to add new findings on T-Q-W here too. So whenever you read on T-Q-W, please check this thread if what you've just read had been listed (or not) or if you wanted to add a note.

Peace!

22.37. It is not their meat nor their blood, that reaches Allah. it is your piety that reaches Him He has thus made them subject to you, that ye may glorify Allah for His Guidance to you and proclaim the good news to all who do right.

So how does taqwa here fit with God consciousness and how is that different from piety?

SarahY

Peace all

Wakas
Sure, you?re right you don?t need Arabic but what I mean to say is it helps. The PRL is useful for anyone as you said ?anyone can find the root of any word they wish to study?, if they wish too definitely. for me knowing some arabic gives me a bit of a drive.

San
I could go by your suggestion I just thought not many people would comment about the topic. I guess maybe in future if people want to be specific about an identity it might be easier in different headings/threads? Although some of them link with each other..

I basically was only doing an overview, so I did leave some verses out (well more than some). Anyway you made me feel compelled to look at all of them and categorise them. I guess that is not a bad thing just more time consuming, hopefully by tonight I?ll post it up.

Bigmo
The site Wakas suggested is quite useful http//corpus.quran.com/ if you have time or the will, look at it or use it.

Possibly it would have helped you understand the verse you mentioned.

The verse uses the word taqwa and it is the "taqwa" that reaches God.

So the question is what is taqwa? Taqwa is loosely translated as being God conscious right? But what do the God conscious involve?

God consciousness involves being pious. The ones who do taqwa are muttaqeen. So read point 5. it might help you understand taqwa and how this reaches God. wouldn't it be contradictory that one who is pious isn't God conscious? being pious is part of being God conscious is it not?

What does TQW/muttaqeen entail

221 Ibada
2197 remain and be conscious of God during hajj
2180 muttaqeen must leave wealth with parents/near relatives when death is approaching
2183 siyyam is so you can tataqoon (stay conscious)
241 don?t deny truth, believe/follow in the revelation
3133 are quick to race for forgiveness/maghfira
376 keep to your 3ahad/pledge
58 being just is close to taqwa
856 those who break covenant/pledge all the time are NOT yataqoon.
1290 those who yatiq are doers of good
1569 one that tqw Allah doesn?t disgrace/shame God.
3370 speak justly
6416 keep your duty with God, listen and obey (follow Quran?) and spend in charity

Birr and TQW.

2177 what bir is belief in God and the last day, angels, books and prophets. And gives wealth to relatives, orphans, needy and the person who asks, establishes salat and zakat, keep their 3ahad/pledge/promises, patient in times of tribulation and adversity and times of stress. they are who are true, the muttaqeen.

2189 explains albirr as not entering the house from behind.. meaning being proper?
52 help each other in albir waltaqwa. Talks about not what to do i.e. no ithm or 3idwan.
589 against ism and 3idwan, hold counsel in the cause of virtue and god consciousness

Hope that helps

Peace

SarahY

A continuation from first post

God loves, is with and supports the muttaqeen/tqw Allah
376 God loves the muttaqeen.
936 God is with the muttaqeen
Paradise/hereafter /Ajr/reward is for the muttaqeen + God is aware of them
2212 those who believe and are God conscious will be above those who kafarou on youm alqiyama
3133 Jannah is for the muttaqeen
315 the God conscious will have jannah
3115 whatever good is done, won?t be denied. God is aware of the mutaqeen
3172 those who respond to the call of God after misfortune befalls them will and are God conscious will get a reward/ajr
3179 those who believe and are God conscious have a great ajr
4128 if you do good and tqw Allah God is aware of what you do
632 dar alakhira is better for those who tqw
565 people of the book who believe and are God conscious will enter Jannah
20132 aaqiba liltaqwa ? future for tqw
94 God loves the muttaqeen
735 whoever is conscious of God and does good no fear or grief will they have.
7128 al3aqiba lilmuttaqeen, future for the tqw?
7156 those who Tqw, and do zakat and believe in the ayat will be successful (see 7157)
7169 the dar alakhira is better for yattaqoon
1063 those who believe and have been conscious.. no fear or grief (context see 1062)
1149 al3aqiba lilmuttaqeen/ future for muttaqeen
1963 jannah for those who tqw
1985 Muttaqeen will be gathered (implication jannah?)
2753, saved are those who believe and tqw
3335 those who obey have a reward
3920 those who tqw will have mansions/reward
4335 happiness in the akhira for muttaqeen
4451-52 muttaqeen have maqam ameen, jannah.
4736 God will give those who tqw their ajr.
5454 muttaqeen in jannah
655 this is Gods command. Whoever follows it and God conscious will be pardoned and have a great reward (see context 654)
652 God grants a way out (of unhappiness) for those who are God conscious
7741 muttaqeen will be around shade and fountains.. 7742- and have fruits they desire.
7831 Muttaqeen will have mufaz i.e. fulfilment of desire? Does it = jannah?
Taqwa is a protection/ to be saved
224 Be conscious of the fire, those who deny the truth. i.e those who doubt the revelation produce a surah if they can (context 223)
248 Tqw the day when no human will avail another. So basically save yourself now before it?s too late.
2123 Tqw the day when no human will avail another.
2281 be conscious of the day you will be brought back
829 If you TQW Allah, He will provide a criteria, remove our sins and forgive us.

Save/waq/preserve/supplication
2201 waqina (save us) from punishment of nar. Supplication.
316 supplication save us from nar
3131 save yourself from nar
3191 waqina 3athab alnar save us from suffering of nar
1334 none will have a waq/shield to protect in akhira
1337 those who follow vain desires after seeing the hikma, will have no waq
2574 supplication ?cause us to be muttaqeen
3957 if God had guided me (context, person in jahanam? I would have been of the muttaqeen ?
407 save waqihm? these people from jahanam?
409 preserve them (40 form evil deeds
4045 God preserve (fawaqahu) from the evil planning
4456 they will be preserved (wawaqahum) from fire

Tqw is for those who believe + Be God conscious
221 worship God so that you can remain tattaqoon
2179 we have this life to be/remain God conscious.
2187 God makes clear his messages so that we can yataqoon. (this context in regards to itikaf in masjid and rights of spouses during siyyam)
2196 things to do at hajj and remember to attqw Allah
2197 Things to abstain from at hajj .. the best provision is taqwa, so be conscious of God
2203, remember God during appointed days, (2 or more?) so long as s/he remains conscious of God.
2223 (wives/desire) remain conscious of God.
2224 don?t let your oaths cause issues/obstacle to virtue and God consciousness
3102 Twq Allah and only die in a state of muslimoon
3123 tqw Allah so you can be thankful (tashkaroon)
41 tqw Allah who created you, Tqw the one you ask from
4131 before our time and now in our time we are told to attaqu Allah. If we make kfr, it?s our own problem Allah ghaniyyan hameedun/self sufficient.
57 remember the pledge we hear and obey and be conscious of God
535 those who believe Tqw Allah.
5108 be conscious of God and be mindful of your duty, God doesn?t guide the fasiqeen
651 those who are fearful remember none can protect him except Allah? Be conscious of Allah.
7171 take what was given and remember what was in it so you can tataqoon
106 the world is a sign for the ones that tqw
1031 of all that you are given, will you not be conscious of God?
3133 Tqw rabbakom
3337 be conscious of God
3910 those who believe it is better to be God conscious
3916 Servants be conscious of god
5728 those who believe attaq Allah
5918 be conscious of God and your (future) actions and remain conscious of God
What does TQW/muttaqeen entail
2231 Don?t transgress the rights of a women when going for divorce?
2233 Be fair (about nursing, weaning and providing for children) and conscious of God.
2237 if you divorce before touching but have settled a dowry(faradtum) give them half of what was settled unless she or guardian forgo the dower and that is more accord to Taqwa
2241 muttaqeen duty to their divorced women should be maintenance
2283 don?t hide a testimony if you have been entrusted with one
2278 give up gains from usury
2282 let the scribe write equitably/in truth
376 one who keep their bond
3200 be patient, vie in patience with one another
376 keep to their pledge
3120 peoples guile can?t harm you if you are god conscious and patient.
3130 don?t devour usury
3133 speed to gain forgiveness/maghfira.
49 speak appropriately.
4129 if your not fair/just with women.. but if you amend ways and do right and are conscious of God, God forgives.
52 help each other to bir and taqwa and don?t help each other with ithm or 3idwan.
54 Remember Gods name over food?
588 Eat what is lawful
834 muttaqeen are the guardians of the masjid?
94 fulfil the covenant/treaty
3031 establish salat and don?t be of the mushrikeen
3828 are not mufsideen, do good deeds
4367 on the day friend will be foes to each other except the muttaqeen
491 don?t put your desires over what has been ordained remain God conscious.
493 those who lower their voice in the presence of rasool Allah show taqwa
4910 reconcile/make peace with one another
4912 Avoid suspicion/guess work. Don?t spy on each other or back bite.
5332 avoid big sins
599 aren?t stingy
Quran is the guidance for mutaqeen
1997 It has been made easy to understand, a glad tiding for the muttaqeen
6510 don?t be like 658, Tqw Allah, Allah has sent down the dhikr (i.e. the Quran)

NEW CATEGORY
It?s interesting to note that people before us were told to be God conscious and adhere to their scripture

The people before were told to TQW, they are an example for us to be muttaqoon 266, 2434

263 (context is Jews, Christians and Sabians but they turned away 262-64) take what was given to you and remember what?s in it so that they can remain God conscious.
2103 the shiyateen of Solomon (see 2102) if they had believe and tqw it would have been better for them
350 Issa tells to taqw allah.
527 context Adam?s two children, one answers ?Allah accepts only from the muttaqeen?
546 the previous scriptures were a guidance, Issa was given injeel to confirm the truth of what remained in the Torah, for the God conscious.
5112 followers of Issa itaq allah.
763 (I think context is Noah/Nuh. See 759-) They were sent a reminder from their lord, be conscious of God.
765 people of Hud are told to be conscious of God.
796(who are ahla alqura?) If they had believed and tqw they would have got blessings but they lied.
7164 People preach in order that others may be conscious of God
2148 Musa and Haron were given the firqan a reminder for the muttaqeen
2323 Noah told his people to worship God and will they not be conscious of him?
2611 Pharaoh?s people refuse to be muttaqeen
26106 Noah said to the people won?t you be conscious of God
26124 Hud said to the people won?t you be conscious of God
26142 Salih said to the people won?t you be conscious of God
26161 Lut said to the people won?t you be conscious of God
26177 Shuaib said to the people won?t you be conscious of god
2916 Ibrahim said to his people, believe in God and Tqw, that is best for you
331 Prophet, remain conscious of God, don?t follow the kafireen, or munafiqeen
3332, prophets wives aren?t like nay other women provided they stay God conscious.
37124 Elias (see 37123) said to his people will you not be God conscious
4363 Issa came with truth and wisdom itqw Allah
1912-13 Yahya was Tqiya/ God conscious.
713 worship/ibid Allah and tqw (Noah said to his people)

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I got a lil lazy, and wasn?t sure about all of these (meaning + category.. also need to double check in case I misquoted/misunderstood).

2206 when a fasid (see context 2204-205) is told to be conscious of God their pride causes them to sin, they get jahanam
3186 you will be tested with your possessions and self if you are patient and tqw that is a determining factor/3azami alomoor
593 we can do as we wish provided we do good deeds and tqw allah and increase in tqw. Be conscious of God.
596 halal is what is in the sea, forbidden is to hunt on land when in pilgrimage?
669 the people that yattaqoon are to remind people of 668
726 The garment of taqwa is the best garment
9108-109. I?m not sure but from what I understand we shouldn?t enter a masjid unless it is built with the intention of taqwa? and that is the better than any other reason.
1652 do you tqw other than Allah?
1918 Maryam seeks refuge from God if the person (rasool, 1920) is God fearing.
2387 will you not remain conscious of God?
3355 no sin to appear freely in front of these people? Be conscious of God
3645 TQW what is before you and after you
651 in regards to prophet and wives, be conscious of God.
7317 how can you protect/ be God conscious if you disbelieve?
917-8 the nafs is instilled with moral failings and God consciousness
9611-12 is the person (prevents) concerned with being on the right or with taqwa
925 those who give and tqw God will make their path easy (see in context 925-7)

328, 7171. 9115, 1681, 3924, 4826, 5013, 5218, 5227, 597, 606, 6011,4021, 7456, 7611, 9217, 6510

I think that is all of them (need to double check). Not all the verses are linked with muttaqeen/taqwa i.e. the word ?waq? is used in regards to being protected/shield/guard.

Other identities noted
Fasiqeen mushrikeen manafaqeen

SarahY

Peace all

I thought before delving into this task that it wouldn?t be so difficult.. Though I was wrong to make such an assumption. It?s not so difficult to categorises verses but I think sometimes it?s difficult (for me) to understand some verses? so it requires more thinking than matching. So sometimes categorising ain?t so easy.

Some of the verses I read and thought ?huh? What does that mean? so I?d read an English translation and still think ?um.. I don?t get it?. So while I am categorising there are still some I have left out..

(I have pointed the verses I left out.. also some words aren?t purely an identity but the word may have the same root as the identity)

Just saying this in case people were wondering why I didn?t use all the verses..
basically

I didn?t totally comprehend it
I might have totally missed it
Didn?t know what to categorise them under
Wasn?t an identity
Got lazy and procrastinated.

Sorry for any inconvenience, God willing in due time I will try understand these verses and make comments about them.

And I did miss out a verse completely. Someone pointed it out for me BTW don?t hesitate to just post it on the thread

3933 those who bring truth and accept truth are muttaqeen

peace )

abdullah_m

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I wish I could do this!

Would you please tell us how you do it?
What tools do you use?

thanks!!

SarahY

Peace Abdullah,

Anyone could do it if they wanted to...it?s not a secret mystery.. I just read the verses and categorise them..

Specifically..

I do a phonetic search on islamicity for the specific identity i.e. ?muttaqeen? that?s just helpful in isolating all the verses relating to that identity. Although when I do a PRL search I find them anyway..

I do a search on PRL for the root and get all the verses. I look them up and make a word document of all the verses. I print out all the verses (Arabic and English; I use Asad?s). I then make notes about what the verses says. I type up the notes and then group them, the ones that are similar. Make headings and there you go.
Things I dunno I just leave aside depending on my time/initiative I?ll look at different translations to try get a better understanding. Sometimes I miss verses because of all the moving and categorising..

But basically that is it. Just read about a topic, try to understand it and see what it says about it.

Tools
http//www.studyquran.co.uk/PRLonline.htm
http//www.islamicity.com/quransearch/
http//corpus.quran.com this is also good, but I don?t use it that much. I prob will when I go over the verses I skipped

SarahY

I was separating the types of rewards i.e. jannah, ajr, dar akhira, 3aqiba etc?

(I didn?t finish) but I did notice something there is no mentioning of ?dar alakhira? nor ?3aqiba? to muhsineen

Darr alakhira could be interpreted as

Dar = house? residence? It infers your environment. Akhira something that happens later; future near or far off

3aqiba = future, something that comes after

So to muttaqeen is the future. So what does it mean? They are conscious aware of the future? Or more like they?re successful in the future? because they are conscious of God, of themselves, the present etc.

Could jannah mean more than what traditionalists think and more like better living life. Maybe, maybe not.

Just throwing ideas.

Salam

Mazhar

I was happy to find this thread researched and started by a moderator.

The thread is the most important since

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And you people hasten emulously aiming at seeking protection and forgiveness which is conditionally ensured through the Elevated Messenger to you as promise from your Sustainer Lord, and towards the Paradise.

Her capaciousness-width is that of the Skies and the Earth.

The Paradise is prepared exclusively for those who sincerely endeavour to attain salvation.

It stems from Root . Ibn Faris stated in his famous lexicon

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That it leads to the perception of fending off - warding off from something else; to defend, to guard oneself. Property by means of which one guards oneself.

The irreducible feature of this Root is protection - safeguarding of somebody or something - something that prevents somebody or something from harm or damage. It can be transcribed by English noun "salvation - deliverance - preservation" which signifies act of saving of somebody from harm, destruction, difficulty or failure. All words stemming from a Root share the basic semantic feature. The concept denoted by English noun and verb "fear" or "awe" is not the component of semantic domain of this Root.

Grand Qur'aan is itself the best lexicon for all its important words and terms. It renders the meanings of its important words explicit by using it with such collocates that leave no ambiguity for the reader to comprehend the semantics of text.

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Paradise is for those who sincerely endeavour for salvation