[VIDEO] who are the people of taqwa? by Nouman Ali Khan

masyaAllah great video. and how amazing it is to notice how true his words are, or more accurately: ALLAH's words. it was like He is talking to us directly. and I couldn't help realizing how He knows us more then even ourselves. o Allah, guide us to the straight path (the words in italic are brother nouman's words.

وَسَارِعُواْ إِلَى مَغْفِرَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالأَرْضُ أُعِدَّتْ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

[3:133] Dan bersegeralah kamu kepada ampunan dari Tuhanmu dan kepada surga yang luasnya seluas langit dan bumi yang disediakan untuk orang-orang yang bertakwa,

English: And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord; and a Garden, the extensiveness of which is (as) the heavens and the earth, it is prepared for those who guard (against evil).

الَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ فِي السَّرَّاء وَالضَّرَّاء وَالْكَاظِمِينَ الْغَيْظَ وَالْعَافِينَ عَنِ النَّاسِ وَاللّهُ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنِينَ

[3:134] (yaitu) orang-orang yang menafkahkan (hartanya), baik di waktu lapang maupun sempit, dan orang-orang yang menahan amarahnya dan mema'afkan (kesalahan) orang. Allah menyukai orang-orang yang berbuat kebajikan.

English: Those who spend (benevolently) in ease as well as in strain, and those who restrain (their)(swallow) anger and pardon men (with love); and Allah loves the doers of good (to others).

وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا فَعَلُواْ فَاحِشَةً أَوْ ظَلَمُواْ أَنْفُسَهُمْ ذَكَرُواْ اللّهَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُواْ لِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَمَن يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلاَّ اللّهُ وَلَمْ يُصِرُّواْ عَلَى مَا فَعَلُواْ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

[3:135] Dan (juga) orang-orang yang apabila mengerjakan perbuatan keji atau menganiaya diri sendiri, mereka ingat akan Allah, lalu memohon ampun terhadap dosa-dosa mereka dan siapa lagi yang dapat mengampuni dosa selain dari pada Allah? Dan mereka tidak meneruskan perbuatan kejinya itu, sedang mereka mengetahui.

English: And those who when they commit an indecency or do injustice to their souls remember Allah and ask forgiveness for their faults -- and who forgives the faults but Allah, and (who) do not knowingly persist in what they have done.

( 'even if we disappoint Allah, even if we fall short of the standard He set for us, don't lose hope in the mercy of Allah')

أُوْلَـئِكَ جَزَآؤُهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَجَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا وَنِعْمَ أَجْرُ الْعَامِلِينَ

[3:136] Mereka itu balasannya ialah ampunan dari Tuhan mereka dan surga yang di dalamnya mengalir sungai-sungai, sedang mereka kekal di dalamnya; dan itulah sebaik-baik pahala orang-orang yang beramal.

English: (As for) these -- their reward is forgiveness from their Lord, and gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide in them, and excellent is the reward of the laborers.

(AliImran, 3:133-136)

so in short, these are the characters of someone with taqwa (from these verses only):

1. spend (benevolently) in ease as well as in strain
2. restrain (their)(swallow) anger and pardon men (with love)
3. when they commit an indecency or do injustice to their souls remember Allah and ask forgiveness for their faults*
4. do not knowingly persist in what (the sins) they have done.

*its important to realize here that no one is free from sin but rasulullah s.a.w. but whats more important is that, do not forget to remember Allah, repent and try your best to not repeat your mistake

wallahua'alam