"A pirate was captured by an Emperor, who interrogated him by asking, 'How dare you molest the sea!'The pirate replied, 'How dare you molest the whole world? Because I do it with a little ship only, I am called a thief; you, doing it with a great navy, are called an Emperor?'" [Noam Chomsky in Pirates and Emperors]"Here," the Moon continued, "are some obvious benefits, which are the results of fearing Allah, in the Hereafter.First, taqwa causes a believer to become noble in the sight of Allah.Allah says,اِنَّ اَكْرَمَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ اَتْقٰىكُمْ'... Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is he who has the most taqwa ....' [QS. Al-Hujurat (49):13]Second, Taqwa causes a believer to become successful.Allah says,وَمَنْ يُّطِعِ اللّٰهَ وَرَسُوْلَهٗ وَيَخْشَ اللّٰهَ وَيَتَّقْهِ فَاُولٰۤىِٕكَ هُمُ الْفَاۤىِٕزُوْنَ'And whoever obeys Allāh and His Messenger and fears Allāh and is conscious of Him - it is those who are the attainers.' [QS. An-Nur (24):52]Third, Taqwa causes a believer to be saved from the Punishment of Allah, the Most High, on the Day of Judgement.Allah says,وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا الْاَتْقَ'And theGod-fearing (muttaqun),will be removed from it (Hell).' [QS. Al-Layl (92):17]Fourth, Taqwa causes a believer’s good deeds to be accepted.Allah says,اِنَّمَا يَتَقَبَّلُ اللّٰهُ مِنَ الْمُتَّقِيْنَ'... Indeed, Allāh only accepts from the righteous [who fear Him].' [QS. Al-Ma'idah (5):27]Fifth, Taqwa causes a believer to inherit Paradise.Allah says,تِلْكَ الْجَنَّةُ الَّتِيْ نُوْرِثُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا مَنْ كَانَ تَقِيًّا'They will not hear therein any ill speech - only [greetings of] peace - and they will have their provision therein, morning and afternoon.' [QS. Maryam (19):63]Sixth, Taqwa causes a believer to have lofty rooms (in Paradise) one above the other.Allah says,لٰكِنِ الَّذِيْنَ اتَّقَوْا رَبَّهُمْ لَهُمْ غُرَفٌ مِّنْ فَوْقِهَا غُرَفٌ مَّبْنِيَّةٌ ۙتَجْرِيْ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهٰرُ ەۗ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ ۗ لَا يُخْلِفُ اللّٰهُ الْمِيْعَادَ'But those who have feared their Lord - for them are chambers [i.e., elevated rooms, dwellings or palaces], above them chambers built high, beneath which rivers flow. [This is] the promise of Allāh. Allāh does not fail in [His] promise. [QS. Az-Zumar (39):20]Once the Prophet (ﷺ) said,إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَغُرَفًا يُرَى ظُهُورُهَا مِنْ بُطُونِهَا وَبُطُونُهَا مِنْ ظُهُورِهَا'Indeed in Paradise there are chambers whose outside can be seen from their inside, and their inside can be seen fom their outside.'A Bedouin stood and said, 'Who are they for O Prophet of Allah (ﷺ)?'The Prophet (ﷺ) said,هِيَ لِمَنْ أَطَابَ الْكَلاَمَ وَأَطْعَمَ الطَّعَامَ وَأَدَامَ الصِّيَامَ وَصَلَّى لِلَّهِ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّاسُ نِيَامٌ'For those who speak well, feed others, fast regularly, and perform Salat for Allah during the night while the people sleep.' [Jami' at-Tirmidhi; Hasan]Seventh, Taqwa causes the believers to have a high status above the disbelievers on the Day of Judgement, and that they will dwell in the highest part of Paradise.Allah says,زُيِّنَ لِلَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوا الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْيَا وَيَسْخَرُوْنَ مِنَ الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا ۘ وَالَّذِيْنَ اتَّقَوْا فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ ۗ وَاللّٰهُ يَرْزُقُ مَنْ يَّشَاۤءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ'Beautified for those who disbelieve is the life of this world, and they ridicule those who believe. But those who fear Allāh are above them on the Day of Resurrection. And Allāh gives provision to whom He wills without account.' [QS. AL-Baqarah (2):212]Eighth, Taqwa causes them to enter Paradise, and that is because Paradise has been prepared for those, who have taqwa.Allah says,وَسَارِعُوْٓا اِلٰى مَغْفِرَةٍ مِّنْ رَّبِّكُمْ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا السَّمٰوٰتُ وَالْاَرْضُۙ اُعِدَّتْ لِلْمُتَّقِيْنَۙ'And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord and a garden [i.e., Paradise] as wide as the heavens and earth, prepared for the righteous.' [QS. Ali 'Imran (3):133]Ninth, Taqwa causes remission of bad actions and forgiveness for the mistakes a believer might commit.Allah says,وَمَنْ يَّتَّقِ اللّٰهَ يُكَفِّرْ عَنْهُ سَيِّاٰتِهٖ وَيُعْظِمْ لَهٗٓ اَجْرًا'... and whoever fears Allāh - He will remove for him his misdeeds and make great for him his reward.' [QS. At-Talaq (65):5]Tenth, Taqwa causes the believer to have what his heart desires, and what is pleasing to his eyes.Allah says,وَمَا ذَرَاَ لَكُمْ فِى الْاَرْضِ مُخْتَلِفًا اَلْوَانُهٗ ۗاِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَّذَّكَّرُوْنَ'Gardens of perpetual residence, which they will enter, beneath which rivers flow. They will have therein whatever they wish. Thus does Allāh reward the righteous.' [QS. An-Nahl (16):31]Eleventh, Taqwa causes the believer not to fear nor grieve, and neither shall any evil touch them on the Day of Judgement.Allah says,وَيُنَجِّى اللّٰهُ الَّذِيْنَ اتَّقَوْا بِمَفَازَتِهِمْۖ لَا يَمَسُّهُمُ السُّوْۤءُ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُوْنَ'And Allāh will save those who feared Him by their attainment [i.e., their success in the trials of worldly life and attainment of Paradise[; no evil will touch them, nor will they grieve.' [QS. Az-Zumar (39):61]Twelfth, they will be gathered on the Day of Judgement, wafdan (like a delegate presented before a king of honour) and the meaning of wafdan, is that they will come towards Allah, the Most High, riding.Allah says,يَوْمَ نَحْشُرُ الْمُتَّقِيْنَ اِلَى الرَّحْمٰنِ وَفْدًا'On the Day We will gather the righteous to the Most Merciful as a delegation.' [QS. Maryam (19):85]
Citations & References:Ibn Katheer, rahimahullah, said, quoting a hadeeth from Nu' maan ibn Sa'eed, he said that when they were sitting. with 'Ali, radiyallahu ,'anhu, when he recited the verse, Ali said, 'No, by Allah, they will not be gathered upon their legs. The delegates will not be gathered upon their legs, but upon a she camel, the likes of which the creation has never seen before, its saddles will be made from gold, they will ride upon it until they knock at the gates of Paradise.'Ibn Abi Hatim said that they would rode their good deeds. While Ali bin Abi Talhah said that they would riding.Thirteenth, Paradise will be brought, near to them, because they have taqwa.Allah says,وَاُزْلِفَتِ الْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِيْنَ'And Paradise will be brought near [that Day] to the righteous.' [QS. Ash-Shu'ara (26):90]Fourteenth, Taqwa causes the believer, not to be on the same level, as the fujjaar, (wicked, evil criminals etc.) or the kuffar (disbelievers).Allah says,اَمْ نَجْعَلُ الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ كَالْمُفْسِدِيْنَ فِى الْاَرْضِۖ اَمْ نَجْعَلُ الْمُتَّقِيْنَ كَالْفُجَّارِ'Or should We treat those who believe and do righteous deeds like corrupters in the land? Or should We treat the muttaqin as the fujjar?' [QS. Sad (38):28]Fifteenth, every type of companionship or friendship, which was for other than Allah will be transformed on the Day of Judgement into enmity, except for the companionship of those who had taqwa.Allah says,اَلْاَخِلَّاۤءُ يَوْمَىِٕذٍۢ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ اِلَّا الْمُتَّقِيْنَ'Close friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for the righteous.' [QS. Az-Zukruf (43):67]Sixteenth, hey will be in a place of security, among gardens and fountains.Allah says,اِنَّ الْمُتَّقِيْنَ فِيْ مَقَامٍ اَمِيْنٍۙ فِيْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّعُيُوْنٍ ۙ يَّلْبَسُوْنَ مِنْ سُنْدُسٍ وَّاِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقٰبِلِيْنَۚ كَذٰلِكَۗ وَزَوَّجْنٰهُمْ بِحُوْرٍ عِيْنٍۗ يَدْعُوْنَ فِيْهَا بِكُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ اٰمِنِيْنَۙ لَا يَذُوْقُوْنَ فِيْهَا الْمَوْتَ اِلَّا الْمَوْتَةَ الْاُوْلٰىۚ وَوَقٰىهُمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيْمِۙ'Indeed, the righteous will be in a secure place: within gardens and springs, dressed in fine silk and rich brocade, facing one another. Thus. And We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes. They will call therein for every [kind of] fruit - safe and secure. They will not taste death therein except the first death, and He will have protected them from the punishment of Hellfire.' [QS. Adh-Dukhan (44):51]Seventeenth, they will have a seat of truth (i.e., Paradise), near the Omnipotent King, Allah, the Most High.Allah says,فِيْ مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِنْدَ مَلِيْكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ'In a seat of honor near a Sovereign, Perfect in Ability [Who accomplishes whatever He wills whenever He wills].' [QS. Al-Qamar (54):55]Eighteenth, Taqwa is the cause for having different rivers in Paradise one of sweet water, the other being of milk, of which the taste, never changes, and yet another being a river of wine, delicious to those who drink it.Allah says,مَثَلُ الْجَنَّةِ الَّتِيْ وُعِدَ الْمُتَّقُوْنَ ۗفِيْهَآ اَنْهٰرٌ مِّنْ مَّاۤءٍ غَيْرِ اٰسِنٍۚ وَاَنْهٰرٌ مِّنْ لَّبَنٍ لَّمْ يَتَغَيَّرْ طَعْمُهٗ ۚوَاَنْهٰرٌ مِّنْ خَمْرٍ لَّذَّةٍ لِّلشّٰرِبِيْنَ ەۚ وَاَنْهٰرٌ مِّنْ عَسَلٍ مُّصَفًّى ۗوَلَهُمْ فِيْهَا مِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرٰتِ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّهِمْ ۗ كَمَنْ هُوَ خَالِدٌ فِى النَّارِ وَسُقُوْا مَاۤءً حَمِيْمًا فَقَطَّعَ اَمْعَاۤءَهُمْ'Is the description of Paradise, which the righteous are promised, wherein are rivers of water unaltered [in taste or smell, neither stagnant nor polluted], rivers of milk the taste of which never changes, rivers of wine delicious to those who drink, and rivers of purified honey, in which they will have from all [kinds of] fruits and forgiveness from their Rabb... [Are its inhabitants] like those who abide eternally in the Fire and are given to drink scalding water that will sever their intestines?' [QS. Muhammad (47):15]Nineteenth, Taqwa causes the believer to have the ability to travel under the shades of the trees of Paradise, and to have comfort from its shade.Allah says,اِنَّ الْمُتَّقِيْنَ فِيْ ظِلٰلٍ وَّعُيُوْنٍۙ وَّفَوَاكِهَ مِمَّا يَشْتَهُوْنَۗ كُلُوْا وَاشْرَبُوْا هَنِيْۤـًٔا ۢبِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ'Indeed, the righteous will be among shades and springs. And fruits from whatever they desire, [being told], 'Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do.' [QS. Al-Mursalat (77):41]Twentieth, for the muttaqun, on the Day of Judgement will be glad tidings; the greatest terror (on the Day of Judgement) will not grieve them, and the angels will meet them.Allah says,اَلَآ اِنَّ اَوْلِيَاۤءَ اللّٰهِ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُوْنَۚ اَلَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَكَانُوْا يَتَّقُوْنَۗ لَهُمُ الْبُشْرٰى فِى الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَفِى الْاٰخِرَةِۗ لَا تَبْدِيْلَ لِكَلِمٰتِ اللّٰهِ ۗذٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيْمُۗ'Unquestionably, [for] the allies of Allāh there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve - Those who believed and were fearing Allah. For them are good tidings in the worldly life and in the Hereafter. No change is there in the words [i.e., decrees] of Allāh. That is what is the great attainment.' [QS. Yunus (10):62-64]And Allah says,لَا يَحْزُنُهُمُ الْفَزَعُ الْاَكْبَرُ وَتَتَلَقّٰىهُمُ الْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةُۗ هٰذَا يَوْمُكُمُ الَّذِيْ كُنْتُمْ تُوْعَدُوْنَ'They will not be grieved by the greatest terror [the events of the Last Hour or of the Resurrection], and the angels will meet them, [saying], 'This is your Day which you have been promised.' [QS. Al-Anbya (21):103]Twenty first, the muttaqun, will have a better home in the Hereafter.Allah says,ۗوَلَدَارُ الْاٰخِرَةِ خَيْرٌ ۗوَلَنِعْمَ دَارُ الْمُتَّقِيْنَۙ'... and the home of the Hereafter is better. And how excellent is the home of the muttaqun.' [QS. An-Nahl (16):30]Twenty second, the muttaqun, will have their rewards, and their good actions multiplied, as Allah, the Most High, said,يٰٓاَيُّهَا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاٰمِنُوْا بِرَسُوْلِهٖ يُؤْتِكُمْ كِفْلَيْنِ مِنْ رَّحْمَتِهٖ وَيَجْعَلْ لَّكُمْ نُوْرًا تَمْشُوْنَ بِهٖ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْۗ وَاللّٰهُ غَفُوْرٌ رَّحِيْمٌۙ'O you who have believed, fear Allāh and believe in His Messenger; He will [then] give you a double portion of His mercy and make for you a light by which you will walk and forgive you; and Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.' [QS. Al-Hadid (57):28]"The Moon concluded with, "Such are the benefits of Taqwa in this world and in the Hereafter. So strive o my noble brothers and sisters in fearing, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, for He, glory be to Him, is entitled to he feared, revered and Glorified in your heart. We ask Allah the Mighty and Majestic to make us from His servants who have taqwa and who are thankful. All praise is due to Allah the Lord of the Worlds; and May all peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) upon his family and all his Companions. Allahumma Amien."It's suhoor time, then the Moon left by chanting,Obat hati ada lima perkaranya[The heart's remedy has five things]Yang pertama, baca Qur'an dan maknanya[Firstly, read the Qur'an and its meaning]Yang kedua, sholat malam dirikanlah[Secondly, pray at night]Yang ketiga, berkumpullah dengan orang sholeh[Thirdly, gather with pious people]Yang keempat, perbanyaklah berpuasa[Fourthly, increase fasting]Yang kelima, dzikir malam perpanjanglah[Fifthly, extend the evening dhikr]Salah satunya siapa bisa menjalani[Those can undergo one them]Moga-moga Gusti Allah mencukupi *)[Hopefully Allah will suffice]
- Sheikh Dr. Saleh Ibn Fawzaan Ibn Abdullah Al-Fawzaan, The Obligation of Verifying News, DuSunnah
- Imam Muhammad Salih al-Uthaymin, The Benefits of Fearing Allah, Dar as-Sunnah
*) "Tombo Ati" performed by Opick
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