Saturday 8 June 2013

On Climbing Mount Taqwa




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The Qur’an speaks of God as dhu’l-ma‘arij - “Lord of the ascending ways.” [70:3] So the believer is expected to be a climber, as it were, in their upward journey to God. The ascent, however, is not that simple and the old saying, “Where there’s a will, there’s a way” must be the watchword. Indeed, iradah (“will”, “aspiration”) – in this context, the will to find God – is, undoubtedly, the surest start. As such, the Qur’an praises those who aspire to the harvest of the Afterlife, [42:20] and who aspire to the face of God. [6:52]

The true believer acknowledges it is not by his or her own effort that they ascend, but effort – nonetheless – must be put in. A believer seeks  to live life under the awareness that one must climb and ascend: those who turn their backs on the ascent do no more than doom themselves to misery and wretchedness, according to God’s estimation. The Qur’an speaks frequently of this “awareness” by employing the notion of taqwa.


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