taqwa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَقْوَى (taqwā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːkwə/, /ˈtɑːkwɑː/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːkwə

Noun

taqwa (uncountable)

1. (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.

Derived terms

• taqwacore