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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqwa
> Sawm and Taqwa are associated. Is there a Baha'i reference to Taqwa?
Indeed there is:
In the fourth Ishraq (splendor) of the Ishraqat (Tablet of Splendors)
We have mentioned: "Every cause needeth a helper. In this Revelation
the hosts which can render it victorious are the hosts of
praiseworthy deeds and upright character. The leader and commander of
these hosts hath ever been the fear of God (taqwa-ye allah), a fear
that encompasseth all things, and reigneth over all things."
(Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 26)
By God! This people have never been, nor are they now, inclined to
mischief. Their hearts are illumined with the light of the fear of
God (nur-e taqwa), and adorned with the adornment of His love.
(Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 122)
Ye are the shepherds of mankind; liberate ye your flocks from the
wolves of evil passions and desires, and adorn them with the ornament
of the fear of God. (taqwa-ye allah
(Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 29)
it behooveth every fair-minded person to succor Him Whom the world
hath cast away and the nations abandoned, and to lay hold on piety
and righteousness (taqwa).
(Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 35)
The cities of knowledge and of understanding wept with such a weeping
that the souls of the pious and of the God-fearing (ahl-e ... taqwa)
were melted.
(Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 72)
God-consciousness is a good translation of the concept: it is a pity
that it is so hard to fit elegantly into a sentence:
"the people of God-consciousness..."
"the God-conscious ones"
"The leader and commander of these hosts hath ever been God-
consciousness..."
The last of these works for us, but probably would not have worked
for the more biblically educated audience of Shoghi Effendi's day,
who were used to "fear of God" and had not been familiarized with
"God-consciousness" by the Hare Krishna movement
Sen
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All is to be yielded up, save only the *remembrance* of God;
all is to be dispraised, except His praise.
Today, to this melody of the Company on high,
the world will leap and dance:
`Glory be to my Lord, the All-Glorious!'
(Selections from the Writings of `Abdu'l-Baha, p. 93)
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