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Al-Baqara (The Cow)
Verse 2
Translation:
2. This is the Book; in it is guidance sure without doubt to those who fear Allah.
Notes (Tafseer):
26. Taqwa and the verbs and nouns connected with the root, signify: (1) the fear of God which according to the writer of Proverbs (i.7) in the Old Testament is the beginning of Wisdom; (2) restraint, or guarding one's tongue, hand, and heart from evil; (3) hence righteousness, piety good conduct. All these ideas are implied; in the translation, only one or other of these ideas can be indicated according to the context. See also xivii 17; and ixxiv 56, n.5808.
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