Taqwa which is the divine way of living and extensively presented by Quran as the essential pillar of the system of guidance has been practically forsaken by majority of believers. Allah gifted us with the bounty of life and in order to make this life reach perfection established a system of guidance whose base was made as Taqwa. Taqwa which literally comes from the word Waqaya which is a shield used in battles that gives all around protection to the warrior. In this battle of life where man has continuously encounter the attacks on self which hinders him, deviates him from the right course; he needs a system of protection and security. This is provided by Taqwa.

Taqwa is not just confined to outward appearances of a believer, or in few ritualist acts or generally interpreted as a topic of ethical sciences. Taqwa encompasses each and every aspect of human life as everything in human life is under threat, dangers and is in dire need of protection. Since life is from Allah, guidance is from Allah and hence the system of protection also should be from Allah.

Today we have limited religion to few ritualistic acts and have forgotten those conditions, criteria’s, standards, principles and laws which Allah has made for human being so that he can live a protected life that would take him towards the purpose of creation. The Holy Quran has presented various dimensions of Taqwa in human life; in some places on etiquettes of communication, in marriage, in wearing dresses, in relationships and in some cases on laying foundations of life.

This book is a compilation of some Friday sermons of Ustad Hujjatul Islam Syed Jawad Naqvi (h.a) on the subject of Taqwa. In this book he has elaborated on the verses of Surah Tauba in which Holy Quran has presented the incident of Masjid-e-Zaraar and deduced a principle for believers that unless the foundations of any place, even if it is the most sanctitous place like a mosque is laid on Taqwa; believers should refrain from it and in fact in certain cases demolish such places as it was done by the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s) in this case.

This book is a masterpiece that touches a sensitive subject presented by the Quran whereby sincere believers get easily deceived by the outward sanctities of things which results into very high collateral damage to entire the Muslim Ummah. This book should be read very cautiously and every point should be understood precisely as this should become the basis of our life in assessing outwardly looking sacred things and also take actions on harmful things, places, centers made under the cover of sacredness. We have made an attempt to preserve the Quranic terminologies in its original form in Arabic rather than translating them to English which lacks the essence of presenting the depth inside these terms; and also these terminologies should become part of our language in routine communications.