Fear in the Quran | Mufti Abu Layth

right fear let's go back to fear you see most of these verses that are translated as fear are not actually fear in Arabic most of them so fear does appear in the Quran as well um like this the general word is that you know there is this who fears um there is also you know uh about about whosoever now this is

like to kind of fear it as um you see I feel that and I could be this is my understanding but it doesn't have to be but people May challenge but I would feel that there's a disappointment I'm sorry there's a difference between uh and this uh and I would see in kashia more of a a fear of kind of like it doesn't have to be this I'm not saying it's exclusive to this but I do this is how I sense in there as well this this layer

of fearing to disappoint as well inia um now there's there's these words but the word that is often used and translated as fear in in English is it is from the word that this to have tawa of Allah does not mean fear Allah but people translate it like that and they say like you know but

really this does not mean to be kind of fearful of God uh that would be this is more to be very um Vigilant of God so to be incredibly SE to have a dee rooted or a deep-seated selfawareness that God is watching you so that is um how tawa would actually be understood that's the actual term so people often translate that as um

have fear of God like fear God but this God Consciousness is really a person yes they use it in that way like imagine somebody was trying to rip you off and you said you said you know you know you know bro you know God at least think of God that God is watching you be God conscious this is what you're saying and it translates to people as fear God I suppose it can work but in that trans it's not an accurate

translation but I suppose the message would come across if if you felt somebody was trying to rip you off and you said saying fear God as a translation would still carry off the simil a similar objective okay