The Baha'i Studies Listserv Taqwa is also often translated as: fear of God, love of God and God wariness. I think the most common translation I've seen is along the lines of piety or righteousness.
But yeah, I would cautiously agree to your main observation. On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 6:44 AM, Matt Haase <[email protected]> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > I was just going to say that "God-Consciousness" sounded very "Hindu" to me, > but I'm not really surprised because I feel that Islam and Hinduism actually > have a lot of commonalities despite their very outward differences. > > > > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 5:12 AM, Sen & Sonja <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The Baha'i Studies Listserv >> >> > 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 >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> -- >> Sen McGlinn http://senmcglinn.wordpress.com >> >> 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) >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> -- >> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] >> Unsubscribe: send a blank email to >> mailto:[email protected] >> Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to >> [email protected] >> Or subscribe: >> http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st >> Baha'i Studies is available through the following: >> Mail - mailto:[email protected] >> Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st >> News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st >> Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >> New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[email protected] > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to > [email protected] > Or subscribe: > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:[email protected] > Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st > News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[email protected] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
