الآية رقم (63) - وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطُّورَ خُذُواْ مَا آتَيْنَاكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَاذْكُرُواْ مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

(63) - “And remember when We took your covenant, (Oh Children of Israel, to abide by the Torah) and We raised over you the mount, saying, hold firmly to what We have given you with determination and remember what is in it that perhaps you may become righteous.”

because the believer finds rest in obeying Allah and faces Him by his entire self. Loving to carry out obligations and finding comfort in worship develops taqwa (piety) in a person. These will also plant goodness in society, and bring others towards all forms of good. Taqwa, which is piety, encompasses all forms of goodness. So, for example, you are like a believer who finds comfort in prayer and wishes to plant goodness and love in every place. This is the affair of the believer who desires and longs for the establishing of obligations. As for the children of Israel, they denied and argued, despite all the gifts that Allah has given them, and they turned away and were arrogant.


[1] Sunan Abi Dawud: The Book of Adab, Chapter: Prayer in the Darkness of the Night, Hadith no. 4985