Taqwa is
a quality or character (or way of being) which enables a person to live
according to the Shariah (Islamic Laws). It regulates his
entire life according to the divine commandments, by enabling the person to
follow or imitate the blessed behaviour and practices of our beloved prophet,
the noble prophet Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh). The one who inculcates this quality
in him in a permanent way is called a Muttaqi (God-fearing/pious,
righteous person). That is why we also call him Deendar (devout,
religious) or someone who is very serious in matters of Deen (meaning
to say, religion, particularly, Islam).
A
religious person has always the good fortune of living well in this temporal
life also. Allah the Almighty says in the Noble Quran:
“Whoever
does righteousness, whether male or female, while he is a believer - We will
surely cause him to live a good life…” (16: 98).
As
for the difficulties he experiences, these are only easily surmounted
difficulties, easily resolved because he knows that life on earth is only
temporary/limited. Therefore, he knows that the problems also are temporary.
(In his perspective) knowing that the problems are temporary is in itself a
great relief. Being a Muslim, he knows that come what may, all situations that
he undergoes are what Allah has decreed for him.