The Tongue 👅
And there will appear to them from Allah SWT what they had never imagined, Surah Az Zumar 39 v 47.
Ruined are those who did good deeds only to pretend their piety before the people - this verse is about them, Sufiyaan ath-Thawree (rah) [Quortobi].
A Summary of Taqwa
Speaking the truth
Never to pain the pious
Keep the company of the pious
To ponder upon what one is sending into the next life.
If the recording Angels demanded money for their scribing we would quit useless talk (Malik ibn Dinaar (rah) Ibn Asaakir).
A believer should safeguard his tongue more than his private parts (Abu Nu'aym).
The most beloved deed to Allah SWT is the guarding of one's tongue (Baihaqi).
Prophet Adam (as) said, When Allah SWT The Almighty sent me (as) to this world from Him Proximity (Paradise) He SWT took this promise from me, 'Speak less to the extent that you once more return to My Proximity' (ibn Adee).
