LessonsConveying Knowledge, Respect, Steadfastness, Taqwa, and Good Character (Hadith 139–145)Quiz

اتَّقِ اللَّهَ حَيْثُ مَا كُنْتَ، وَأَتْبِعِ السَّيِّئَةَ الْحَسَنَةَ تَمْحُهَا
Be mindful of Allah wherever you are, and follow a bad deed with a good deed, which will erase it.

Source: أحمد والترمذي

اتَّقِ اللَّهَ contains the singular imperative اتَّقِ: “be mindful of Allah.” حَيْثُ مَا كُنْتَ means “wherever you are”; the ending تَ in كُنْتَ addresses one person.

وَأَتْبِعِ السَّيِّئَةَ الْحَسَنَةَ instructs one to follow a wrong deed with a good one. تَمْحُهَا means “it erases it,” where ـهَا refers back to the wrong deed. The lesson offers a way back through repentance and correction rather than despair after wrongdoing.

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Hadith 144: Taqwa everywhere and good after wrong

Conveying Knowledge, Respect, Steadfastness, Taqwa, and Good Character (Hadith 139–145)

اتَّقِ اللَّهَ حَيْثُ مَا كُنْتَ، وَأَتْبِعِ السَّيِّئَةَ الْحَسَنَةَ تَمْحُهَا
Be mindful of Allah wherever you are, and follow a bad deed with a good deed, which will erase it.

Source: أحمد والترمذي

اتَّقِ اللَّهَ contains the singular imperative اتَّقِ: “be mindful of Allah.” حَيْثُ مَا كُنْتَ means “wherever you are”; the ending تَ in كُنْتَ addresses one person.

وَأَتْبِعِ السَّيِّئَةَ الْحَسَنَةَ instructs one to follow a wrong deed with a good one. تَمْحُهَا means “it erases it,” where ـهَا refers back to the wrong deed. The lesson offers a way back through repentance and correction rather than despair after wrongdoing.