Characteristics of the Muttaqīn in Surah Al Baqarah
In the beginning of Surah Al Baqarah, Allāh talks about the characteristics of the Muttaqīn:
Allāh mentions them to be from the successful in this Dunya, and those who will attain Jannah and be protected from the Hell Fire in the Ākhirah. They are those who will benefit from the guidance of the Qur’an. Therefore strive to be from the Muttaqīn.
The characteristics of the Muttaqīn (as mentioned in the first Āyāt of Surah Al Baqarah) are:
1. Those who believe in the unseen:
They are those who believe in that which Allāh has revealed to them about but those they cannot physically see them like the Jannah, the Hellfire, the angels, and so on.
2. They are those who perform the Salawāt in its prescribed timings and by fulfilling its pillars.
3. They are those who spend from what Allāh has provided them with from provision in His path.
For spending can be of types: those that are obligatory like Zakāh, and those that are voluntary like the general Sadaqah.
4. They are those who believe in what Allāh has revealed to them – that is the Quran. They also believe in those books which were revealed to previous messengers like Injīl and Tawrah.
5. They are those who believe in the Ākhirah with certainty, and about matters such as resurrection and being accountable to Allāh on that Day for our actions and deeds, and about the rewards and punishments of Allāh.
May Allāh make us from the Muttaqīn! Amin.