حَقُّ التَّقوى The Reality of Godwariness

32ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ لَمّا سُئلَ عَن قَولِهِ تعالى: «اتَّقُوا اللّه‏َ حَقَّ تُقاتِهِ» ـ: يُطاعُ فلا يُعصى، ويُذكَرُ فلا يُنسى، ويُشكَرُ فلا يُكفَرُ.

32– Imam al-Sadiq (AS), when asked about Allah’s verse: "Be wary of Allah with the wariness due to Him", said, ‘He must be obeyed and not disobeyed, remembered and not forgotten, thanked and not denied.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 70, p. 291, no. 31]
 

33ـ عن أبي بَصيرٍ: سَألتُ أبا عبدِ اللّه‏ِ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) عَن قَولِ اللّه‏ِ: «اتَّقُوا اللّه‏َ حَقَّ تُقاتِهِ»، قالَ: مَنسوخَةٌ . قلتُ: وما نَسَخَتها ؟ قالَ: قَولُ اللّه‏ِ: «اتَّقُوا اللّه‏َ ما اسْتَطَعْتُم».

33- Abu Baqir said, ‘I asked Abu `Aabdillah [al-Sadiq] (AS) about Allah’s verse: "Be wary of Allah with the wariness due to Him", so he said, ‘It has been abrogated.’ I said, ‘With what?’ He said, ‘Allah’s verse: "Be wary of Allah as far as you can"[Qur’an 64: 16] [Bihar al-Anwar, v. 70, p. 287, no. 12]