Muslim piety and food of the gods
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https://doi.org/10.3989/alqantara.2000.v21.i2.436Abstract
The paper explores a central concept in the Islamic tradition, namely 'piety' {taqwā) as it appears in the Qur'an and certain early commentaries. Problems arise, however, when approaching the concept through translations of the Qur'an into European languages (in this paper, examples are drawn from English and Spanish) which frequently convey the equivalence of taqwā with 'fear'. By examining a key Qur'anic passage (Q 2:177) the paper leads to a discussion by the commentators al-Tabarī and Ibn Kathīr of rituals related to food taboos, as a means of illuminating a fuller meaning of the Islamic notion of «piety».
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