people inside it. If somebody were to say the driver is taking 72 travellers to Madinah, this is totally correct. If somebody else were to say the driver is taking the entire to bus from Makkah to Madinah, this is also completely accurate. Both statements have the same meaning, that there are 72 travellers in the bus, the driver is taking them and they are going from Makkah to Madinah.

Allah Almighty mentions in one verse, that the Quran is guidance for all of mankind. In another verse, He says the Quran is guidance for the people of taqwa. By joining the meaning of these verses together, we learn that every person must become a person of taqwa, and only those who have taqwa are rightful of even calling themselves truly human.

Taqwa is the root of goodness

O devotees of the Messenger! The same way taqwa is the root of servitude and obeying Allah, it is also the root of goodness and performing good deeds. Allah Almighty states in the Holy Quran:

وَ لَیْسَ الْبِرُّ بِاَنْ تَاْتُوا الْبُیُوْتَ مِنْ ظُهُوْرِهَا وَ لٰكِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنِ اتَّقٰىۚ-

And it is not a virtue at all that you enter (your) houses by breaking the back wall; yes, virtue is in piety.^[1]

In Tafsir Sirat al-Jinan: In times of ignorance, upon wearing the ihram of Hajj, people became habitual of breaking down the back wall of their homes to enter them, if they needed to return to their homes for a necessity. They considered this an act worthy of reward. The above-mentioned verse was revealed in response to this action of theirs, and Allah says, ‘It is not a good deed for you to enter you homes from the back, rather, come towards the true good deed of taqwa.’^[2]

We come to know, the truly virtuous, pious, and righteous person is