18 Preface يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَلتَنظُر نَفسٌ ما قَدَّمَت لِغَدٍ ۖ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَبيرٌ بِما تَعمَلونَYusuf AliO ye who believe! Fear God,1 and let every soul look to what (provision) it has2 sent forth for the morrow. Yea, fear God.5395-A### for God is well-acquainted with (all) that ye do.The “fear of God” is akin to love; for it means the fear of offending Him or doing anything wrong that will forfeit His Good Pleasure. This is Taqwā, which implies self-restraint, guarding ourselves from all sin, wrong, and injustice, and the positive doing of good. See 2:2, and n. 26.The positive side of Taqwā or “fear of God” (see last note) is here emphasised. It is not merely a feeling or an emotion: it is an act, a doing of things which become a preparation and provision for the Hereafter - the next life, which may be described as “the morrow” in relation to present Life, which is “today”.