How can one become God-fearing?

Question

I really want to be more God-fearing. I know why to be God-fearing, I just don't know how to be. I am to an extent but it comes and goes - sometimes I care more than others and I really want to keep the feeling when it's high, so I can remain steadfast in prayer and stop sinning when I know it's easy not to.

Answer 1

try keep company of the pious,allah is always watchings us, all sins will be bad for our body,all that allah has forbidden to us is infact bad to us.comtemplate how much allah loves us,by giving us islam,by being in the ummahti of the last prophet peace be upon him. read the vertue of swalaat,fast etc..allah bless us with eyes,body etc.. why use these blessing to disobey allah

Answer 2

To know Allah, you have to know yourself First!

Humanity has been created to worship Allah and is constantly being tested. A person's temporal existence on average is about sixty years, it is not much time before one is eventually brought before Allah to give account for every second of one's life. When everyone learns of what they have earned on Earth through the evidence provided by these witnesses, Allah will then decide on the kind of eternal life appropriate for them. If a person possesses good deeds he will be given his Book in his right hand and that person will be eternally saved. However, if he is among those whose Books are given in their left hands, he will then say:

… If only I had not been given my Book and had not known about my Reckoning! If only death had really been the end! My wealth has been of no use to me. My power has vanished. (Surat al-Haqqa: 25-29)

From here on he will be apprehended, dragged facedown and taken to h**l, never to be released.

The reason behind this terrible end, is that people never imagined that their every action would be recorded and would one day be revealed and accounted for, hence they passed their lives carelessly without fearing Allah or His warnings. A person such as this who does not possess a definite form of belief in the Hereafter, in the Day of Judgment or in a terrorizing place of punishment for wrong actions and careless behavior, like h**l, will not mind ignoring Allah's boundaries.

This is why fear of Allah is a very strong indicator of faith in Allah and an important indicator of what to expect in the eternal Hereafter. The only way to safety is founded upon fearful awareness of Allah and scrupulous caution.

The Day of Judgment is a fearsome reality to be reflected upon with awe so that it becomes impossible to remain unaffected by it. However, this fear is only applicable to people of faith and is a particular type of fear because Allah has described what will happen on the Day of Judgment in numerous Qur'anic verses; the scribes, witnesses and the enormous congregation of people. This is an absolute certainty, which is unconditionally accepted by true believers who are fearful of facing such a terrifying ordeal.

Everything you do is immediately recorded, even as you are reading this book. You are fast approaching the day when you will be called by Allah to account for your actions. So we hope to be amongst those who have earned Allah's pleasure through fearful awareness of Him:

... Take provision; but the best provision is taqwa of Allah. So have taqwa of Me, people of intelligence! (Surat al-Baqara: 197)

(Taqwa means consciousness, awe or fear of Allah, which inspires a person to be on guard against wrong action and eager for actions which please Him.

So have Taqwa and have Faith in Allah at all times!

Answer 3

Read the quran again. It should have enough descriptions of hellfire to keep a believer in fear.

Answer 4

To fear Allah you must know him first...

Read the Qur'an with the understand.....

   I might have repeated what the others have said

but its right.

Also gain further knowledge and know what is haram and what is halal so u can keep yourself very far from what is haram...

Its nice to find another practicing muslim.

Answer 5

Well, just consider all the times when God slaughtered innocent people for no reason; such as 2 Kings 2:24, and Exodus 12:29, and I'm sure you'll be terrified in no time.

Answer 6

The Prophet peace be upon him states: "[Ihsan is] to worship God as though you see Him, and if you cannot see Him, then indeed He sees you." (Al-Bukhari and Al-Muslim).

Ihsan means excellence of Faith.  

Answer 7

there are certain steps.

First always think that Allah is with me, he is seeing me, he is listening me, and also somtimes in the lonliness repeat these words.

2. always lower your gaze.

3. read the quran with translation(weather it is one page daily).

4. think about the shortness of this life, that enjoyment of this life is also short, so why we follow our nafs for this short period and do that deeds which donot please our creator,

5. keep the company of good people,

6. do Zikr daily ( weather for 10 minutes).

7. in prayer think about the meaning.

also pray to Allah that he may give you his fear and love(also)

Answer 8

learn the meaning of life. Read the Holy Quran. You don't need to fear God. You just need to do what He wants.