Glossary Term
Risk: Critical- Approved rendering
- راستبازی
- Transliteration
- rāstbāzī
- Rejected alternatives
- تقویٰ (piety/God-consciousness, an Islamic virtue achieved through disciplined practice, too works-oriented)
Righteousness
CRITICAL: راستبازی (‘uprightness,’ a Persian-rooted compound) must be taught as right standing before God received through faith, not تقویٰ, the Islamic virtue of God-consciousness cultivated through disciplined religious practice and moral effort.