The ARABIC word TAGHWÄ (translated to piety) means self control - In other word, it is an internal power that helps man against excess and transgress and passion. In man, piety is, as a BRAKE in a vehicle - a device for applying resistance to the motion of a body. Piety is so important in Islamic culture that the following verse of QURÄN, relating it, has turned to a common and everlasting slogan: ``... The most honoured of you in the sight of Allah is the most VIRTUOUS of you.'' QURÄN - S 49: 13