<p>This article seeks to explore intersections of Islamic religious piety and Muslim masculinities. In so doing, it analyses Mappila Muslim male pious subjects belonging to the south Indian region of Malabar vis-à-vis discursive configuration of a panopticon self through vigilance of the gaze of God, Islamic social etiquettes and body adornments, and marital relations. Examining their personal and embodied forms of reflexive masculinities, and how Islamic piety is mobilized as a power resource for such transcendent configurations, the article illustrates how Islamic piety acts in effect to enable these men to embody gentler and more feminized forms of masculinities. Inculcating these men with what may be core religious values but also culturally designated as quintessentially feminine, Islamic piety in this context functions as technologies of self to produce reflexive identities.</p>