Purification of The Self

Translation from Kanz al-ꜤIrfān: (For them are) Gardens for living, beneath which rivers flow, abiding in them forever; and this is the reward of him who became pure.^{^[1]}

اللہ! اللہ Whoever purifies their soul through faith and good deeds, and adopts good manners and habits, the gardens of Paradise, beneath which rivers flow, await him.

Purification of the people’s selves is the purpose of Prophethood

Dear Islamic brothers! When the final Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was sent to this world, one of his main purposes was to purify the people’s selves. The noble Quran states:

کَمَاۤ اَرۡسَلۡنَا فِیۡکُمۡ رَسُوۡلًا مِّنۡکُمۡ یَتۡلُوۡا عَلَیۡکُمۡ اٰیٰتِنَا وَ یُزَکِّیۡکُمۡ

Translation from Kanz al-ꜤIrfān: Just as We sent to you, from among you, a Messenger who recites Our verses to you, and purifies you,^{^[2]}

The renowned exegete of the Quran, Mufti Aḥmad Yār Khan NaꜤīmi
رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه, states:

The complete purification of the body, heart, spiritual thoughts, etc., is called tazkiyyah.^{^[3]} One of the meanings of this noble verse is: O people! The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم cleanses your outwards bodies from impurities by teaching you how to clean yourselves, and purifies your hearts from immorality, defects, shirk and disbelief.^{^[4]}

^{^[1]} [Kanz al-ꜤIrfān (translation of Quran)] (Part 16, Surah Ṭāhā, Verse 76)

^{^[2]} [Kanz al-ꜤIrfān (translation of Quran)] (Part 2, Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 151)

^{^[3]} Tafsīr-e-NaꜤīmī, part 1, Surah Al-Baqarah, under the verse 129, vol. 1, p. 739

^{^[4]} Tafsīr-e-NaꜤīmī, part 2, Surah Al-Baqarah, under the verse 151, vol. 2, p. 65

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