God says

…God loves those who turn to Him in repentance, and he loves those who keep themselves pure. - Q.2:222

For action in the case of a state of ceremonial impurity, see Q.5: 6 next Friday.


To a happy state shall indeed attain he who causes his [self] to grow in purity, and truly lost is he who buries it [in darkness]. -- Q.91:7-10

* The reference to man and that which constitutes the “human personality”, as well as the implied allusion to the extremely complex phenomenon of a life-entity in which bodily needs and urges, emotions and intellectual activities are so closely intertwined
as to be indissoluble, follows organically upon a call to consider inexplicable grandeur of the universe (verses 1-6) – so far as it is perceptible and comprehensible to man – as a compelling evidence of God’s creative power.

** Lit., “and [consider] that which has inspired it with its immoral doings (fujraha) and its Gid-consciousness (taqwaha)”—i.e., the fact that human being is equally liable to rise to great spiritual heights as to fall into utter immorality is an essential characteristic of human nature as such. In its deepest sense, man’s ability to act
wrongly runs parallel with his ability to act rightly: in other words, it is this inherent
polarity of tendencies which gives to every “right” choice a value and, thus, endows man with moral free will.




Prophet said


“Cleanliness is half the faith*…” – H: Muslim. N: Abu Malik al Ashari

*Because faith destroys physical as well as mental impurities and also makes redemption of minor as well as major sins.


“Cleanliness is the key to prayer” -- H: Abu Daud, Tirmizi and Darimi. N: Ali. (Ibn Majah reported it from Abu Sayeed)


“God looks not at your appearance, nor at your wealth; but he looks at your hearts and deeds” – H: Muslim. N: Abu Hurairah