The Meaning of Allah the Exalted’s Statement: “And do not purify yourselves”
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The questioner:
May Allah protect you, Your Eminence. The questioner asks about the statement of Allah, Glorious and Exalted: “And do not purify yourselves”
The Shaykh:
So do not mention it.
The questioner:
[An-Najm 53:32] Does the verse mean that one should not purify another, as stated in the verse regarding touching?
The Shaykh:
No,[An-Najm 53:32], do not praise yourselves or boast about your deeds; that is its meaning. But in the other verse, [Ash-Shams 91:9], He praised those who purify themselves. So how are the two verses reconciled? The reconciliation is that the prohibition is against purifying oneself through praise and self-admiration of one’s deeds. As for the required purification of the self, it is purifying it through obedience. Purifying it through obedience and righteous deeds. [Ash-Shams 91:9-10], he purified himself through obedience and righteous deeds, and this is what is required. As for purifying oneself through praise and self-admiration, this is prohibited.
May Allah protect you, Your Eminence. The questioner asks about the statement of Allah, Glorious and Exalted: “And do not purify yourselves”
The Shaykh:
So do not mention it.
The questioner:
So do not claim yourselves to be pure
فَلَا تُزَكُّوا أَنفُسَكُمْThe Shaykh:
No,
So do not claim yourselves to be pure
فَلَا تُزَكُّوا أَنفُسَكُمْHe has succeeded who purifies it,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا(9) He has succeeded who purifies it, (10) And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2 تفسير سورة الحجرات / من الاية 9 الى الاية 12 — youtube.com (1:04:15)
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