The Thirtieth Flash

Wisdom, too, is a light. All-encompassing mercy is a light. Beautification, balance, order, and cleansing are all-encompassing lights, each a ray of the Eternal Sun.

Come, then, and see how misguidance and unbelief sink into a swamp from which there is no escape. See, too, how foolish and absurd the ignorance of misguidance truly is!

Then say:

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ عَلٰى دٖينِ الْاِسْلَامِ وَ كَمَالِ الْاٖيمَانِAll praise is due to Allah, who has blessed us with the religion of Islam and perfect īmān.

Indeed, this sublime and universal cleansing, which keeps the palace of the universe perfectly pure, is undoubtedly a manifestation and a necessary consequence of the Name al-Quddūs“The Most Holy”; one of the Most Beautiful Names of Allah, signifying that He is absolutely pure, free from every imperfection, deficiency, and fault..

Just as the glorifications of all creatures, by which they declare Allah free from every imperfection, point to the Name al-Quddūs“The Most Holy”; one of the Most Beautiful Names of Allah, signifying that He is absolutely pure, free from every imperfection, deficiency, and fault., so too does that Name require their cleanliness and purity.

It is precisely because of this sacred connection between cleanliness and holiness that the hadithA report of the sayings, actions, or approvals of Prophet Muhammed (pbuh).

اَلنَّظَافَةُ مِنَ اْلاِيمَانِCleanliness is part of faith.

counts cleanliness as part of the light of īmānFaith; belief in the six articles of faith: Allah, His angels, His revealed scriptures, His prophets, the Hereafter, and divine decree (qadar).. Likewise, the verse

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُحِبُّ التَّوَّابِينَ وَيُحِبُّ الْمُتَطَهِّرِينَIndeed, Allah loves those who constantly repent and those who purify themselves. — The Qur’an 2:222.

shows that purification is a means of attaining Divine love.