106 — A similar report is related from ʿIkrimah (1).
107 — Qatādah said: “They neither acknowledge it nor believe in it” (2).
108 — Al-Suddī likewise said: “They do not recognize it as a religious duty, and even if they were to give zakah while remaining polytheists, it would not benefit them” (3).
109 — Muʿāwiyah ibn Qurrah said: “They are not among its people” (4).
110 — Moses said to Pharaoh: “So say: ‘Would you be willing to purify yourself, and that I guide you to your Lord so that you may fear Him?’” (al-Naziʿat 79:18–19).
111 — About the blind man He said: “Yet what will make you realize? Perhaps he will purify himself” (ʿAbasa 80:3).
112 — And He said: “Successful indeed is the one who purifies it, and ruined is the one who corrupts it” (al-Shams 91:9–10).
113 — And He said: “Whoever comes to his Lord as a sinner—for him is Hell, wherein he will neither die nor live … That is the reward of the one who purifies himself” (Ta Ha 20:74–76).
Meaning of Praise
114 — Praise works in the same way: every time a servant praises his Lord, the reality of that praise takes root in his heart.