The Foundation of Sanctification. Some of them say that He is intermixed with impurities, while the rest accept this consequence. Thus, they defile rather than sanctify.

Among the things most abhorrent to self-evident reason is that the worshipper should be required to keep himself free of the impurities that issue from him, while the One worshipped is intermixed with them and in direct contact with them. Since it is known that the Lord, glorified be He, is more deserving of being declared free of imperfections and being exalted than the servant, and that the One worshipped is more deserving of this than the worshipper, this analogy and others like it are among the clearest analogies to self-evident reason. Indeed, the Most High said to His intimate friend:

“And purify My House for those who circumambulate it, those who stand in prayer, and those who bow and prostrate.” {26} [al-Hajj 26]

If He commanded His servant to purify His House from impurity—the House around which people circumambulate, in which and towards which they pray, and at which they remain in worship—is He not more deserving of being pure, clean, and free of defilement than His House or His servant’s body and clothing? Yet these advocates of union and indwelling describe Him in terms used of vile physical bodies, and do so explicitly. These are among the most extreme of people