Discovering God

Purification of the Self same is true of the purification of a human being. In this sense tazkiya also covers intellectual development. God has created a person with great potential, and this potential of the human personality is actualized by tazkiya. In this sense it would be right to call it the building of the human personality on a divine foundation. When a person discovers and realizes faith, he has in actual fact, started the journey of tazkiya. Gradually, he becomes a purified soul, or an intellectually and spiritually developed personality. This is the person who will gain entrance into the eternal Paradise of the Hereafter. There is nothing mysterious about tazkiya. Tazikya can be attained, not through meditation but through contemplation and reflection. This entails pondering over or thinking about oneself and the universe, and receiving intellectual sustenance for God-realization. This is the process which results in a purified personality. There is nothing abstract about tazkiya. It is a known reality. Tazkiya is the result of a struggle on the part of the individual. It is not at all related to any mysterious inspiration from some supposedly saintly person. The Incentive to Purify Oneself A tradition recorded in the books of Hadith is set forth here in the words of Musnad Ahmad: “On the Day of Judgement, when all the people of Paradise have entered