Love of God

Tazkiyah means purifying the individual of unfavourable elements, so that he may reach the point of perfection in a favourable environment. This was a very important task given to the prophets. A prophet makes the greatest possible efforts to prepare human beings whose hearts are free from the love of all else except the love of God. He strives to bring into existence such souls as are free from complexes and are worthy of receiving the divine provision from the Universe, which God has reserved for true believers. Purification is the principal condition for entry into Paradise. Without purification, one can never gain entry into the eternal heavenly abode. TAZKIYAH AND SACRIFICE The price for attaining tazkiyah is abstaining from everything that goes against achieving this goal. A frivolous mentality and tazkiyah do not go together. Sincerity is a guarantee that a man will certainly reach the stage of tazkiyah. The attainment of tazkiyah is no simple matter: it always requires some sacrifice, which is psychological rather than physical in nature. This sacrifice is to completely renounce, for the sake of tazkiyah, those things that run counter to acquiring tazkiyah. It is a principle of nature that in order to achieve something, one has to let go of