Al-A’la 87:14
The Most High · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 591
The Purified Succeeds
قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٤
He is successful who groweth.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
He has succeeded who purifies himself.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, this is one who listens to the reminder and cleans his heart of idolatry and bad character, and his body of physical and spiritual impurity.
Reflect
Try to clean one bad trait from your heart today.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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