World Religions

World Faiths – Purity

Allah loves those who turn to Him and loves those who keep themselves clean.
Islam, The Holy Qur’an, 2:223

Indeed Allah is Pure and He loves purity; He is Clean and He loves cleanliness; He is Kind and He loves kindness; He is Generous and He loves generosity. Islam, Saying of the Holy Prophet (sa),  Jami‘ al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 2799

He who is blessed with a pure nature and possesses the seed of goodness, even in the face of thousands of Satanic temptations and inner passions, hastens towards none other than Allah the Exalted, due to the blessing of the inherent faculty of righteousness, goodness, and purity that lies within him; and it is in God alone that such a one finds pleasure, comfort and satisfaction.
Islam, Saying of the Promised Messiah (as) Malfuzat – Volume III, p. 61

Wash and make yourselves clean.
Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong.
Learn to do right; seek justice.
Defend the oppressed.
Take up the cause of the fatherless;
plead the case of the widow.

Judaism, the Tanakh, Isaiah 1:16-17

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Christianity, the Bible, Matthew 5:8

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
Christianity, the Bible, James 1:27

The body is cleansed by water, the internal organ is purified by truthfulness, the individual soul by sacred learning and austerities, and the intellect by true knowledge.
Hinduism, Laws of Manu, 5.109

By purity of heart alone is the Holy Eternal attained.
Sikhism, Adi Granth, Asa-ki-Var, M.1, p. 472

Filth on hands, feet, and body may be washed off with water;
Clothes fouled by dirt may be washed with soap;
The mind fouled by sin and evil
may only be cleansed by devotion to God.
Sikhism, Adi Granth, Japuji 20, M.1, p. 4

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