The Pure in Heart
Submitted by admin1 on Sun, 08/06/2023 - 17:23Maulana Wahiduddin Khan I The Sunday Guardian I Aug 06, 2023 | p. 10
The Qur’an tells us that man’s sole mainstay in the Hereafter will be the pureness of his heart (26:89). That is, only the pure in heart can gain entrance to paradise. Different commentators on the Qur’an have worded their explanations of this in a variety of ways, but the gist of what they say is largely the same. Here is what Ibn Kathir has written: