Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah — Page 119
120 the teachings for us to act upon them easily. No other Prophet, in this respect, had ever done the task of such magnitude. Thus, the objective is cleanliness and purification whose achievement is to be made through the Holy Prophet sa. The Muslim umma, in general, is under the obligation to achieve this end, and in this age among the Muslims particularly of this Jam a ‘at that has been reinvigorated by the advent of the Promised Messiah as for the sake of God and His Prophet. In this verse also Allah the Almighty says that He does not want to put us to trials or tribulations; His objective is to purify us and perfect His favour upon us. Had the teaching of corporeal cleanliness and purification not been given along with the spiritual purification, the bounty and favour of God Almighty would have remained imperfect. But, that is, He desired to perfect His bounty and favour, therefore He gave us this teaching so that any filth may not be left in us and we become absolutely purified and clean. Similarly, with regard to water the Holy Quran says that it has numerous advantages for mankind. One being, we clean ourselves with it outwardly; wash clothes, wash up kitchen utensils, clean streets, houses and wash our bodies. There are numerous kinds of purification that are achieved through water (water that thereby He might purify you). 59 Thus, the Holy Quran abounds with the teaching of external and internal cleanliness and purification, and it is only the Holy Prophet sa by whom this objective of building the House of Allah was to be achieved.