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(nafs) and purifies it will succeed. Allah states in Surat ash-
Shams:
By the soul and the One Who proportioned and in-
spired it with knowledge of depravity and with its
sense of duty, he who purifies it has succeeded, he
who covers it up has failed. (Surat ash-Shams: 7-10)

Moral purity is attainable, as we are informed in the
verse, when one avoids the evil that one's soul commands
one to commit. Someone who is morally pure has a sincere
faith and a peaceful spirit. All his thoughts and all his deeds
are righteous. In every event he encounters, he behaves in a
manner that shows that he is well pleased with Allah. He is
sincere and genuine. He well knows that there is definitely
goodness in everything Allah creates.
Such people are purified from the corruption in their
soul. Allah heralds the good end that these people will meet:

... You can only warn those who fear their Lord in the
Unseen and establish prayer. Whoever is purified, is
purified for himself alone. Allah is your final desti-
nation. (Surah Fatir: 18)
He who has purified himself will have success.
(Surat al-A’la: 14)

5. How is jealousy mentioned in the Qur'an?

Envy is condemned in the Qur'an. Allah has revealed
that He created the soul of mankind prone to selfishness, but
that believers should be wary of it:
... But people are prone to selfish greed. If you do
good and guard against evil, Allah is aware of what
you do. (Surat an-Nisa': 128)

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