As for the Almighty’s saying, “So do not purify yourselves.” He knows best who is pious. That is, God does not accept the zakat on the soul of one who adds his own to Him. He said, “So do not purify yourselves.” He added it to you, meaning, if you see that yourselves are yours and not mine, and the zakat is only my right and you are trustees for it, so if you are called to it. So you claim that you gave me what is yours, but I asked you for what is not mine, but the matter is otherwise. Whoever is of this kind of giving should not give zakat for himself, for I only asked for what is mine, not for you, until you meet me and the cover is lifted in the afterlife, and you will know at that time whether it was your souls that were required to pay zakat. It is for me or for you, since your knowledge of that will not benefit you, and for this reason He said, “Do not purify yourselves,” so He added the souls to you, and they are His.