How to purify yourself

Interestingly the recent verses I have read all have the word تزكية or تطهير which mean cleansing and purification.

Look at the following 3 distinct verses:

1- Verse 6 in Alma'ida:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى الْمَرَافِقِ وَامْسَحُوا بِرُءُوسِكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ وَإِن كُنتُمْ جُنُبًا فَاطَّهَّرُوا وَإِن كُنتُم مَّرْضَىٰ أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ أَوْ جَاءَ أَحَدٌ مِّنكُم مِّنَ الْغَائِطِ أَوْ لَامَسْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا مَاءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا صَعِيدًا طَيِّبًا فَامْسَحُوا بِوُجُوهِكُمْ وَأَيْدِيكُم مِّنْهُ مَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيَجْعَلَ عَلَيْكُم مِّنْ حَرَجٍ وَلَٰكِن يُرِيدُ لِيُطَهِّرَكُمْ وَلِيُتِمَّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

O you who believe! when you prepare for prayer, wash your faces, and your hands (and arms) to the elbows; Rub your heads (with water); and (wash) your feet to the ankles. If you are in a state of impurity, bathe your whole body. But if you are ill, or on a journey, or one of you answered the call of nature, or you have been in sexual contact with women, and you find no water, then take for yourselves clean sand or earth, and rub therewith your faces and hands (i.e. make tayammum), Allah does not wish to place you in a difficulty, but rather He wants to make you clean and purify you, and to complete His favor on you, in order that you may be thankful.

2- Verse 103 in Altawba:
خُذْ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ صَدَقَةً تُطَهِّرُهُمْ وَتُزَكِّيهِم بِهَا وَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ إِنَّ صَلَاتَكَ سَكَنٌ لَّهُمْ وَاللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

Take Sadaqah (alms) from their wealth in order to purify them and cleanse them with it, and invoke Allah for them. Verily! Your invocations are a source of security for them, and Allah is All-Hearer, All-Knower.

3- Verse 108 in Altawba:
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لَّمَسْجِدٌ أُسِّسَ عَلَى التَّقْوَىٰ مِنْ أَوَّلِ يَوْمٍ أَحَقُّ أَن تَقُومَ فِيهِ فِيهِ رِجَالٌ يُحِبُّونَ أَن يَتَطَهَّرُوا وَاللَّهُ يُحِبُّ الْمُطَّهِّرِينَ

...Verily, the mosque whose foundation was laid from the first day on piety is more worthy that you stand therein (to pray). In it are men who love to clean and purify themselves. And Allah loves those who purify and cleanse themselves.

Read all 3 of these verses. They speak of 3 very different things. The first one is long and detailed and informs us how to make wudu, or perform ablution before praying. After the very detailed and long list of steps, Allah says this is not out of difficultly, but rather out of purity. So our action in wudu is actually our very own cleansing. That is why we must be thankful. Because there is good in it for us, although we do not always comprehend that.

Number 2 speaks about charity. There were people who mixed their good deeds with bad. They had doubts, shakable faith at times. But when they repented, God wanted them to feel pure again. So what should they do? They should give charity. Yes. Just give alms to the poor. And that alone will be a source of their own cleanings and purification!

Number 3 talks about a mosque that was built seeking God consciousness, and it speaks of those who regularly attend prayers there and are attached to this mosque. It describes these people as ''ones who love to cleans/purify themselves''. By all means, this gives us the implication that the mosque and praying is a way to cleanse and purify oneself.

These are just 3 ways. Explore the Quran. Look at every instance where purification or cleansing is mentioned. No doubt will you find that God gives us a beautiful detailed easy step for us to commit to in order to attain this cleansing. Here alone, performing wudu (ablution) before prayer, praying, going to the mosque, giving charity, all these were mentioned as means to purify and cleanse your very own self. The more you dig, the more treasure you will find for yourself.