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as a new-born child, pure and innocent, free from malice, self-conceit and pride.
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"The goal of tazkiya is to return to one’s beginning i.e. " In Islam, the ultimate objective of religion and shariah (Islamic law) and the real purpose of raising prophets from among mankind was performing and teaching tazkiah. However, success requires purification of the soul. The goal of education is the success here and in the hereafter. Please note that this "clean slate" assumption of the child as it is understood today has origins from the West and has some far reaching consequences on the resulting educational system as explained below. This "clean slate" assumption about the child seems in serious contradiction to (i) the assertion in Quran "luqad khalaqnal insaan a fi ahsun i taqveem", (ii) the concept of tazkia in Islam, implying that the child comes to this world in a pristine and the best of the form and the dunya spoils it, and (iii) at the time of creation “He taught Adam all the names of everything.” (Quran 2:31) lest they can not claim during akhirah that knowledge did not come to them. There are several renowned scholars in the Muslim world who have adopted the "clean slate" view of the child from the West without the necessary critical evaluation. In the academic circles, one often hears the view of a child as "clean slate", meaning there is nothing written on the slate, and unless we make sure that we write something "good", as quickly as possible, others may spoil it by writing on it something which is "not good".