In the Quran, the words “dirtiness” (rijs) and “nastiness” (rijz) have
similar pronunciation and spelling: the word “rijs” refers to dirtiness
brought by the human hand and the word “rijz” refers to nastiness
caused by the dirtiness generated by the human hand. These two
words are used 10 times. The two verses given below are examples of
these words used in the Quran:
33- …God desires to remove all dirtiness from you…
33-The Parties, 33
5- Forsake from nastiness.
74-The Hidden, 5

