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I have never seen people throw coffee cups, half-eaten sandwiches, tissues, etc on the street so carelessly — and often times with such <!-- raw HTML omitted -->finesse<!-- raw HTML omitted --> — as here in Jordan.</p> <p>I saw this graffiti while walking around downtown Amman and thought the irony was too much to not share it. Loosely translated (this apparently comes from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadith">words, actions, or habits of the prophet Muhammad</a>), it says “cleanliness comes from faith” (<em>al-nadafa min al-iman</em>).</p> <h4>Translations</h4> <ul> <li> <a href="https://picturingjordan.com/fa/2020/03/cleanliness-comes-from-faith/">fa: پاکیزگی از ایمان میاید</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://picturingjordan.com/ar/2019/04/cleanliness-comes-from-faith/">ar: النّظَافَةُ مِنَ الإِيمَان</a> </li> </ul> <hr> <footer> <section> <h4>Share</h4> <nav class="nav sharing-icons"> <a class="nav-item" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3a%2f%2fpicturingjordan.com%2f2017%2f07%2fcleanliness-comes-from-faith%2f" title="Share on Facebook"><span class="fab fa-facebook-f fa-2x" aria-hidden="true"></span></a> <a class="nav-item" href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3a%2f%2fpicturingjordan.com%2f2017%2f07%2fcleanliness-comes-from-faith%2f" title="Share on LinkedIn"><span class="fab fa-linkedin-in fa-2x" aria-hidden="true"></span></a> <a class="nav-item" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3a%2f%2fpicturingjordan.com%2f2017%2f07%2fcleanliness-comes-from-faith%2f&text=Cleanliness%20Comes%20From%20Faith" title="Tweet this"><span class="fab fa-twitter fa-2x"></span></a> </nav> </section> </footer> </article> </div> <!-- /.blog-main --> <aside class="col-sm-3 ml-auto blog-sidebar"> <section class="sidebar-module sidebar-module-inset"> <h4>About</h4> <p dir="auto"><em>Picturing Jordan</em>, sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time. <a href="/about">Read more →</a></p> </section> <section class="sidebar-module"> <h4>Recent Posts</h4> <ol class="list-unstyled"> <li><a href="/2020/04/gadaras-octagonal-martyrium/">Gadara’s Octagonal Martyrium</a></li> <li><a href="/2020/01/iconic-roman-ruins-amman/">Iconic Roman Ruins in Amman</a></li> <li><a href="/2018/08/buying-bedouin-fabric-amman/">Buying Bedouin Fabric in Amman</a></li> <li><a href="/2018/07/saint-thaddeus-church-sunset/">Saint Thaddeus Church at Sunset</a></li> <li><a href="/2018/02/greco-roman-ruins-pella/">Greco–Roman Ruins of Pella</a></li> </ol> </section> <section class="sidebar-module"> <h4>Links</h4> <ol class="list-unstyled"> <li><a href="https://alaninkenya.org">Alan in Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="https://englishbulgaria.net">English Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="https://mjanja.ch">Mjanja Tech</a></li> </ol> </section> </aside> </div> <!-- /.row --> </div> <!-- /.container --> <footer class="blog-footer"> <p dir="auto"> Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license</a>. </p> <p> <a href="#">Back to top</a> </p> </footer> </body> </html>