A127
Surah: 006 - Ayah: 127
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6:127
Through annihilation is attained His extreme proximity and closeness, which is the peace (salamati) and the abode of peace, as the Quran says: "For them is the abode of peace in the closeness of their Lord and He will be their friend because of what they used to do (in this world)" (6:127). Friendship of God is the supreme bliss for the mumins, as is said in the verse (10:62): "Lo! verily the friends of God are (those) on whom fear (comes) not, nor do they grieve; these are the people who believed and used to practice piety, they have glad tidings in this life and in the Hereafter - There is no changing in the words of God, that is the supreme triumph." (10:62-4). Here it should be remembered that fear is related to the future and grief to the past. For Instance, if someone fears becoming extinct in the future, or, if he thinks that he has been sleeping for a long time, in the sleep of nothingness and therefore, he has been deprived of the bounties of God during that time, then these conditions reveal his fear and grief regarding the past and the future. Whereas, what God has said regarding His friends gives the guarantee of pre-eternal and post-eternal peace to them. And the Divine mercy is such that everyone can attain the recognition of that permanent and perpetual subsistence (baqa') and peace, which is linked with the abode of peace without any beginning or end.
This verse has been referred 3 times.