A137
Surah: 007 - Ayah: 137
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7:137
Mashariq (Easts, places of the rising of the sun)
It is mentioned in verse (7:137): "And We made the people, who were (considered) weak, inheritors of the easts and the wests of the land which We have blessed." This is the land of the personal world and the great wisdom of the special attention drawn to its easts and wests is that the sun of light there continues to make the unique signs of knowledge and recognition by each of its risings and settings, and this chain of Divine blessings never ceases.
Q191 What is the wisdom in drawing attention to the easts and wests of a blessed earth while praising it? Which earth is that? (7:137)
A191 Since that blessed and sacred earth is the paradise of recognition, the Light of lights (nuru’l-anwar), i.e. the sun of Intellect rises and sets with many meanings and allusions (isharat), or in other words, it is the earth of the sacred Sanctuary, which God has kept in the blessed forehead of the manifest Imam. Although it is only one place that is both the east and the west, it is called easts and wests due to the abundance of its meanings.
This verse has been referred 4 times.