A142

Surah: 007 - Ayah: 142

07:142

related refs 73:06 ?, 25:35, 35:32, 4:59, 5:15

Araba^cin (Forty, chillah, i^ctikaf)

It is said in verse (7:142): "And when We did appoint for Musa thirty nights (of solitude) and added to them ten, and he completed the whole time of forty nights appointed by his Lord." On this occasion although Hazrat Musa had done the ^cibadat of forty days and nights, but in the mention of nights only, there can be many wisdoms. One wisdom, according to the Qur'an (73:6) is that the vigil of the night is most effective in crushing the carnal soul and in acquiring good speech. The ^cibadat of the above-mentioned time is both chillah as well as i^ctikaf.

Thousand Wisdoms 38 (37)

Q. Why is there the necessity of an Imam after the prophet and what is its proof?\\

 A. (a) Every Prophet has wazir and a successor, so that he may teach people the wisdom of  heavenly Book (7:142; 25:35)\\ 
 (b) Every heavenly Book has an inheritor and that is the Imam (35:32).
(c) The chain ululamr continues after the Prophet (4:59).
(d)The heavenly light is inseparable from the heavenly book (5:15)

Sublime Realities (6)

This verse has been referred 4 times.