A039
Surah: 013 - Ayah: 039
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13:39
Umm al-kitab (1) (The original book)
Ummu'l-kitab is mentioned in verses (13:39; 43:4). According to some scholars it is the Guarded Tablet, and according to others it is Mawla cAli. We hold the second view, because the supreme Pen is the light of Muhammad (s.a.s.) and the Guarded Tablet is the light of cAli (a.s.), as Mawla cAli says: "I am the Guarded Tablet". Thus, it is Mawla cAli who is the ummu'l-kitab (Kawkab, p. 197, Wajh, p. 165).
Umm al-kitab (2) (The original book)
The importance and value of this treasure of knowledge and wisdom, mentioned in verse (13:39) is inestimable: "Allah effaces and He establishes whatsoever He wills, while the original Book is with Him." That is, when during every resurrection God encompasses the entire universe in the personal world of the manifest Imam, everything other than the Face of God (the Imam) is effaced and obliterated. This is the meaning of effacing
everything except the writings of the ummu'l-kitab.
This verse has been referred 7 times.