A036
Surah: 024 - Ayah: 036
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24:36
Qiblah (3) (House of God)
In verse (24:36) God says: "(This lamp of Divine light is lit) in houses which Allah has commanded to be exalted, and His name to be remembered therein." The inner house of God is first in the hearts of Prophets, Imams and arifs and then after the spiritual revolution it rises to their forehead, just as the Kabah was lifted to the heaven during Hazrat Nuh's deluge.
It is related from the holy Prophet in the authentic books that when Hazrat Nuh’s deluge started to happen, the Ka`bah, which existed from Hazrat Adam’s time, was lifted to the heaven and made the baytu’l-ma`mur. An extremely beautiful and great ta’wil of this hadith is that when the spiritual revolution, which is also called Nuh’s deluge, takes place in the personal world, the house of God which is on the earth of the personal world is lifted to its Sacred Sanctuary and made the baytu’l-ma`mur.
The verse following the Lamp verse, with its implication in brackets is as follows: “(The lamp=practical example of Chiragh-I Rawshan is lit) in houses which Allah has permitted to be exalted, and His name to be remembered therein. His tasbih is recited therein in the morning and in the evenings (24:36)”.) This verse has at least two wisdoms. First wisdom: in the physical houses of the Prophets, Imams and mu’mins is lit the ta’wilic lamp of the “Lamp-Verse”, because they are exalted due to Divine remembrance, as the tasbih of God is recited there in the mornings and in the evenings. Thus the sacred practice of (lighting) the Chiragh-I Rawshan is performed in such houses. Second wisdom: in the light of the teaching and guidance of the Prophet and the Imam, mu’mins can kindle the ;amp of Divine light in their inner houses (hearts). It is because of this that God has compared His holy light with a lamp in a house instead of comparing it with the world-illumining sun. For, allusions such as knowledge, practice and devotion which are in the lamp, where are they in the sun!that s, in order to build a sacred house in the heart and to kindle a lamp in the niche of its wall, one needs to strive hard. Then there are the allusions of the vessel of lamp, oil, wick, fire, flame, smoke, spread light and kindling of one lamp from another to observe and reflect on for the recognition of the Perfect Man, which do not exist in the sun.
It is said in verse (24:36): "(That light is lit) in houses which God has permitted to be exalted, and His name to be remembered therein. He is hallowed therein in the morning and in the evening." By these houses are meant the Holy Imams and also the Jamacat-khanahs, in which is lit the lamp of the Divine light, whose observation and recognition is certain.
Q5. Is there a practice (amal) by which a mu'min can protect his house from calamities and afflictions?
A5. Yes, a sure and reliable practice is to remember God loudly and to recite tasbih in the house in the morning and in the evening (24:36). You may have heard of the excellence of suratu'r-rahman, which is called the "Bride of the Qur'an". At the end of it, it is said: "Blessed is the name of your Lord, Majestic and Bounteous." (55:78). That is, the house or the heart in which Allah is remembered abundantly, will have every kind of blessing.
This verse has been referred 6 times.