A057
Surah: 028 - Ayah: 057
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28:57
Haram 1 (Sanctuary)
It is said in verse (28:57): "Have We not established for them a safe sanctuary to which are brought fruits of everything as a sustenance from Us?" O my dears! A very great wisdom is hidden in this verse, because the fruits of everything do not exist in the physical world, they are found only in the spiritual state, to the extent that even things like stone are not without fruit in spirituality and intellectuality.
Haram 2 (Inner sanctuary, spiritual sanctuary, intellectual sanctuary)
O my dears! External haram or sanctuary is an example (mithal) and the internal one is its meaning or object (mamthul). The internal haram is spiritual and eventually also becomes intellectual. This is the luminous status of the Imam of the time. The fruits referred to in (28:57) are such that when a salik undergoes the inner and spiritual resurrection, he is surrounded by the world of particles. These particles have many names, such as arwah (souls), mala'ikah (angels), Yajuj wa Majuj (Gog and Magog), junud (armies), nas (mankind), tufan (deluge), haba' (motes), thamarat (fruits), etc. Thus, these particles together with many other examples are spiritual fruits also, which are drawn to the spiritual sanctuary.
The Fruit of Everything
If we examine Qur’anic wisdom,we will note that in the spiritual world everything has a
flower and a fruit and nothing is exempt from this universal rule (28:57). This is also implied by naming the spiritual kingdom Paradise (an orchard or rosarium). Thus the
elegant and beautiful spiritual form of everything is its flower and its spiritual particle is its fruit and its wisdom is its kernel. This means that in its luminous form the world of
imagination is that garden of Paradise in which everything in the universe and the existents, in the colour of God (2:138), is either a flower or is as colourful as a flower; the world of particles is that orchard where the souls of all things are present and which are called fruits and the treasure of intellect is the Divine treasure that contains the kernel of wisdom of every fruit in Paradise.
It is said in verse (28:57): "Have We not established for them a secure sanctuary, whereunto the fruits of all things are brought, a provision from Our presence? But most of them know not." If you reflect upon the phrase, "the fruits of all things", they do not come automatically anywhere in the world. But it is true that the place which the Prophet and Imam assign for worship, the spiritual fruits of all things come there automatically and these spiritual miracles are related to the Jamacat-khanah. When the Wise Qur’an said "the fruits of all things", then according to this Divine law all things including, minerals, vegetables, animals and human beings, all are considered to be trees so that the fruit of each of them may reach the House of God. But this is only possible spiritually. Thus the Jamacat-khanah is the place where the magnificent soul (i.e. light) of the Imam of the time works, to which the souls of all things come, for in the Imam-i mubin (manifest and speaking Imam) all the things of the universe are encompassed (36:12). These bright proofs about the eminence and blessings of Jamacat-khanah are enough for true mu’mins.
This verse has been referred 8 times.