A004
Surah: 060 - Ayah: 004
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60:4
Uswah hasanah (Excellent pattern)
It is mentioned in verse (60:4): "There is indeed an excellent pattern for you in Ibrahim and those with him." This clearly means that every mu'min who walks on the spiritual path can reach its ultimate destination by following the True Guide and that destination is indeed the Divine vision during 'micraj' (spiritual ascent). Read also verse (33:21) about the ideal pattern of the holy Prophet.
The Kacbah is the exoteric sign, symbol and pattern of those verses whose ta’wilic wisdom is linked to the living House of God, the Imam. The recognition of the Imam which is extremely vital, cannot be attained by anyone without obedience to him and the centre of obedience is the Jamacat-khanah, because it is the place of reward and peace. Just as everything has a soul, so the Jamacat-khanah too, has a great soul, and this is the soul or the light of the Imam of the time, in which the soul of the jamacat revives. If you believe that there is the light of the true Imam in the Jamacat-khanah, then you should know that this same light is the living House of God, for as the Qur’an says: "There is indeed a good pattern (of word and deed) for you in Ibrahim and those with him." (60:4).From this Divine teaching is revealed that, although externally there were many people with Hazrat Ibrahim, it was those who were with him internally who had reached the ultimate degree in obeying him. Otherwise their good pattern would not have joined with the good pattern of Hazrat Ibrahim. The question then is, who were or are these people? They are the progeny of Hazrat Ibrahim, i.e. the Prophets and Imams, whose manifestation in his view was extremely necessary (2:124), and God had given everything to them (the progeny of Ibrahim - 4:54). Thus the Holy Prophet, following Hazrat Ibrahim, not only made the Kacbah the Qiblah, but also built a Masjid as the local House of God and the holy Imams in their respective times have also built such houses of God called Masjid or Jamacat-khanah.
This verse has been referred 4 times.