A002
Surah: 062 - Ayah: 002
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62:2
A Marvellous Wisdom
Q. 76. At the end of the answer to Q. 72, you had promised to explain to us a marvellous and pleasant wisdom in Surah-i Jumu'ah (62), which will assure us that we can recognize the rank of the Prophethood by means of the light of Imamat. Would you kindly explain that wisdom to us.
A. Yes, this is in continuation of what we have already said in the beginning of Q. 72, that, it is the means of spirituality which unites the mu'mins of the present and the future to the true Prophet. The innumerable mercies and favours of God, which were granted to the mu'mins of the time of Prophethood, are mentioned in the verse (62:2), such as, the recitation of the verses of God to them by the Prophet, to purify them and to teach them the Book and Wisdom. All these, in fact, belong to spirituality.
In the verse (62:3), there is the mention of "the others (akhirinY'. i.e. the mu'mins who were not yet born in the time of the Prophet will meet the mu'mins of the time of the Prophet, through the light of guidance and spirituality, despite being born in the future. All this is in the language of wisdom; the proof of which, at the end of the verse, is "al-azizu'l- hakim (the Mighty, the Wise)". That is to say that, since He is the Mighty, the Wise, He can do so.
In the verse (62:4), it is alluded that this guidance and spirituality is the bounty of God, Who grants it to whom He likes. God is the Lord of the great bounty.
This verse has been referred 6 times.