A022
Surah: 089 - Ayah: 022
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89:22
In the verse (89:22) God says: “And thy Lord and angels will come in ranks.” Tawil: to come from one place to another is the act of body, and God is free from body, therefore this verse is among the equivocal ones (mutashabihat). Therefore, the tawilic wisdom of this verse is that Qaim al qiyamat and great angles will come in ranks in the world of religion. And the tawil of their standing in rank is that they will have one common personality.
Symbolic Language I said : He said
I said: The Holy Qur’an also says: "And your Lord and the angels will come rank upon rank" (89:22).
He said: Remember well that coming and going are attributes relating to bodies, but God is free from and above all bodily attributes. This verse therefore is about the light of Intellect, which in its intellectual manifestations, represents not only the angels but also God Himself, Lord of honour.
Q239 Please explain the ta’wili wisdom of verse (89:22): “And your Lord will come with angels, rank upon rank.”
A239 In the personal representative resurrection of kamils and cÀrifs, this great event takes place twice: First in the personal world and second in the sacred Sanctuary. The truly amazing miracle of this event at both places is that in the sacred Sanctuary or the world of oneness there is only one universal mazhar (locus of manifestation), who continues to demonstrate all the realities and recognitions, as mentioned in verse (36:12).
Q417 Would you kindly explain a great wisdom of the Qur’an in the light of the above-mentioned statement?
A417
- It is mentioned in verse (89:22): “And your Lord will come and the angels will be row upon row.”
- This noble verse is related to two places of the personal world. First is the place of the soul where this miracle occurs according to the world of multiplicity. The second is the place of the intellect (sacred Sanctuary) where this miracle appears according to the world of oneness, that is, everything will appear in the mazhar of the same one light.
- It is an extremely delightful matter that our wise friends know the secrets of the place of oneness. For instance, Allah is light, Prophets and Imams are light, angels are light and eventually mu’mins (male and female) also become light (57:12, 19; 66:8), while this, in reality, is the light of God, the One, in which all become merged.
This verse has been referred 8 times.