A027
Surah: 089 - Ayah: 027
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89:27
When the didar (vision) of Hazrat Mubdi takes place, then it is said to the soul at peace (nafs-1 mutma'innah): "0 soul at peace, return unto thy Lord, well-pleased, well pleasing! Enter thou among my (selected) servants'. Enter thou My Paradise'. (89:27-30).
The final return takes place in the state of ru'yat (didar = vision) whose place is the inbiath and Ibda , namely, the ultimate place where the inbiath results in the form of ibtja . The reason for this is that the spiritual journey is in the form of a circle, therefore, its end necessarily joins the beginning. Thus the real ibda is the result of inbiath.
The heavenly teaching of verse (89:27-30) is: “O you satisfied soul, return to your Lord well-pleased (with Him) and (He) well-pleased (with you); enter then among My (chosen) servants, enter then My paradise,” Here by “Enter then among My chosen servants” means: Enter the personal world of My Prophets and Imams, who are My Paradise and also return to me.
4. Here the allusion of wisdom is that the censoring soul by constant progress, enters the destination of the first annihilation (destination of `Izra’il), in which the spiritual death which causes resurrection is experienced in this life. Regarding the magnanimity and sanctity of the nafs-i lawwamah or censoring soul, it suffices to say that God has sworn by it together with the resurrection. After the censoring soul is mentioned the nafs-i mutma’innah or the satisfied soul which is related to all levels of the personal resurrection. The satisfied soul means the soul which has attained the satisfaction from higher realities and recognition. By this soul is meant every perfect `Arif who, after experiencing the luminous and bright observations of the eye of certainty (`aynu’l-yaqin) has also observed the extremely great and sublime secrets with his inner eye without which the purpose of universal or total satisfaction remains incomplete, as mentioned in verses (89:27-30): “O satisfied soul! Return to your Lord well-pleased and well-pleasing! Enter among My (chosen) servants (Sacred Sanctuary)! And enter My (universal) Paradise.”
As for the nature of the upbringing, since man is a compendium of three things: body, soul and intellect, therefore he always needs three kinds of upbringing:
- A physical upbringing, which being in accordance with the heavenly Book (the Qur’an) and the religion of nature (Islam), provides health and soundness of the human body and protects it from diseases and becomes a means of energy and strength for good deeds.
- A spiritual upbringing which protects the human soul from all kinds of ethical, ideological and spiritual diseases, so that it may attain the level of the satisfied soul (nafs-i mutma'innah) (89:27).
- An intellectual upbringing, which perfects the partial intellect, so that it may not suffer from any kind of mental diseases, be able to deduce results by reflecting on the signs of God, and ultimately, attain the pleasure of God and His Messenger.
There are manifold blessings for the intellect and soul in the blessed name of God, the Exalted, and in His abundant remembrance, by attaining which the hearts become satisfied (55:78; 33:41; 13:28). To understand how exalted and vast is the concept of the satisfaction of the heart, we have to look in the holy Qur’an, particularly in the story of Hazrat Ibrahim (2:260) and in the description of the satisfied soul (nafs-i mutma'innah) (89:27). The nature of the satisfaction of Hazrat Ibrahim's heart is such that, he had in fact, observed the miracles of inbi`ath (Resurrection).
Now, if we take the example of the satisfied soul from the Prophets and awliya', again the concept of it will go as high as that of the satisfaction of Hazrat Ibrahim's heart. Anyhow, you can see in the above-mentioned verse (89:27), that here the meanings of satisfaction touch the heights of Paradise. From this it becomes as clear as the bright sun, that the Divine satisfaction (13:28), which the hearts attain by the abundant remembrance of God, is infinite and in it are numerous foods as well as medicines for the intellect and the soul.
Nafs-i Mutma'innah (Satisfied Soul): If by Divine providence this (Divine) help and guidance continues, then comes the third stage, which consists of the final stages of spiritual progress, in which the soul of the mu'min, who walks on the path of spirituality, becomes transformed into the satisfied soul (89:27). Such a soul has attained satisfaction according to the standard of God (3:126; 8:10; 5:113; 13:28; 2:260; 17:95), as God says: “O the satisfied soul! return to your Lord, well pleased (with Him), well-pleasing (Him), so enter My (chosen) servants, enter My paradise” (89:27-30). This final and supreme bliss is attainable by the friends of God, not only after death in the next world, but can be perfectly experienced in this world. In this connection, please refer to an extremely useful diagram in “Qur'anic Healing”, (p. 102).
Tatma'innu (It/he finds peace, satisfaction)
See verses (89:27-30): "O you satisfied soul, return to your Lord well pleased (with Him) and (He) well pleased (with you); enter then among My (chosen) servants (i.e. become fana' fi'l-imam and fana' fi'r-rasul, because in this rank are gathered all chosen servants) and enter My paradise (because it is this rank of annihilation which is the rank of paradise)”.
Tatma'innu (It/he finds peace, satisfaction)
The wisdom of the above verse (89:27) shows that Divine remembrance is related to the heart. Therefore, the most effective and useful dhikr is the one which is performed in the heart, when the heart has become tender. However, if the heart is hard, we have to make it tender with open or loud dhikr, so that its (hidden) dhikr may be restored.
al-Kalim at-tayyib (Pure speech)
The upper end of the soul is always linked with its universal fountainhead and the lower end has descended to the world of humanity for the sake of the acquisition of recognition. If this lower end fortunately accomplishes its work in time, it is lifted to the higher world with great honour as the “satisfied soul” (89:27-30, 35:10).
After the creation of minerals, vegetables and animals, the creation and progress of man is: vegetative soul, animal soul, carnal soul (nafs-i ammarah), censuring soul (nafs-i lawwamah) and satisfied soul (nafs-i mutma'innah). It is the soul of the last rank which has the complete satisfaction and it is because of this that it is called the satisfied soul, as mentioned in verses (89:27-30): "O the satisfied soul, return to your Lord well pleased (with Him) and He well pleased (with you); enter then amongst My (chosen) servants, enter then My paradise." You see that the meanings of itminan reach Paradise and this everlasting wealth of itminan (satisfaction) is the product of the remembrance of God.
This verse has been referred 17 times.