Transliteration:( Wal baitil ma'moor )
3. By "Baitul Ma'moor" meant a populated house. In this verse it denotes either the Holy Ka'bah, which is always populated with pilgrims and worshippers, or the Baitul Ma'moor, which is found in the seventh heaven, which is the Qibla of the angels and which the Holy Prophet had seen on the Night of Me'raaj. Or, these are the hearts of the pious servants, which are cultivated with the rememberance of Allah Almighty. Or, it refers to homes of those believers, which are established with Zikrullah (Tafseer Roohul Mu'ani).
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(52:4) by the much-frequented House,[3]
3. According to Hasan Basri, the inhabited House implies the House of Allah, the Kabah, which is never without its visitors and pilgrims at any time of the day and night. However, Ali, Ibn Abbas, Ikrimah, Mujahid, Qatadah, Dahhak, Ibn Zaid and other commentators have stated that it implies the Bait-al-mamur (the inhabited House) which the Prophet (peace be upon him) referred to in connection with his Miraj (Ascension), against the wall of which he had seen the Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him) reclining. Mujahid, Qatadah and Ibn Zaid say that just as the Kabah is the center and place of refuge for all God-worshipers, so is there in every heaven a similar Kabah for its dwellers which occupies a similar central position for the worshipers of Allah there. One of these Kabahs was the one against the wall of which the Prophet (peace be upon him) had seen the Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him) reclining on the occasion of the Miraj; and with it the Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him) had a natural affinity, for he himself was the founder of the Kabah of the earth. In view of this explanation, this second commentary does not go against the commentary given by Hasan Basri, but if both are read together, we can understand that here the oath has not been sworn only by the Kabah of the earth, but it also includes an oath by all the Kabahs that are there in the entire universe.
[1551]- The house of worship for the angels in the seventh heaven, comparable to the Kaʿbah on earth.
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