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The first reference to the term "Balad al-Amīn" comes from verse 3 of [[Surah al-Tin]], which was revealed in the early years of the Prophet’s mission:<ref>See: Majmaʿ al-Bayān, vol. 10, pp. 612–613; An Introduction to the Dating of the Quran, pp. 303–307.</ref> | The first reference to the term "Balad al-Amīn" comes from verse 3 of [[Surah al-Tin]], which was revealed in the early years of the Prophet’s mission:<ref>See: Majmaʿ al-Bayān, vol. 10, pp. 612–613; An Introduction to the Dating of the Quran, pp. 303–307.</ref> | ||
{{ | {{Verse|وَ هَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ٱلْأَمِينِ|And [by] this secure city [Mecca].}} | ||
In this verse, God swears by "Balad al-Amīn," which some interpret as a reference to the special sanctity of Mecca and the emergence of Islam there.<ref>Al-Baḥr al-Muḥīṭ, vol. 10, p. 503; Al-Taḥrīr wa al-Tanwīr, vol. 30, p. 373.</ref> | In this verse, God swears by "Balad al-Amīn," which some interpret as a reference to the special sanctity of Mecca and the emergence of Islam there.<ref>Al-Baḥr al-Muḥīṭ, vol. 10, p. 503; Al-Taḥrīr wa al-Tanwīr, vol. 30, p. 373.</ref> | ||
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==Related Concepts in the Quran== | ==Related Concepts in the Quran== | ||
Other verses in the Quran also refer to concepts similar to "Balad al- | Other verses in the Quran also refer to concepts similar to "Balad al-Amin." For example, verses that mention the "Secure Haram," which, according to commentators, refers to Mecca and its surroundings:<ref>Al-Mīzān, vol. 16, p. 150.</ref> | ||
* {{ | * {{verse|...وَلَمْ نُمَكِّنْ لَهُمْ حَرَمًا آمِنًا يُجْبَى إِلَيْهِ ثَمَرَاتُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ رِزْقًا مِنْ لَدُنَّا وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ|...And We did not make for them a secure Haram to which the fruits of everything are brought as provision from Us? But most of them do not know.}} (Surah al-Qaṣaṣ, 28:57) | ||
* {{ | * {{verse|أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّا جَعَلْنَا حَرَمًا آمِنًا وَيُتَخَطَّفُ النَّاسُ مِنْ حَوْلِهِمْ|Have they not seen that We made [Mecca] a secure Haram, while people are snatched away from around them?}} (Surah al-ʿAnkabūt, 29:67) | ||
==Safety for Those Entering Mecca== | ==Safety for Those Entering Mecca== | ||
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Another verse in the Quran, after mentioning the concept of the [[House of God]], states that whoever enters Mecca will be secure:<ref>Al-Mīzān, vol. 3, p. 351.</ref> | Another verse in the Quran, after mentioning the concept of the [[House of God]], states that whoever enters Mecca will be secure:<ref>Al-Mīzān, vol. 3, p. 351.</ref> | ||
{{ | {{Verse|فِيهِ آيَاتٌ بَيِّنَاتٌ مَقَامُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمَنْ دَخَلَهُ كَانَ آمِنًا وَلِلَّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًا وَمَنْ كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ عَنِ الْعَالَمِينَ|In it are clear signs [such as] the standing place of Ibrāhīm. And whoever enters it will be secure. And [due] to God from the people is a pilgrimage to the House—for whoever is able to find thereto a way. But whoever disbelieves—then indeed, God is free from need of the worlds.}} (Surah Āl ʿImrān, 3:97) | ||
==The Meaning of Security== | ==The Meaning of Security== | ||
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==Interpretation of Mecca’s Security as Safety from Punishment== | ==Interpretation of Mecca’s Security as Safety from Punishment== | ||
Some interpret the security of Mecca for those who enter it: {{ | Some interpret the security of Mecca for those who enter it: {{verse|وَمَنْ دَخَلَهُ كَانَ آمِنًا|And whoever enters it will be secure}}<ref>Surah Āl ʿImrān, 3:97</ref> as safety from the punishment of Hell and entry into Paradise.<ref>Faḍāʾil Makka, pp. 23–24; See: Al-Durr al-Manthūr, vol. 2, p. 55.</ref> Some narrations state that those who die in [[Mecca]] are safe from the punishment of the Hereafter.<ref>Akḥbār Makka, al-Fākihī, vol. 3, pp. 68–69; Al-Durr al-Manthūr, vol. 1, p. 133.</ref> | ||
==Interpretation of Balad al-Amīn as the Prophet and Ahl al-Bayt== | ==Interpretation of Balad al-Amīn as the Prophet and Ahl al-Bayt== | ||
In some Shia narrations, "Balad al-Amīn" is interpreted as referring to the [[Prophet (s)]]<ref>Al-Burhān, vol. 5, p. 693; Kanz al-Daqāʾiq, vol. 14, p. 341; Bayān al-Saʿāda, vol. 4, p. 264.</ref> and the [[Ahl al-Bayt (a | In some Shia narrations, "Balad al-Amīn" is interpreted as referring to the [[Prophet (s)]]<ref>Al-Burhān, vol. 5, p. 693; Kanz al-Daqāʾiq, vol. 14, p. 341; Bayān al-Saʿāda, vol. 4, p. 264.</ref> and the [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]],<ref>Tafsīr al-Qummī, vol. 2, p. 430; Biḥār al-Anwār, vol. 24, pp. 105–108.</ref> as faith in them ensures safety from misguidance in this world and punishment in the Hereafter.<ref>Biḥār al-Anwār, vol. 24, p. 107.</ref> Some narrations also state that entering Mecca with recognition of the Ahl al-Bayt (a) ensures safety in this world and the Hereafter.<ref>Al-Kāfī, vol. 4, p. 545.</ref> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
{{Notes}} | {{Notes}} | ||