13. The Tree of Tuba and the Branch of Fatima Zahra (s.a.) – Surah Ibrahim (14:24)

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاءِ 

تُؤْتِي أُكُلَهَا كُلَّ حِينٍ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهَا ۗ وَيَضْرِبُ اللَّهُ الْأَمْثَالَ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ 

“Have you not considered how Allah sets forth a parable of a good word (being) like a good tree, whose root is firm and whose branches are in heaven, yielding its fruit in every season by the permission of its Lord? And Allah sets forth parables for men that they may be mindful.

Imam Baqir (a.s.) said concerning the above verse – The tree is Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.), the off-shoot of the tree is Ameerul Momineen (a.s.), the branch of this tree of Janabe Fatima Zahra (s.a.), its fruits are Imams (a.s.) from the progeny of Ali (a.s.) and Janabe Fatima (s.a.) and their Shias are its leaves.¹

Footnotes

1. Tafsir al-Qummi, Vol. 1, Page 369 ↩