The Holy Imam and Jamat Khana are Spiritual and Luminous Houses

In the verse (3:96), God says: “Verily, the first house set up for mankind is at Bakkah (Makkah), blessed and a guidance for the entire people of the world.” In this blessed verse, there are many wisdom-filled allusions. One of them is that ‘first’ is the foundation of ordinals (numbers) and it necessitates that it be followed by the second, third, fourth, fifth, etc. This implies that although the first and the central religious house is in Makkah, there will be many secondary and local religious houses (Jama’at-khanahs) in the time of Prophethood and the cycle of Imamat. 

 

The second allusion is that just as the first religious house was set up in Makkah, the first (holy) Imam (Mawla Ali (a.s.) was also appointed in Makkah. He is the spiritual and luminous house for people and in which, there are blessings and guidance for those who (actually) become personal worlds (i.e., become spiritually advanced and knowlegable souls).” (Source: Fruit of Paradise, pages 121-122)