Q:Why tree?

A:

Aizzed-Din Nasafi

“Alam (Realm) of the Jabarut is the very seed of both Mulk (The Corporeal) and Malakut (Spiritual) realms i.e. the realms of Mulk and Malakut are a tree (sprouted from the seed of Jabarut) while matter and plants and all living animals are the fruits of this tree!”

Jabarut is found in the Qur’an and the language of the Prophet peace be upon him.

Nasafi gives us the cognizance of the botanical nature of the Jabarut:

1. Seed: It is a seed that is hidden some place beyond the reach of anyone

2. Sprout: It sprouts as in the form of botanical growth from that unreachable world to this world where we are (Mulk)

3. Fruit: It bears fruits of all kinds, spiritual or corporeal

The same botanical concept is applied to the Yaqin or Certitude.

Q: What is Yaqin (Certitude)?

A: Any aspect of human existence and endeavour that is completely free of doubt.

From Farhange Istilahat Irfani (Dictionary of Sufi terminologies) by Dr. Sajjadi:

Dhan-nun Al-Masri:  What is being seen by the eye is called Ilm (Knowledge) and what is seen by the heart is called Yaqin.

Junaid: Elevation and flight of doubt (away from the person)

Ibn Ata: Yaqin is a (continual) state (of existence) wherein the person finds nothing incongruent to the wish of Allah: No question occurs within the person’s mind about Allah’s ordained destinies e.g. calamities and so on.

Nasired-Din Tusi: A form of belief and understanding that has no cessation nor any abatement i.e. it is always with the person and will not go away or diminish.

Mulla Sadra: (a state of being) such that what is inside the person is complete congruence to what is outside him.

Botanical processes and concepts might shape Yaqin (Certitude) but they might not be of plant nature i.e. made from plant materials.

The botanical looking delta structures of rivers are caused by the fact that the rive has extraordinary amounts of kinetic energy and yet when it hits the accumulated the sediments the energy does not simply bore a single passageway through, rather it makes many smaller passageways and decreases its energy into smaller streams.

Yaqin has to sprout from the seed of Jabarut, so it can exist in Malakut (Spiritual Realm) and Mulk (Corporeal Realm). The original energy level of Yaqin is infinite and cannot enter either universe of Malakut and Mulk and therefore it must sprout into branches, hence the botanical nature.

Q: Why Shajara-t is in female form?

A: Because it is an extension via annexation of the sprouting growth of branches annexed to the original seed of Jabarut. These sorts of annexations are often gendered as female in the language of Arab. Since the male form of the words have the minimal word length.