Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: ((Light upon light))
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. Our brother asks and says: In one of the noble verses of the Qur'an, Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nur 24:35] Can you tell us about this part of that noble verse?
Answer:
Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, mentioned this noble verse when He spoke of the mosques. He said, Glorified be He:[An-Nur 24:35], [An-Nur 24:35], meaning the light of the glass with the light of the fire with the light of the pure olive oil. So they are lights that gather in purity, and this is like the faith in the heart of the believer.
Like the faith in the heart of the believer:[An-Nur 24:36] and they are the mosques. So the light of faith in the heart and the light of the mosques, which are the houses of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, gather together? Yes.
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. Our brother asks and says: In one of the noble verses of the Qur'an, Allah the Exalted said:
Light upon light.
نُّورٌ عَلَىٰ نُورٍAnswer:
Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, mentioned this noble verse when He spoke of the mosques. He said, Glorified be He:
Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The example of His light is like a niche within which is a lamp, the lamp is within glass
اللَّهُ نُورُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ مَثَلُ نُورِهِ كَمِشْكَاةٍ فِيهَا مِصْبَاحٌ الْمِصْبَاحُ فِي زُجَاجَةٍthe glass as if it were a pearly [white] star lit from [the oil of] a blessed olive tree, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil would almost glow even if untouched by fire. Light upon light.
الزُّجَاجَةُ كَأَنَّهَا كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّيٌّ يُوقَدُ مِن شَجَرَةٍ مُّبَارَكَةٍ زَيْتُونَةٍ لَّا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَلَا غَرْبِيَّةٍ يَكَادُ زَيْتُهَا يُضِيءُ وَلَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نَارٌ نُّورٌ عَلَىٰ نُورٍLike the faith in the heart of the believer:
in mosques which Allah has ordered to be raised
فِي بُيُوتٍ أَذِنَ اللَّهُ أَن تُرْفَعَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4424- تفسير قوله تعالى: ((نُورٌ عَلَى نُورٍ)) - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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