Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth"
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Question:
O brothers and sisters, we welcome you to the program's hotline for text messages and WhatsApp only: zero five zero one seven eight five five three six. With Allah's blessing, we begin this episode. The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh Salih, what is the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Mighty and Majestic:[An-Nur 24:35].
Answer:
[Al-Fatihah 1:1-2]. Peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. The saying of Allah the Exalted [An-Nur 24:35]
By His power and wisdom, Blessed and Exalted is He, and by His kindness to His servants. Then He said, "The parable of His light," meaning this is the parable of faith. The light of faith is like His light, and it is the faith that Allah places in the hearts and chests of the believers, like a niche containing a lamp. A niche is the hollow space where the lamp is placed, because it surrounds it from all sides, gathering its light so that it becomes strong, emanating from this niche. This is a representation of the faith in the chest and heart of the believing servant, like a niche containing a lamp, the lamp being in a glass.
[An-Nur 24:35] Between the East and the West, the sun rises over it and sets over it, so it is in the path of the sun and the light of the sun. This does not diminish its brilliance and light. This is an example set by Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) for the faith in the heart of the believing servant. Yes.
The presenter:
Yes, may Allah bless you and reward you. Your Excellency the Shaykh, may Allah bless you.
O brothers and sisters, we welcome you to the program's hotline for text messages and WhatsApp only: zero five zero one seven eight five five three six. With Allah's blessing, we begin this episode. The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh Salih, what is the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Mighty and Majestic:
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, the 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. Allah guides to His light whom He wills. And Allah presents examples for the people, and Allah is Knowing of all things.
اللَّهُ نُورُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ مَثَلُ نُورِهِ كَمِشْكَاةٍ فِيهَا مِصْبَاحٌ الْمِصْبَاحُ فِي زُجَاجَةٍ الزُّجَاجَةُ كَأَنَّهَا كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّيٌّ يُوقَدُ مِن شَجَرَةٍ مُّبَارَكَةٍ زَيْتُونَةٍ لَّا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَلَا غَرْبِيَّةٍ يَكَادُ زَيْتُهَا يُضِيءُ وَلَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نَارٌ نُّورٌ عَلَىٰ نُورٍ يَهْدِي اللَّهُ لِنُورِهِ مَن يَشَاءُ وَيَضْرِبُ اللَّهُ الْأَمْثَالَ لِلنَّاسِ وَاللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌAnswer:
(1) In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. (2) [All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds -
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَAllah is the Light of the heavens and the earth
اللَّهُ نُورُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِBy His power and wisdom, Blessed and Exalted is He, and by His kindness to His servants. Then He said, "The parable of His light," meaning this is the parable of faith. The light of faith is like His light, and it is the faith that Allah places in the hearts and chests of the believers, like a niche containing a lamp. A niche is the hollow space where the lamp is placed, because it surrounds it from all sides, gathering its light so that it becomes strong, emanating from this niche. This is a representation of the faith in the chest and heart of the believing servant, like a niche containing a lamp, the lamp being in a glass.
the 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
الزُّجَاجَةُ كَأَنَّهَا كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّيٌّ يُوقَدُ مِن شَجَرَةٍ مُّبَارَكَةٍ زَيْتُونَةٍ لَّا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَلَا غَرْبِيَّةٍThe presenter:
Yes, may Allah bless you and reward you. Your Excellency the Shaykh, may Allah bless you.
Source
قناة «السعودية»، برنامج فتاوى مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان 1439/11/19 — youtube.com (1:00)
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