Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “They drive them out of the light into the darkness”
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Question:
Also, among the questions, this one says, may Allah preserve you: He says, Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:257] He asks: What is the light that these disbelievers were upon? Second, why is the plural used in His saying, “They drive them out”?
Answer:
Out of their oppression. A person may be a believer upon the truth, then the arrogant one, Shaytan, the arrogant ones of the jinn and mankind, comes to him and drives him out of his religion, may Allah protect us from that. He goes from the light into the darkness.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Also, among the questions, this one says, may Allah preserve you: He says, Allah the Exalted said:
And those who disbelieve - their allies are Taghut. They take them out of the light into darknesses.
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَوْلِيَاؤُهُمُ الطَّاغُوتُ يُخْرِجُونَهُم مِّنَ النُّورِ إِلَى الظُّلُمَاتِAnswer:
Out of their oppression. A person may be a believer upon the truth, then the arrogant one, Shaytan, the arrogant ones of the jinn and mankind, comes to him and drives him out of his religion, may Allah protect us from that. He goes from the light into the darkness.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/205 — archive.org (16:47)
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