The Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: {Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth}
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The student: We have not finished explaining
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes,[An-Nur 24:35] meaning He is the one who illuminates them. The Light of the heavens and the earth means He is the one who illuminates them, or He is in them as Light. This means that Allah Himself is the Light in them, because He is in the sky, and it does not preclude saying that He is the Light of the heavens and the earth while He is in the heavens, just as Allah the Exalted said regarding the moon: [Nuh 71:16] and it is in the lowest heaven, not in the other heavens. Yes, the important point is that it has two meanings. The first meaning is that He is the Light in them; He Himself is the Light in them. The second is that He
The student: He is the one who illuminates them
The Shaykh : He is the one who illuminates them, yes
Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth
الله نور السموات والأرضThe Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes,
Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth
الله نور السماوات والأرضThe Light of the heavens and the earth
نور السموات والأرضAnd made the moon therein a [reflected] light
وجعل القمر فيهن نوراThe student: He is the one who illuminates them
The Shaykh : He is the one who illuminates them, yes