Gems of Qur'anic Knowledge and Wisdom - Part 64

Part 64

By the Name of Allah, the most Compassionate, the most Merciful.

The verses of light:

Light and the manifest book (5:15)
Light and Torah (5:44)
Light and Gospel (5:46)
`Ali (a.s)'s light with the holy Prophet (May Allah send blessings and peace through him and his progeny) (7:157)
The unbelievers want to extinguish God's light (9:32 and 61:8)
Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth (24:35)
Proof (burhan) and the manifest light (4:174)
Light of believing men and women (57:12-13 and 66:8)
Luminous book, i.e., Sacred Sanctuary (3:184, 22:8, 31:20 & 35:25)
The holy Prophet (May Allah send blessings and peace through him and his progeny) = siraj-i munir, i.e., luminous lamp (33:46)
Imams from the progeny of Prophet Muhammad (May Allah send blessings and peace through him and his progeny) are bearers of light (2:143)
The chain of the light of Al-i Ibrahim and Al-i Muhammad (4:54 and 22:77-78).

The best meaning of 'muslim' is the one who is merged in God. God willing, we will present one of its befitting examples later on, Amin, Amin!

Tuesday 22 February 2005