Recognition of Imam Part II - Darknesses and Light
Darknesses and Light
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In verse (13:16), God says: ""Say: Is the blind man equal to the seer, or are darknesses equal to light?""
In this verse, the wise Qur'an draws attention, in its special language of ta'wil, to the fact that the one who is blind to the realities and recognition of religion, is never equal to the one who is bestowed with the bounty of insight and the inner eye; nor are the darknesses of disbelief and ignorance equal to the lights of faith and recognition (`irfan).
It should be known that here blindness and sight are related to the human heart, as it is said in verse (22:46): ""For it is not the eyes that grow blind, but it is the hearts, which are within the chests that grow blind"".
Thus, it becomes evident that just as spiritual blindness and sight are related to the heart, spiritual darkness and light are also related to the eyes of the heart and not to the eyes of the head.
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