Recognition of Imam Part II - The Light of the Imam of the Time is the Luminous Book
The Light of the Imam of the Time is the Luminous Book
Tags: da`i, hujjat, luminous book
In verses (22:8-9), God says: "And among humankind is he who disputes concerning God without knowledge or guidance or a luminous Book: Turning away in pride to beguile (men) from the way of God".
The ta'wil of this verse is that nobody can debate and discuss about the recognition of God without the recognition of a da`i, a hujjat and the Imam of the time. For, in this verse the da`i is knowledge, the hujjat is guidance and the Imam is the luminous Book, as they are on the levels of knowledge of certainty (`ilmu'l-yaqin), vision of certainty (`aynu'l-yaqin) and truth of certainty (haqqu'lyaqin), respectively.
This means that the da`i, inviting the people through the knowledge of certainty, hands them over to the hujjat who, guiding them through the vision of certainty, enables them to reach the luminous recognition of the Imam who clearly shows them all the realities of the physical and spiritual existents from the luminous Book of his light.
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