Recognition of Imam Part II - Prophets' Miracles, Books and Ta'wil

Prophets' Miracles, Books and Ta'wil

In verse (35:25), God says: "And if they belie you, then surely those before them had also belied. Their messengers came to them with miracles (bayyinat) and Books (zubur) and the luminous Book (al-kitabu'l-munir)".

This Qur'anic teaching shows that there are three great things with the Prophets: miracles, Books and the luminous Book. However, an important question arises here: What is the luminous Book besides the miracles and the Books, because according to the Arabic words of this verse, bayyinat means 'miracles', zubur (pl. of zabur) means 'books' and the translation of al-kitabu'l-munir is 'the luminous Book'? Further, does the luminous Book still exist or not, while it existed with all the Prophets before the holy Prophet Muhammad(s)? The simple and easy answer to these questions is that the luminous Book is the name of the light of Imamat, which existed with the last Prophet and which still exists. And it is this light which is in the form of the practical ta'wil and profound wisdom of the heavenly Books of all the Prophets. For, it is this light of Imamat alone which contains all the secrets of spirituality and all the bright realities and recognitions of the ta'wils.

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