Recognition of Imam Part II - The Prophet and Imam's Light is the Light of God
Prophet and Imam's Light is the Light of God
It must have become evident for you from the realities and recognitions of the verses of light which have been explained in connection with the topics of this booklet that, the mazhar of God's holy light is always present in this world in the attire of humanity for the guidance of humankind. Without his existence and presence, the existence and survival of the world of religions is absolutely impossible. One of its sound and bright proofs is the material light or the sun. Without the existence of the sun, the existence and order of the material world cannot last even for a moment. For, the entire solar system and what it contains have been created by the immense generative powers of the sun and this entire material order is based on its all-inclusive and ever-pervading powers. All this is the example of the mazhar of the light of God, who sometimes is in the position of a Prophet and sometimes in the form of an Imam, from whose blessed eternal existence the world of religions gradually emerged, and constantly receives guidance from him according to their status. This means that if this mazhar were not to exist in the world of religions, they would have all perished. It is in this sense that God says: "And We have encompassed everything in the manifest Imam" (36:12). This means that everything is preserved due to the luminous existence of the Imam, for his holy and luminous existence is like the Guarded Tablet, as his light has encompassed everything.
Thus, regarding the continuity of the light of Imamat and the desire and abortive endeavour of the disbelievers to extinguish it, God says in verse (61:8): "They desire to extinguish with their mouths the light of God; but God will perfect His light, though the disbelievers be averse".
It should be known that if the mazhar of God's light were not in the external world and were only in the internal world, the disbelievers would not have desired to extinguish it, because their desire is confined to things of the external world. Additionally in also rejecting their desire, Allah would not have said that He will perfect His light. Thus, it is clear that God's light is manifest in this world.
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