A045
Surah: 024 - Ayah: 045
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24:45
Everything has a shadow or reflection. Likewise, the light also has a shadow. But it la more appropriate to say reflection, for, the shadow of the light, is entirely different from the rest of the shadows and it is luminous and bright, like the reflection of the sun shining in the mirror. Similarly, God, the Beneficent, from the Sublime Throne, cast a reflection of His light upon the hearts of all mankind, which all of them accepted in the sense of natural or inborn intellect. At the same time, the sun of guidance rose, by the permission of God, so that the particular intellect may be nourished and progress and at the same time, his status and rank may he determined. Then God seized all these reflections very easily in His hand of power; if He had willed He would not have lifted them from here, as He says; "Hast thou not seen how thy Lord has spread the shade - and if He willed He could have made it still - then We made the sun its guide; then We seized it easily" (25:45-6).In this blessed verse there are great luminous wisdoms and the didar of knowledge filled with theophanies as well.
Ma (Water)
The ta'wil of water is knowledge. Study verse (24:45): "Allah has created every moving creature from water (i.e. He has created those who walk by dhikr and ibadat from knowledge). Some of them crawl on their bellies (i.e. the dhikr of some of them is in an inner state without fixed words), some of them walk on two legs, some of them walk on four (i.e. the dhikr of some is of two names and of some four names)”.
This verse has been referred 2 times.