Sadullah Khan – Parables and Wisdom from the Quran (Light Upon Light) Night 15
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All the below him in a shaytani R rajim Bismillahi Rahmani Raheem.
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mineral Quran Al Karim.
And read we focus probably on the most beautiful parable in the
Quran, and possibly the most powerful metaphor in the Holy
Quran.
And this is captured in Surah noon in an aisle cold aisle to know
and diverse basically it's a long verse and it reads Allah Who knew
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I had to Nora is certainly one of the most intricate verses of the
Quran.
A verse For which interpreters and mystics and philosophers have all
offered various explanations according to the respective
inclinations, and they all understand
it realize that whenever we discuss about the nature of Allah,
which this is partly about, we talk about the divine, we as human
beings, will have to admit
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can be considered
whatever can be considered in the realm of human thought is
characterized by limitations and the judgement of human intellect
is also constrained.
So, we are finite beings with finite minds. And of course, with
finite capacity, there are limitations, while the Divine is a
huddle, Samad unique, infinite absolute laser committee che,
nothing is comparable unto him.
So, in the parable of Iota, no,
there is reference made to Allah who somehow it will. Allah is the
Light of the heavens in the earth.
And it goes on Mr. Louis Kaminska, to free him his BA using a
metaphor that the Light
of the heavens in the earth and he found Allah, the light being like
a niche, in which is the lamp. And of course, the symbolic
metaphorical description goes on.
Followed by a reminder that this parable is only a form of mental
imagery, in order for people to achieve some modify some deep
understanding of Allah and the MACOM of Allah, the Exalted status
and station of Allah, and to be aware of his absolute oneness, his
unicity, or historic read.
This is the only verse where there is a parable and at the end of the
same verse, we are reminded about the parable, that it is a parable.
We acknowledge that everything in the world is causing effect.
Everything in the world is cause and effect. But Allah is uncaused.
In fact, he's the uncaused first cause, and
he is the first without the beginning, who in a world will
argue he is the last without an ending.
Now the notion of Allah who lose some Iowa to will, the notion of
the light part of it, as for light or noon, there are two primary
categories of light, and Allah the Sublime, he is the source of both
these lights.
One is the physical light, consisting of photons, which
illuminates physical objects, and is perceived by the physical eye,
to see the external reality is, in other words, shapes, dimensions
and colors. In the absence of light, you cannot see shape, you
cannot see dimension you cannot see color. Only in the presence of
light, can we I be able to identify shape, dimensions, colors
of objects, also the most visible and dominant physical light for
us, and all the profits throughout history, and until the end of time
is the sun.
The sunlight is essential for physical life of plants, of
animals and therefore, for the existence of the human race. And
of the creation of plants and animals of course, that's the one
like the physical light. Then there is a spiritual light is
perceived by the Insight
Have the human heart,
to see the internal realities of all that exists, the good and the
bad, the beautiful and the ugly,
truth from falsehood, distinguishing the good the inner
dimensions, the inner realities of being. And this is perceived by
the internal body we can say spiritual light, just as the
physical light is imperative for physical life, so to his divine
light, essential for spiritual heart.
Light, therefore, in both cases signifies existence,
illumination, because without light, you wouldn't know something
is the,
its unified existence, illumination, as well as
knowledge. And in contrast to that, the opposite of that, in the
absence of light, these non existence or perceived non
existence, there is darkness and ignorance.
Allah being Allah who somehow it was the lack of the heavens in the
earth, we know when light appears, it causes other objects to become
apparent. So the very verse suggests, I have to know that
Allah is the only one who exists off and by himself, absolutely
independent of all others. And whatever exists, other than he
depends on Him to come into existence. Bear with me, it's a
bit deep, deep today. But this is the nature of the verse. And I'm
only doing one dimension of it. By the way, a new is one of the names
of Allah, and all the lights in the universe. And whatever
illumination they are, they are but manifestation of the prime
light a noon.
So the verse here implies for us, that Allah Who created light, and
illuminates everything in the universe, without his light, and
the creation of light which he has made, there will be no source of
light, and therefore no source of guidance, no source of sight, no
source of insight, and no life. We're Mala Mia, jalila Hullo
Muran, from Allah whom he knew, if Allah would withhold His light,
from where would you find any source of light?
Therefore, whatever comes from Allah is light. The Prophet said
Allahu Allah was conveyed the message of Allah and therefore
Allah refers to him, you had an OB in ourselves Nakisha he though
will move a Shinto whether the era where da you need Allah, babies
NIWA, see Raja Munira, you are a light. But Manila means something
which has reflects light is the moon. The moon doesn't have a
light of its own, it deflects the light of the sun, but you see the
moonlight but no moonlight is reflecting the sun. Rasulullah is
a reflection of the Messenger of Allah. So Allah the first room as
she Rajan muneera, the lamp giving light but the light itself receive
light from somewhere else. It is lightened by something like the
moon further Alba through Elena, He is the light we talking about
in that regard.
And the Prophet said, Allah Allah wa salam, therefore is a beacon of
light because he's a conveyor of divine message and of the Divine
Light in that sense. And the divine revelation which Rasul also
received, what about a neural dilemma? Ma and the new that came
down with the Rasul which is the Quran, which also the Quran is
referred to as a source of light because why they emanate from the
message of Allah, Muhammad Muhammad Coahoma Madonna, he, they
can Hudak Inula say Muhammad udana he don't call Muhammad God
Muhammad is your God said Allah is the Lamb, but he never separated
from the light of Allah. And this verse sort of emphasizes that
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is reported to have said,
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fie. He knew this was legit. Hearts are four kinds. The heart
that is clear like a shining lamp. Then there are hearts covered and
tied up. Then their hearts in turmoil upside down. And then
there's a heart clad in armor.
I'll deal with the first one only. As for the clear heart, the heart
of fitrah every poor person is born pure. The heart is pure of
everyone. It's why can you move within you the dolphins are you
born upon a pure disposition. So as for the clear heart, the heart
of fitrah the natural pure heart
which a person is born with. That is supposed to be the heart
Have a believer and Rasul said,
called will movement see Raju Fie, he knew. In other words, in that
heart, it's like a lamp within which there is a light.
Now the portion of the verse of ayah to know which goes on says no
rule of law nor Light upon light. Some scholar says, it may refer to
the divine light of Allah, igniting the spark of the human
heart.
And when the divine revelation reaches such a heart, the
illuminating light of revelation resonates with the inner light of
the heart and therefore Northern Ireland. Yeah Did now will you
know the EMA ye SHA, Allah guides through his life, who we wish. And
then the verse concludes, while your dream Allahu unsaddled the
nurse, we strike for you parables and similar tools and metaphors,
because we want people to understand and to be aware that
Allah is cognizant of everything. What are the three points for us
to contemplate, from this rather intricate, brief discussion but
rather intricate? Either
one, just like water is clean as well as a cleanser. Light is
visible and make other things visible. To Allah is a known he is
the source of all light and illumination. And three, Allah
sacred right, embraces the entirety of creation, and
illuminates the heavens and the earth. His eternal radiance
infuses light in life and in all that exists Akula kolyada was
tougher Allah wa salam aleikum wa rahmatullah