Sadullah Khan – Parables and Wisdom from the Quran (Light Upon Light) Night 15

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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