Taimiyyah Zubair – Taleem al Quran 2012 – P18 181B Tafsir Al-Nur 35
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The speakers discuss the importance of enlightenment in shaping behavior and the use of technology for modernity. They also touch upon the concept of "light guidance" and its use in modernity, including physical growth and development. The speakers emphasize the need for light for daily life and the importance of its use in various aspects of life, including physical growth and development. They also discuss the process of creating a candle and its characteristics, including its beautiful and original beauty.
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noose light. What does the surah begin with? What's the first idea? What's the message given in the first idea of the sutra?
That this is a sutra that Allah subhanaw taala that says that we have revealed it. And we have made it obligatory. And we have revealed in the Surah, what, what I asked him by unit, clear proofs, clear verses containing clear commandments. And then in the Surah, we learned about some legal punishments, which were mentioned right at the beginning.
And after that, we also learned about the incident of if, right, and the lessons that are derived from that the seriousness of talking about vulgarity, even then we also learned about the issue of estate than what is this than taking permission before entering somebody's house. And then we also learned about the etiquette of lowering the gaze. And this is for both men and women, as well as preserving the private part, guarding your modesty guarding your chastity, your body, protecting your body. And then we also learned about the command of hijab for women, right? Now, many of these things that we learned in the Surah, generally, they're perceived as very backward, right? I mean,
this is what people are always talking about, that Muslims should be progressive, right, we should catch up with the rest of the world. Just the other day, I was reading this article on BBC, in which they were showing that how swimsuits have evolved over time, how right. And I was amazed at a picture that was right at the beginning, it didn't even look like a swimsuit, it looked like a dress, you know, for a woman. And this was, you know, late 1800s, early 1900s. And now, if you tell a person, this is a swimsuit, they wouldn't even recognize it. Right? So we see that, in the past, at least people had some level of modesty, some level of Hyah. But over time, what has happened,
people have lost it and what do they want with Muslims? What do they want for Islam, that we should also abandon modesty in our clothing and our thinking, right, we should unshackle ourselves from the bonds or from the ties of limiting ourselves to the Quran and Sunnah. Right? They want us to move forward, they want us to leave things behind and move forward. But Allah says right at the beginning of the Surah, this is the surah that we have revealed that Allah has revealed and this is the surah that Allah has made obligatory, he has not given us a choice concerning these matters. And we see over here now in iron number 35, Allah subhanaw taala gives us the description of his noon of his
light, what is light? And what is the light the guidance of Allah subhanho wa taala. And you see over here, the message is very clear. That following these commands, is basically enlightenment. And abandoning these commands, abandoning the word of Allah, what is that entering darkness? People take pity on us, right? That you leave this Islam you leave your shackles and you free yourself, you release yourself, right? But the fact is that our enlightenment has already happened. Our enlightenment was there from the day the Quran was revealed because Quran is what it is new.
guidance comes from who Allah subhanahu wa taala our enlightenment happened 1400 years ago. We don't need people to enlighten us today. And if they try to enlighten us, in fact, what are they doing? They're taking us out of this new and putting us into darkness. Because what does Allah say in the Quran? That Allahu Allah you Lavina Amma know, you read you whom in a Zulu Mati Illa know, Allah takes people out of darkness puts them into light. Well, Lavina cafardo Olia omocha, would you agree Juna home Mina, newly in Laguna, math, and the Tahoe to false gods, whether it is a person's ego or political system, whatever it may be, what does that do? It takes a person out of light and puts him
into darkness. So as we studied this idea in sha Allah, keep in mind, all the objections that are raised against Islam, and how people tell us leave your hijab, leave your Quran so that you can be enlightened. This ayah tells us what true enlightenment is. So let's look at this idea.
Allah Who knows somewhere where to well.
Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. Allah is
The node of the summer word and he is the node of the earth.
Allah is known. What does know mean? from the root letter is known, while raw know is light. And light is basically that which is likely to be that TV and mobile hit lady. Nor is that which is apparent, which is manifest itself, meaning it is visible, you see it.
But it's not just visible itself, it also makes other things visible.
Light is what makes things visible. Light is what helps us see things. Light is what helps us perceive things. Light is what enables us to know what things really are. For example, if you are in a dark room, all right, you're in a dark room, absolute darkness, and you start walking. And then you bump into something and you feel it. It seems like it's a wooden structure and it's soft from the top you think maybe it's a bed? No, but it seems too small. Maybe it's a child's bed? No, but maybe it's just a chair, maybe it's just a sofa. I don't know what it is. You turn the light on and you see yes, it's a chair, not a bed, not a child's bed, not a sofa, it's a chair, what helped you
figure out what that object actually was the light right. So, this is no nor enables you to know what things really are, this is what Nora is. Now remember that Nora is of different kinds, light is of different kinds. One type of note is that which is hesi that which is physical, you could say that that which is created it is must look like for example the sun, right Sun is the source of light it enables us to see and what is it it's something that Allah has created. Likewise the moon, the stars are like these electricity, you know, lights, alright, that we use, or the light of a flame, the light of a lamp, all of these are what his see their physical mark, look. And this is
something that enables vision perception, and who is the creator of this? Who has created the slight? Allah subhanaw taala. All right, like for example, in the Quran, Allah says who Allah Regina Shamsul bleah and welcome, new raw, he has made the moon no a light. Then there is another kind of light, which is also hissy meaning in the sense that it is also a fluke, but it's not really physical. All right, where is it? It's basically the knower of the eyes, the inner node, what does that mean? It is the normal the eyes by which vision works, because there could be light outside. All right, the light could be on. But if the inside is dark, then a person cannot see. Like for
example, in the Quran, we learn Metha Luhan kammath Allah Allah does toccata now Dinara, Philomena Allah atma how Allah who they have Allah who be newly him, the outside was illuminated, but what happened the inner light was gone. Right, the light of the eyes was gone. So as a result, a person was not able to see anything. All right. Now there is another kind of news. And that is Modern UI. It's intangible. All right. And basically what that refers to is guidance. It refers to Revelation. Like for example, Allahu Allah you Latina ama know Ukrainian women, Illuminati. Illa. Know Allah takes people out of darkness and takes them to light. What is that light guidance he Daya. Likewise,
Allah says in the Quran, a woman can or may turn for here now we're John Allahu Nura, the person who was dead. We gave him life and we gave him light. What is that light guidance? In the Quran we learned that the Torah the Torah is called noon. All right, even the Quran is called no one Zelner Eleiko neuron. Medina, we have revealed to you we have sent to you a clear light. So how is the Quran a light?
How was the Torah a light and we look at your most half is it light?
Is it how is it light then what kind of light is it? Guidance? Right? It's guidance.
Now when Allah says over here, that Allah
Who knows somewhere where it will Earth? Allah is the light of the skies of the heavens and of the earth. What does it mean?
It means that the source of all news,
the source of all types of light is who? Allah subhanaw taala. If it's physical light, then who is its creator? Allah is its creator. He is the One who created the sun. He is the One who created the moon, he is the one who has created fire, electricity also these lights that we use, even that who is the actual Creator, Allah subhanaw taala because he gave us the resources, he gave us the ability and that is why we are able to put it together if he did not allow, we would never be able to put it together. So Allah Who noodle Samoa, you will all he is the source of light, meaning he is the creator of light.
And if it's in tangible light, such as guidance, all right, then again, who is the source of that guidance? Allah is the One who has sent that guidance. Allah is the One who has shown that light. Allah is the One who has guided mankind humanity, His creation. So he is Munna wit, and he is Haddie. The Sahaba. They also interpreted new over here as Haddie the one who guides he is the guide of the heavens and the earth in our basketball Dillo on who said that Allah noodle Samoa T will also what it means is that he is the hottie, the guide of the Hello Samoa, the will of the inhabitants of the skies in the air, because he has illuminated the facts of rectitude for His creation, all right,
what is the right path? When it comes to worldly matters, as well as religious matters? Who is the one who is showing the way? It is Allah zoologia So Allah Who Moodle summer worth you will own
and if you think about it,
you know whether Musa de Sena when he was asked by for their own that Who is your Lord? What is the description that he gave that Rob buena ledee aka Kula che in Hulka Whoa, Sama Heather, that our Lord is the one who gave everything its creation, its form, meaning he brought everything into existence, he created it. And then he also guided it.
You see, when you put a seed in the soil? What does it need to grow? Does it need water? Does it need air? What else does it need? Light? Doesn't it needs liked, even if it's a little bit but it needs light. Some plants need more and some plants need less. But they need light.
So if there is no light, would it grow? No. Even if you give it the best soil? You know, pure filtered water, for example, really expensive. All right, bottled water you give it all right. And with all the extra added nutrients and everything. You give that you put the soil, you put the fertilizer, the air is fresh, but it's an absolute darkness. will it grow? No, it won't. It needs light. Right? Likewise, our bodies do they need light? We need light as well. Because one of the major things that we desperately need is vitamin D. And that comes from where sunlight and if you don't get it which in this country? Of course we don't get enough off Then what do we need?
Supplements, right? Even little babies they need to be given D drops every day. Right? Vitamin D, even old people they need vitamin D light. So we see that light is essential for our physical body for our physical growth, right for our worldly life, for our worldly progress. Allah says in the Quran that he has made the day so that you work so that you travel you go about and do your business. Why is it that Allah subhanaw taala has given us day because we need this light for our work for our worldly for our physical existence. For our physical progress, we need this light.
Now if you think about it, if light is so essential for physical life, then isn't light necessary for spiritual life as well.
It is right. So Allah created everything. All right, and he provided light for its existence for its growth for its development. And then everything Allah subhanaw taala also taught it its purpose. Its purpose. You know, when you see turtles emerging out of the sand, baby turtles, they know exactly where they need to go. Right? You will never find them going away from the seashore. They're actually going towards the water. It's amazing how
Do they know the water is there? But they know Allah has guided them. Honey bees you know we think that they're randomly flying here and there but they're not. Are you think that a honeybee is going crazy going around it's actually doing the bee dance right? So every creature is doing what it's supposed to Allah taught it what to do, what are we doing here?
What are we doing here? Allah has guided us also because Allah is the norm of the heavens and the earth. He is the one who has given physical light, he is the one who has sent spiritual light also spiritual guidance also comes from who Allah subhana wa Tada. Because Allah is the noodle somehow it will.
Now to summarize the meaning of Allah who noodle Sumati will old. Basically what we understand is that the source of all light is who Allah His that is light his attributes there also light, his column his speech that is also light his I add, what are they begin at there are clear, evident manifest. So Allah will notice similar to old meaning ALLAH is the hottie the guide of the heavens and fear.
Allah when Allah says Allah to Allah, meaning Allah is the Munna with the one who has enlightened the skies and the earth. How? By creating light in it. You know, whenever you look at an image of the universe, for example, what do you see? Spaces? What?
What is space? It's dark, isn't it? Which is why it's black? And then you have the stars, right? Are these planets are the suns and moons everywhere? Galaxies everywhere, but generally what is it? It's dark.
When whenever you see a picture of the earth in the middle of space, it's surrounded by darkness. Right? So we see that this earth, it has life in it how Allah has cast light on it, it's the source of life. So Allah will noodle somewhat you will have meaning he is the monopoly of the skies and the earth. And thirdly, what it means is that Allah is known, meaning he is known.
Nor Allah is known, what kind of nor what type of No, we don't think about that. But Allah is known. Because in the Quran we learn over here, other places in the Quran also, we learned that what I should have cattle are to be no real behind through to Zuma, we learn about this that on the Day of Judgment, well, I should have put in Urdu binoria of Bihar, that the earth will be enlightened by the note of its Lord, by the note of who Allah subhanho wa Taala the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam also, when he would wake up in the night to perform his prayers, right the Hadoop, he would begin the prayer with the Dora Allahumma Nikhil hunt, and the pain was somewhat he will have the
woman fee him while I can hand Anta Noosa it will old woman Fee For You is Praise. You are the light of the heavens and the earth. In a hadith we learned that the Prophet sallallahu sallam said Allah hijab who knew his veil is no
meaning what screens us what prevents us from seeing Allah? Is Allah as likes, we cannot see him which is why when the Prophet saw a lot of sun and went for Miraj, and then the Sahaba asked him about the Mirage about the ascension, they asked him Did you see Allah? Did you see Allah and the prophets of Allah Islam said no unknown light, how can I see him? How can I see him? I cannot write this is why Allah says Allah to decode will absorb, the vision cannot perceive him. But on the Day of Judgment, Allah will give ability to people to see him. Remember Musa alayhis salam he asked Allah if he could see him. But then what happened? When Allah subhanaw taala cast some of his light
on the mountain, what happened to the mountain? It crumbled, it shattered. Right? So Allah is nor himself, he is known. So there's two types of news you could say. One is the sliver, the attribute of Allah and the other is Hulk, the creation of Allah.
One is his attribute, he is nor himself and the other is his creation, the created light. So Allah Who knows somehow it will
matter No, no it he be example of his note, the example of his light, which light The light that he has given the guidance that he has sent, whether it is in the form of the Quran is the Quran nor
is it yes, the commands that Allah has given are they new I atom by unit. They're being MOBA. You know their evidence
The messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he was also sent by Allah. Right? As a source of guidance, how is he described in the Quran?
Tell me about an idea or some description that has been given about the Prophet salallahu Islam that shows that he is light, meaning a source of guidance.
How was the Prophet sallallahu Sallam light? And I'm not saying he was physically light so that he didn't have a shadow like some people think? No light as an intangible, minor, we he Daya Yes.
In the Quran, the prophets of Allah Islam is described with the word that gives meaning of light. See Raja monniera
What is the lodge a lamp, see Raja Munira illuminating lamp.
Just imagine a lamp, a light that is on. It's a source of light. Right? So that is who the prophets of Allah Edison was a source of light, a source of guidance. When people were in darkness, they were in ignorance, killing one another, destroying one another, destroying themselves, ruining their lives. Allah sent His Messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam as Sirajul muneera as a light as an illuminating lamp.
I don't remember the exact title right now. But I think it's sort of, you can check if you go to quran.com Just write to Roger Munira and the ayat will come up. All right. So the example of Allah's light meaning the example of the guidance that Allah has sent, whether it is the Quran, or it is the messenger or it is the commands, any source any kind, any form of guidance that Allah has sent. And by the way, when Allah sends guidance and a person receives it, then where does it settle? In the heart of a believer, right. So the example of his life this is understood in two ways. One is the example of the lightning the guidance that Allah has sent. So the example of the Quran, or the
example of the messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam the example of Ye, all right, or the light, meaning the guidance that Allah has sent, and that has settled in the heart of a believer or that has settled in a Muslim community.
Meeting when a person or when a community accepts embraces the commands that Allah has given and they act upon them, they follow them, they practice them, then what happens to them? What happens to them? What's the effect of Eman in other words? So here the example that is given is the example of the movements hearts, the believers heart in which the guidance of Allah has settled.
It has made a home there, my fellow nori he comes scattering. The example of his light is like that of a Muscat. Muscat is a niche from the root letters sheen calf Wow. Shaquan shackle is basically literally it means to open a small water skin. All right? Perhaps you've never seen a water skin. So just think of like a plastic bottle. Alright, so to open it, once you open it, can you see inside?
Well, these days, generally, the plastic bottles are clear. So you can see from the side also, right? But think of a bottle that is, let's say a steel bottle. You're not allowed to pick it up, you're not allowed to move it. So you don't know what's inside. You open it. Now you look inside, right? So for you to know about what is inside, there's only one way there's only one opening, you understand, because it's closed from every other side. This is Chacoan from the same root as the word Shaniqua. Or she quoi or she kya Have you heard of that? Maybe you've done it many times. What does it mean to complain? Because generally, complaints are kind of one sided. They're biased.
They're just coming out of your mouth and they're just you're pouring your heart out. Alright. So Shaquan Sheikha. Now Miss cat, what is it miss cat is a niche, or you could say a crevice or a hole, or a hollow or something like that in a wall. Right in a wall. So think of a flat plain wall. All right, and now make a hole in that wall. But that hole is not such that it's open from the other side. It's closed from the other side. All right. Many times you see these niches or crevices, you know sometimes in houses or in different
lasers V objective is to display something in it. Look at this, for example. All right, these windows for instance, at the back of them, yes, you have glass. So think of it as solid from the back. All right? And what's the objective of this ledge? Here? Alhamdulillah we've made the objective keeping the Quran, alright. But in many places, what will you have? Like a statue or a decoration piece? All right. Now back in the day, what people would do is they didn't have electricity lights, right? So what would they do? They would have to keep lamps and lamps, what are they made with? I mean, you have a flame of fire. And it is such that if you leave it somewhere out
in the open, it could be firstly, very dangerous, because fire can easily spread, because the fire is not protected. And secondly, it can die very quickly, very easily. Right? One gust of wind, it's gone, or it will spread. But when it's in a neesh, then what happens? It's protected from three sides. It's only open from one side. All right. So why is a lamp Why is light in a niche for the purpose of protecting the light for the purpose of containing the light? And also what happens is that the light it somehow becomes brighter, because you see it's contained in a place and when it's contained in a place then you don't have just one lamp glowing. But the sides of that niche. What
are they doing? They're reflecting the light. All right, so it's a way of growing the light also.
So Allah says that methylone recommission Gaten the example of his light is like that of a niche. Now this Nish fi hat in it is a mitzvah a lamp in the niche is a lamp. Misbah from the letters saw Bahaa so what the super mean, morning, what do you have in morning that's different from night lights. That is the only thing that's different, right? I mean, the sky doesn't change in the sense that a different sky has come right? Nothing changes. The only thing that's different is light, night is the absence of light and day is the presence of light. So, so Miss BA is that which creates light meaning that which spreads light source of light. So what is Misbah? A lamp?
So commish Gatton fi hum is a niche in which is a lamp. Now remember that Misbah
you see light, or you could say flame or fire. It doesn't just give out light. Right? It gives out something else as well. And what is that? Heat? Right? And a flame especially? It's also I mean, there's different colors or shades of light, right? Some lights are very bright, almost white, and others are yellowish. orangish almost reddish. Right? And blue. Exactly. Now you have any color that you could want basically. Alright, so remember that Misbah is that which is more whitish, meaning it's not red. It's not giving out much heat. It's not a cause of trouble. Yes, it's a cause of coolness. It's a cause of ease and comfort because it's giving you light Miss ba you see some lights
are such that when you see them you're like, I'm gonna burn right? Or it's too much. It's too bright to look at. There are other kinds of lights which you look at and they're so comforting. You know in the Quran, Allah subhanaw taala called stars Masabi
but the sun is not called Misbah why? Because the sun I mean as beautiful as it is and as helpful and beneficial as it is you can't keep looking at it can you know I mean as much as we wait for the sun to come out as soon as it comes out we start complaining as well because it's too hot right but your sunscreen on and get your glasses out and put your hat on right but miss ba Masabi stars how are they? You just want to keep staring at them? So commish Catherine fee ha Misbah like a niche in which is a lamp. This lamp Allah says Allah Misbah who? The lamp meaning this lamp where is it? fee in Zou, Jada a glass case? This lamp is in a glass case. What does it mean by that? So Georgia is
basically glass All right. Now this could be understood in two ways. You see the Lamb The Misbah what is it? Miss bow is basically the wick. Alright the wick seen a candle right
Right. These days are hamdulillah candles everywhere, right? So when you light the candle, how do you light it? You light the wick the thread, right? So back in the day when they had these lamps, what they would have is basically a container in which would be oil, some fuel. And then at the end of it, they would have this, you know, piece of cotton or something like a wick coming out of it. Right. So you like the wick, you burn the wick, and just as your week now takes its fuel from the wax back then what was it? Oil? So the Misbah is referring to the wick. All right, the week the lamp is the week because that is the light. Right? And this isn't a glass in a glass case. Because the
container, the lamp, it could be made of different things could be earthen made from Earth could be made from stone or something like that. Now imagine if the container in which is the oil and the wick, imagine if it's made of glass. Have you ever seen oil in a glass container?
I'm sure you have seen it doesn't mean the color itself, it looks so beautiful. Because oil itself is very bright. Right? And when it's in a glass case, the glass almost reflects that light even more. Now imagine if at the top of it is a flame of fire. How much more bright that light would be because it's in a glass container. All right. Now another way in which we could understand is that the lamp mean the container in which is the oil and the wick that is alight. Where is it? It is sitting in a glass case. Have you ever seen lanterns? Lanterns? What are they? They're basically a lamp which is in a glass case like a globe kind of thing, right? It's surrounded by glass. What's
the purpose of that? Sujatha
again, what's the purpose of that jajaja to further reflect the light to increase the light. But is it just that
is it just that think about it? You have a candle why does it come in a glass jar is a different from a candlestick?
How is it different from a candlestick? What happens to a candlestick? Oops I dropped it died. Right? But a glass case what does it do? It protects the light. It further reflects it. It enhances its beauty.
It's a source of protection preservation of that light. But only if that glass itself is clean and beautiful. You know generally what happens is that when you have a candle that's on right and then you want to turn it off then what will happen? What will you smell now? Smoke, isn't it? I mean you put that candle on so that you could smell beautiful fragrance. But then when you put that candle out What do you smell? Smoke, right? So I hate that smell of smoke. So the trick that I came up with is that take something like a lid. All right. And then just cover the candle. You understand cover the container once you cover it no oxygen it'll die.
But then what that started doing is that the inside of the glass is all black.
You understand? So when we do it but the candle on then what happens? We don't really see the flame. It doesn't really look beautiful. But we don't even care about that because we're more concerned about the fragrance. Right? We're compromising on the beauty. Right? For the fragrance. But what do we see over here? That the glass is also beautiful? Because the beauty is not compromised. What kind of glass is it? Allah describes the glass as Sujatha to the glass
as if it were go carbon a star what is coca star? The glass as if it were a star. Now when you think of a star what comes to your mind? The star is known for what? It's shininess basically right? Silver Star golden star. You know when you draw a picture of a star What do you put around it? sticks right to show its rays or its brightness. Right? So pick up the glass as if it were a star and not just the star but the the Ewing do wreath a star that is the RE what is the RE it's a very interesting word. The V is from their letters Dallara All right. And go there is basically a pearl,
a shining pearl.
When you look at a pearl one
Is it? It's round. Right? It's round. And it's also very, of course, very beautiful. But it's bright
isn't it? I mean, you can a real pearl.
All right, it's got that elegance, it's got that beauty that light, that brightness that shine, it glistens.
Which is why they have that pearl white color. Also, you know, especially for cars, because you don't just want white, you want something that's kind of shiny, but not really that shiny. There is a difference between shiny white, and just white. Right? The shiny white or the pearly white. What is it? It's more elegant. So donor is pearl. Do ri what does that mean? Per li
the the purely because the yeah at the end is furnished by just like someone who's from Pakistan, they'll call him Pakistani. Right. So for like, what is for like the Z?
Right? So if you find someone very beautiful, and you'd like to, you know describe them in good words you could also call them to reach
out anyway. So
go carbon do read as if it was a pearly, white, shining, beautiful, elegant star.
This is the description of the glass in which is the Lamb.
All right. Now the word D is also understood to be from the word dada. And there are a means to avert to rebel.
So this glass as if it was a star, that is the RE meaning that is repelling, repelling what what is it pushing away? Darkness and ugliness.
So this lamp is not just beautiful itself. But it's also throwing beauty all around it.
It's removing, it's getting rid of the ugliness, the darkness, the confusion that is around it.
You see some things are beautiful, but they only look beautiful when the background is beautiful.
But other things are such that they're beautiful in and of themselves such that even if you put them in an ugly place, they will still shine out they will still look beautiful.
You know, which is why for example if there's a pearl necklace, or there's a pearl that you see on the floor, you will see it from far once you you will recognize it because it's beautiful no matter where it is why it's got original beauty go I'm gonna go kaboom doozy you now this is by the way, just the lamp the lamp is being described. Now what about the actual flame? That Allah's fountain describes that