Taleem al Quran 2012 – P18 181C Tafsir Al-Nur 35

Now this is by the way, just the lamp the lamp is being described. Now what about the actual flame that Allah counter describes that now, you Purdue, it is lit you can do from the letter as well cough dal watercooled is few.

So you kudu, meaning it has been lit meaning what is it? That is fueling it? What is the fuel of this lamp? Allah says you cuddle. It has been kindled men from shedule rotten a tree that is mobile raka that is blessed it and what is the blessed tree? zaytuna tin? It is the olive tree. And what comes from the olive tree? You get olive juice. What do you get? Olive oil. Right. So, the fuel of this lamp is basically olive oil. And Allah says that it is mobile raka this tree itself is Mobarak it's a source of many blessings. It's beautiful. It's fragrant. It's delicious to test. It has numerous benefits. And this tree one description that Allah subhanaw taala gives over here

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It is neither Sharpie nor is it ought to be. What is Sharpie that which is from the mashreq from the east. What is or be that which is from the west, from the mothership. So it is neither Eastern nor is it Western? Meaning neither is it from the eastern part of the world. Nor is it from the western part of the world, then where is it from from the middle?

This is one opinion, because the olive tree is originally from where? Middle East, right? It's called Middle East. But if you look at that region, where is it? Is it in the north side? Or the or the south side? What is it the northern hemisphere southern hemisphere, right? It's neither from there. Nor is it from here. Where is it that a sham is in the middle? Right? It's in the middle. This is one opinion.

Others say that, basically what the implication over here is, the source of this lamp is the oil, the fuel, right. And this fuel is neither from the east nor from the West, meaning it's from out of this world. It doesn't mean that all of oil is from out of this world, it comes from this world. But the implication here is that the guidance that comes from Allah is from where out of this world. It's not Eastern, it's not Western. So when we talk about Islam, we don't talk about Islam being the religion of the East. All right, or the product of the West, it's not the product of the East, it's not the product of the West. The Quran is not the product of the Eastern cultures nor Western

cultures. It is what he is from Rob Bula aalameen, it is from beyond from out of this world Lasher kiya wala orbignya.

Somewhere Saturn, what this means is that is the fuel of this tree has come from a tree, which is neither too much of the East, nor is it too much of the West, meaning the location of the tree is ideal, it is perfect. Because you see if something is too much onto one side, like for example, think about, you know, a garden, right, think about a garden.

If there are trees too much on one side, all right, towards the East or to the west and what will happen.

It will not get sunlight at certain parts of the day. You understand, it will not get sunlight in certain parts of the day, either in the morning, or in the evening, because the sun rises from the east sets in the west. Right? So when it's neither Eastern, nor is it Western, the location is ideal. That means it's getting sunlight all the time. So the tree is very healthy. You understand? If the tree is healthy, what kind of oil will it produce? The best.

You know, these days when you go outside, look at trees carefully. You will notice that some trees are such that they have leaves on one side and they're completely empty from the other.

Right? They're really healthy from one side but then from the other side. They're almost dead. Why? Because there's another tree right behind it. Right or there's a building right behind it or there's like a wall or something behind it a fence behind it. And because of that it doesn't get fresh air from that site. It doesn't have space to grow. It doesn't get enough sunlight. So it's dying from one side. And then you see these other trees in the middle of parks. How

Are they?

How are they healthy all around? Why? Because they have room to grow they have the space they need they have the air they have the oxygen they have sunlight so it's healthy tree a healthy tree will produce what healthy product whether it's healthy leaves or fruit or flowers or oil whatever it may be. So Lasher Kia will never be here can you say to her you be here can I do it is near meeting almost Zane too hot it's oil Zetas oil, meaning the oil which is in this lamp, it would almost you'll be

you'll be it would glow.

It would be bright. You'll be you from the root letters Broadwell Hamza Bo, what is though likes Leah light. So you Leo, it would be enlightened. Willow even though love them says who now fire has not touched it.

Meaning the oil is bright in itself. It doesn't even need to be lit by fire.

You understand the implication over here. You see if you have a candle.

All right, you have a candle, you light it with fire. Then there's light then the glass is bright. Then the wax you know you can see some light in it. Why? Because of the presence of the flame. But Allah says that this oil is so Mobarak that in its raw form, even it is bright. Even though fire has not touched it, when it's raw, still it is bright still it is light. So imagine when it is lit, then what will happen? How much more will the light be? It will be much more well olam thumb says one out. Now. What is this description being given over here? If you look at it from the beginning.

Martha Louis commish cat. The example of his life is like that of a niche. What is in the niche? Fee how Miss BA in the niche is a lamp.

What kind of a lamp is it? I'll miss biographies to judge the lamp is in a glass case. What kind of a glass case is that? As Sujatha took her under her coke oven the re the glass case as if it were a pearly white beautiful star.

Now the lamp what kind of lamp is it? You will call them in shadow Lattimore mobile rocketium ze tuna T Lasher kirtan Wallah Beja it has been linked with oil that has come from the blesseth tree which is neither from the east nor from the west. And you can say to her you will be the oil itself would be glowing, well olam come sooner even though fire has not touched it and when fire has touched it, when it is turned on, then what will happen what will you get?

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Light upon light layers and layers of light. First of all, the flame is light. Then the oil is light then the glass container or the glass protector that is light and then the Nish that is also amplifying the light neuron. Allah no Light upon light, extremely bright, beautiful, radiant light. This is the example of the light that Allah subhanaw taala has sent ya dilla who Allah guides Linari to his light may Usher whomsoever He wills, the light of Allah is there. The ever bright, radiant, beautiful light source of comfort source of life. It is there. But does everybody find it?

Does everybody benefit from it? No. Yeah Diletto Allah guides li nori to his light, my Yeshua whoever He wills. Well believe Allah will Ansel le nurse and Allah strikes examples for the people. Why? So that they understand why Allah who be equally che in our Allium and Allah is Knowing of everything. So when light has come from him, what do you think about that light then? It has come from the one who knows about everything so his light is going to be perfect, and he knows who is deserving of that light. He knows who is worthy of it and who is not worthy.

Have it and his light based on his knowledge is perfect there is no flaw in it it's pure from any evil from any imperfection this is the example of Allah's light. Now let's listen to the recitation of this idea and then we will reflect on it

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because this ayah it tells us about the light of Allah, the guidance of Allah that is described that what is the guidance that Allah has sent? What is it like? It is pure, pure from any filth, pure from any evil. And once this light reaches the heart of a believer, once this light reaches a community, then what does it do to the heart of that believer? What does it do to that community? It fills them with light, nor Allah knows.

The scholars have said that Allahu nodo sama what you will all what that means is that if it was not for Allah, there would be no light, there would be utter, complete darkness. If it was not for Allah, there would be no life, no guidance, no rectitude, neither in the sky nor the Earth. Allah is the One who has enlightened the sky and the earth, He has given them life, physical life and spiritual life. So he is their Creator, He is their guide. He is the guide, meaning without Allah, there is no guidance.

If a person tries to, you know, take Allah subhanaw taala out of his life out of the picture, then what is he in complete darkness.

Only when a person accepts Allah subhanaw taala then there will be light in his life. Allah's book is light, His Messenger is light, what has come from Allah, that is what takes a person out of darkness into light. And you see this example that is given over here, what does it describe what kind of light is it describing? Most perfect, beautiful, bright, flawless light? That is the guidance of Allah, most perfect. Sharia most beautiful Sharia flawless *tier the Lord that has come from Allah, it is perfect, it is beautiful, it is flawless, it is complete, it is enlightening.

And the believer who accepts this light, then also this example is describing the state of his heart. It is describing the state of his chest his life than then that person is filled with light. So the scholars have said that Michigan

Add Mischka refers to the chest cavity. All right. So just imagine the chest right. Just imagine the lungs on the side. So it's like a niche right. Now in the Mischka is what? I miss La. What is the Misbah? The Misbah? The lamp is the light of iman. It is Eman. It is fake. And where is that Misbah? It is in a zoo Georgia in a case that is of glass in a glass case. What is that glass case? It is the heart.

You understand? Because where is Iman? It is in the heart. So the heart is like the glass and people's hearts. They're basically like glass if you think about it, because glass, what is it? It's transparent. Right? It's transparent. It doesn't get covered until it gets dirty. For example, look at children how transparent They are, aren't they?

I mean, the other day, we were at a park and there was a huge dog that went by. And my child, you know, on the top of a huge slide says, Oh, my God, look at that dog. And I'm like, pirates, right? Because it can be offensive. People can get annoyed and why are you commenting on my dog like that? I mean, he just had look at that dog, because it was really huge. That was it. But I was thinking how innocent children are, how pure they are, whatever is in their heart, they will say it. But then what happens is people grew up the glass, it gets cloudy, dirty, right with sins within the fog.

And this is why it's so important that we keep washing our heart, keep cleaning that heart, keep cleansing it keep wiping it. And what is it that washes it? Is the fall, seeking forgiveness. Right? And ultimately think about a glass where it's very fragile. It's also very hard.

Isn't it? Like a case that is made of glass? It's so fragile, that you pick it up, you know, in a harsh way and you put it you slam it, what's going to happen? It's gonna break. Have you ever broken a glass while taking it out of the dishwasher? Right or putting it in the dishwasher? What happened? You didn't throw it, but it just hit the side of it and it got cracked, because it's very delicate. But then there's other glasses, which are very tough, very hard. Very, very hard. I mean, if you think about a diamond, it's a stone I know. But it's like a glass almost right. But it's also very hard.

And this is how people are their hearts are some hearts are very soft. And some hearts are very tough. That the believers heart. What is it like? It's bright, it's bright, the nature could be different. I mean, you look at Abu Bakar glow aren't very soft natured. Right. But there were times when he also became extremely harsh.

extremely harsh, you know, there is a Hadith and so he will fiery that tells us about you know, at sort of who they via this man, he came from the side of the machine to negotiate with the profits of a lot instead of when he was trying to embarrass the Prophet sallallahu Sallam that look you have been waging war against your own people. He's putting the whole blame on Rasulullah Salallahu Salam, okay. You've been waging war against your own people and you are surrounded by people who are strange faces to me and they will leave you. So I will book it although I knew he got so annoyed. He actually said a very vulgar thing to that men. very vulgar. And you're amazed that is it from a

hadith? Yeah. So here this Yeah, body of America. You know, you have to like check again. And it seriously like Abu Bakr is saying. I mean, it's all vulgar that I can't say it in front of you.

I mean, I'm a bucket of the Lord who said that because he got very angry for the religion in defense of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam. So while he had a very soft side, he also had a tough sight. However, what is inside? What is it that's really making that glass beautiful? It's the flame inside. And what is that flame? It's the flame of iman, the Prophet sallallahu sallam said, in the body, there is a flesh, if it is sound, the whole body is sound, and if it is corrupt, and the whole body is corrupt, and what is the piece of flesh, it's the heart. So if that heart has the flame of Eman in it, then it is sound, then it is rightly guided. But if that heart is filled with darkness,

it's blackened with sins,

then it's corrupted and the whole body will be corrupt.

And over here, then the Jaja the lamp lit with oil, right that has come from a tree that is neither Eastern or Western. So basically the fuel the fuel of this lamp, what is it? It is the way that Allah has sent that is not from this world. That's not the word of a human being. You

It's not the outcome of human beings research and their experience. It is guidance from WHO? Allah subhanho wa Taala where he, this is the zeta, this is the oil.

And what kind of oil is it? It's so bright, it's so pure that it doesn't even need a flame. It's pure in and of itself. So for example, the Quran, the law of Allah, we don't need to, you know, defend it and so on and so forth. It is pure, it is excellent in and of itself, whether we praise it or we don't praise it, whether we practice it or we don't. The law of Allah is still perfect. It is still excellent, you know, at the Battle of Heiberg, there was a man who was fighting right on the side of the Muslims against the enemy. And the Prophet sallallahu sallam said, what an evil man he is. mean, he said something negative about that mental this horrible thought, oh, I mean, this

person is fighting for the sake of Islam. If he dies, he's going to be a shaheed. So once you're happy, he thought I was scared, what is it that this man is doing? Because of which he's going to be from the people of the fire? So he said, I followed him during the battle. He said, I followed him until I saw that this man took a sword or an arrow or something, and he stabbed himself, he killed himself. He killed himself he committed suicide, because he couldn't handle the pain or something. All right, or he wanted to die in that battle, so that he would be known as a Shahid

and when the prophets of Allah Islam was told about this, he said, Let the people know that Allah will even use a sinful person, an evil person, a wicked person to serve his Deen

to defend his Deen. Allah doesn't need us.

You understand? Allah subhanaw taala doesn't need us to defend his Deen to fight for his Deen to struggle for his Deen his deen is perfect itself. It is beautiful in and of itself. Whether you write 50 books on hijab and 50 benefits of hijab I mean still no matter what you come up with hijab itself is noble. Right? You could defend Islamic legal system, you could defend it you could prove that it's the best way

but even if you don't, it is still the best way because it is from WHO? Allah subhanaw taala the account does a to her you will be oh well olam thumb says Hoonah neuron Allah know what you get no rune Allah No. Now one thing that we need to see over here is

that the lamb right the wick what does it need? It needs oil right now what happens you're using the oil you're using the lamp is burning but then after some time what happens to the oil it's finished right? So what do you need to do

for some more? So our hearts also because there are containers they are vessels after all, they can only contain something for some time. What happens is that what's inside gets used up once it gets used up Don't you need to refill it? So what do you refill it with? Oil right? But what is it that supplies life to your faith to your iman, what what is this oil referring to the way the Quran, your Eman needs Quran just like a lamb needs oil to continue to burn.

Once the oil runs out very soon what's going to happen to that wick?

What's going to happen to that wick? It'll finish it won't burn as it ever happened with you, you have a candle right in the wax, it just finishes it's coming lesser and lesser and lesser until eventually you take the lighter and you're trying to turn the candle on but it doesn't turn on right

no matter how much you try it why? Because the wax is not enough than what do you need? You need more. So just like that, you know once we study the Quran, for example, what happens you know our Eman it has that motivation. But then after some time we run out of it. Then what do you need a refill? We need Iman refills. What is Eman, refill

the Quran? And you see this is why Ramadan comes every five years, every three years, once in a lifetime. How often every year and what is the purpose of Ramadan to reconnect us with the book of Allah

reconnect us with the book of Allah. Because when we're fasting, then what happens you're not eating you're not drinking. Right. You have so much free time and what do I do with myself? Okay, now you finally have time for the Quran. Right? You

finally have time to recite the Quran listen to more Quran, you pray in the night What are you reviewing? The Quran? What did the Prophet saw a lot of seven review with Gibreel during the month of Ramadan, the Quran because the Quran is our iman refill.

And then we see over here in this ayah that Allah says norrona Allah no yeah the lowly no Rahim and Masha Allah guides to His light whomsoever He wills, the source of light is who Allah subhanaw taala, the creator of light is Allah, the sender, the one who shows that light is also who Allah subhanaw taala the source of guidance therefore is Oh, Allah, my Yandy level Fela mobila The one whom Allah guides the no one can misguide him.

If we think of the heart as the glass or the case in which the Misbah has held, then that means for the light to be able to shine through to be able to grow to be able to become clear, the heart has to be continuously cleansed, the case has to be cleaned every single like as soon as possible to make sure that the light still grows and you know seen outside of it exactly.

I was thinking for the light, all the description is like perfect. So no matter how much we try to create our own light, we can't make something as beautiful and as perfect as the light to Allah spiralled Allah gives us

very true and we see people have come up with different ways of living, different ways of thinking, right, different descriptions of morality or whatsoever right the different belief systems and they may have a lot of plus sides many benefits, importance, but is it of any comparison to this kind of light? No, because every system will have flaws, it will have imperfections, but what has come from Allah that is based on what Allah has.

So it has no comparison. I have noticed that such as some ideas are very direct, like do this or do that. But this IR mashallah is the kind of idea that you can use so many mashallah interpretations, which is mashallah vulnerable. I mean, this idea itself has so many different facets, I've just given you one interpretation, by the way, and in the middle, I've tried to squeeze in other ones, but if we start going on different different interpretations, we'd be sitting here for I think, three or four days. Go ahead.

Even explain is the light but it shows another side of Allah, Allah his own, whole gives light and whoever feel is like decrease their light or they feel down only Allah can give them so they have to ask Allah all the time to keep in light. Yes, you see Eman, it becomes weak. Right? Emotionally also we can feel very down. Going through the difficulties of trials of life. We can feel depressed. No, you feel like as if you are in darkness. You feel like there is no hope. What do you need there? The light from Allah subhanaw taala. So who is the one who shows the way to Allah's light? Yes, did Allah this is why the prophets Allah Allahu alayhi wa sallam, he would make dua for noon.

For noon in Sahih Muslim we learned that the Prophet sallallahu sallam, he said his wit, right and that means at the end of the night, and then when the more oven came and he gave the Adhan for Fajr the prophets Allah said and left for the masjid Wahoo a a Kulu Allah myrddraal Phil Kobe know what he Lisanne Inula withdrawal fee summary number? Would you all fee buffer inuvo? What do you mean Harvey? neurofibromin mme Nora would your home in Fall clean aura woman 13 aura Allahumma are cleaning aura and there's different versions of this. Dora it's an authentic Dora that oh Allah make light in my heart? What is that light in the heart guidance that rightly guide my heart? Because the

heart keeps wishing desiring different things right? Keeps getting filled up with randomness with darkness. So what do you need the burning light of faith of iman Aloma? JioFi Kobane aura will feed his son in aura in my tongue light, light in tongue. What does that mean?

That my tongue is also rightly guided. I say with my tongue words that are good that are right, that are accepted near you. Well, there are three summary neurons in my hearing light, what does that mean? That I hear good things and whatever I hear I take from it. That which is correct. Right, because the person could be listening to the best, you know speech. But what does he take from it? What does he do?

derive from it. How does he understand it? He doesn't understand he misunderstands it. So my geography summary neurons, which are the bustling neuron in my eyes in my vision light that my eyes are alternately guided with your arm in healthy neuron behind me light. Emami neuron before me, light above me, like, below me, like, meaning surround me with like, surround me with Hidayah, with righteous company, a good environment. Because you see, when you're alone, for example, if you are sleeping,

and the person in the same room is also sleeping, and it's time to get up. What do you want? They should get up first. Right? They should get it first, when they wake up, I'll get up to you're fully awake, fully awake, you cannot sleep. But you don't get out of bed. Why? Because they should get up first, when my sister wakes up, I'll get up to write. Why don't you have the energy to get up because she's sleeping?

She's sleeping.

But if you are sleeping in a place where everybody's awake, then it becomes difficult to sleep there, isn't it? You know, when I was a child, we would go visit my grandparents, right. And in the summers, what we would do is we would sleep outside meaning in the courtyard, right? It's a wild place. So you could sleep there were beds that were put outside and we would sleep on them at night. Really nice, cool, breezy, everything. So in the morning, of course Ultra fragile, we would run back and we would sleep. Right? My grandmother, what she would do is that she would unplug all the fans. And when she would do that, you know what would come flies? And all my god, do they drive you

insane? Even if you try to sleep you cannot sleep, there is no way you can sleep because the fly will find any part of your body that's exposed even if it's just the tip of your toe. And it will start crawling over there.

Yeah, exactly. You. And besides that, you it's that annoyance, right? So what happens you cannot sleep? You're forced to get up. Why? Because all the flies are awake.

Right? So your environment, it affects you so much.

If everybody's doing something wrong, it's very difficult to do what is right. And if everybody's doing what is right, it's very difficult to do what is wrong.

So what do we ask Allah for over here? Illuminate my surroundings, fill my environment with guidance. So that it is a motivation for me to do what is right. Because we need light in us and we need light around us in order to be right the guided

glasses are hard and that's something we have to work on ourselves. But the one thing that Allah Allah has already has given us and is not allowing us to try and take him anywhere else is the oil because that is the guidance from Him alone if we try to use another fuel that you man will not burn it will not burn as brightly as it should or it'll burn like different color and it'll burn wrong. So the oil is something the guidance is something that Allah has not left to us he has given it to us himself because that is the only pure one. Yes, I mean think about it if you try to light a lamp, all right with let's say, cream, your liquid cream, will it burn? Well it will you get your very

nice beautiful fragrant body lotion. All right. And you're like it smells so beautiful. If you know I could put a wick in it and turn that on. Beautiful try. You'll get nothing. Right? You'll get nothing.

If you try to put your coffee because you love the smell of coffee. Right? Will you get it? Will you get light you won't get light. How can you get light if you put the right fuel, the purest fuel and what is the purest fuel for the light of iman. It is what has come from Allah and that is the Quran. That is the way the guidance that he has sent