AYAH OF THE DAY WITH TAFSIR

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AYAH OF THE DAY WITH TAFSIR

Jumada Al-Awwal 13, 1434

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سُوۡرَةُ النُّور​

۞ ٱللَّهُ نُورُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ‌ۚ مَثَلُ نُورِهِۦ كَمِشۡكَوٰةٍ۬ فِيہَا مِصۡبَاحٌ‌ۖ ٱلۡمِصۡبَاحُ فِى زُجَاجَةٍ‌ۖ ٱلزُّجَاجَةُ كَأَنَّہَا كَوۡكَبٌ۬ دُرِّىٌّ۬ يُوقَدُ مِن شَجَرَةٍ۬ مُّبَـٰرَڪَةٍ۬ زَيۡتُونَةٍ۬ لَّا شَرۡقِيَّةٍ۬ وَلَا غَرۡبِيَّةٍ۬ يَكَادُ زَيۡتُہَا يُضِىٓءُ وَلَوۡ لَمۡ تَمۡسَسۡهُ نَارٌ۬‌ۚ نُّورٌ عَلَىٰ نُورٍ۬‌ۗ يَہۡدِى ٱللَّهُ لِنُورِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ‌ۚ وَيَضۡرِبُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡأَمۡثَـٰلَ لِلنَّاسِ‌ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَىۡءٍ عَلِيمٌ۬ (٣٥)​

I seek refuge with Allah, the Hearing, the Knowing, from the​

cursed Satan, from his coercion, lures to arrogance and poem​

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Surah Al-Noor​

Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The similitude of His light is as a niche wherein is a lamp. The lamp is in a glass. The glass is as it were a shining star. (This lamp is) kindled from a blessed tree, an olive neither of the East nor of the West, whose oil would almost glow forth (of itself) though no fire touched it. Light upon light. Allah guideth unto His light whom He will. And Allah setteth forth for mankind similitudes, for Allah is Knower of all things. (35)24:35​

Tafsir Ibn Kathir​

أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ السَّمِيعِ الْعَلِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ مِنْ هَمْزَهِ​

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The Parable of the Light of Allah​

Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn Abbas said:​

اللَّهُ نُورُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ... ​

Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth.

means, the Guide of the inhabitants of the heavens and the earth.​

Ibn Jurayj reported that Mujahid and Ibn Abbas said concerning the Ayah: اللَّهُ نُورُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ (Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth).​

"He is controlling their affairs and their stars and sun and moon.''​

As-Suddi said concerning the Ayah: اللَّهُ نُورُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ (Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth).​

"by His Light the heavens and earth are illuminated."​

In the Two Sahihs, it is recorded that Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said:​

"When the Messenger of Allah got up to pray at night, he would say:​

اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ، أَنْتَ قَيِّمُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ، وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ نُورُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ​

O Allah,​

to You be praise, You are the Sustainer of heaven and earth and whoever is in them.​

To You be praise, You are the Light of the heavens and the earth and whoever is in them.​

It was narrated that Ibn Mas`ud said,​

"There is no night or day with your Lord; the Light of the Throne comes from the Light of His Face.''​

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.. مَثَلُ نُورِهِ ...
The parable of His Light,
There are two views concerning the meaning of the pronoun (His).

• The first is that it refers to Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, meaning that the parable of His guidance in the heart of the believer is كَمِشْكَاةٍ (as a niche).

This was the view of Ibn Abbas.

• The second view is that the pronoun refers to the believer, which is indicated by the context of the words and implies that the parable of the light in the heart of the believer is as a niche. So the heart of the believer and what he is naturally inclined to of guidance and what he learns of the Qur'an which is in accordance with his natural inclinations are, as Allah says:

أَفَمَن كَانَ عَلَى بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِ وَيَتْلُوهُ شَاهِدٌ مِّنْهُ
Can they who rely on a clear proof from their Lord, and whom a witness from Him recites it (can they be equal with the disbelievers). (11:17)
The heart of the believer in its purity and clarity is likened to a lamp in transparent and jewel-like glass, and the Qur'an and Shariah by which it is guided are likened to good, pure, shining oil in which there is no impurity or deviation.

The remainder of this tafsir will completed tomorrow due to lack of space (cant copy more than a 1000 word)

 

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