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“Their likeliness is that of one who kindled a fire, and then when it had lit up all around them, Allāh removed their light and left them in darknesses, unable to see.”
(2:17)
“Ponder carefully His saying, ‘then when it had lit up all around them’ how this light is clearly shown to be distinct and separate from them, for had it been a light that was intrinsic to them, it would not have left them. Therefore it was a light that surrounded them but did not enter them, it was something fleeting whereas the darkness was something permanent and intrinsic to them. Hence the light returned to its source and the darkness remained in its source…”
“Ponder carefully how Allāh says, ‘Allāh removed their light’ but says ‘and left them in darknesses’ mentioning light in the singular and darkness in the plural. The truth is one and that is Allāh’s straight path…however the ways of falsehood are many…”
(2:17)
“Ponder carefully His saying, ‘then when it had lit up all around them’ how this light is clearly shown to be distinct and separate from them, for had it been a light that was intrinsic to them, it would not have left them. Therefore it was a light that surrounded them but did not enter them, it was something fleeting whereas the darkness was something permanent and intrinsic to them. Hence the light returned to its source and the darkness remained in its source…”
“Ponder carefully how Allāh says, ‘Allāh removed their light’ but says ‘and left them in darknesses’ mentioning light in the singular and darkness in the plural. The truth is one and that is Allāh’s straight path…however the ways of falsehood are many…”
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