Post by yusuf72 on Sept 19, 2020 22:29:22 GMT
As-Salaam alaykum,
In ayat 122 of Surat Al-Anaam of the Holy Qur'an (6:122), Allah Ta'ala says:--
"Can he who was dead, to whom We gave life, and a light
whereby he can walk amongst men, be like him who is in
depths of darkness, from which he can never come out?".
In Faza'il-e-Aamal, Sheikh Zakriya, may Allah be Merciful to him, while commenting on this ayat, observed that the person mentioned first therein is a good, faithful man whose soul is illuminated with the Noor (light) of love and cognition of Allah, Jallah-Jalalahu.
The other person mentioned in the ayat is devoid of these. This kind of Noor referred to in the ayat is infact a great blessing of Allah. The Noble Prophet (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam), Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam, used to pray to Allah to receive this Noor in all aspects of his life, as evidenced in this hadith, related by Abdullah Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Prophet, Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam, used to pray:--
"O Allah, fill my heart with Noor, and fill my eyes with it, and my ears.
And put (this) Noor on my right and my left.
Below, on top of me and ahead of me. Make this Noor a (source of) big light for me."
(Bukhari, Vol. 3 Hadith 1243).
It is this Noor which brings blessings of Allah in all human acts. Pious deeds reflect this Noor as these are lifted to the Heavens; the same Noor will be reflected from the faces of the believers... the faithful ones on the Day of Judgement.