FROM
DARKNESS INTO LIGHT
Tafseer
of verse 1 of Soorah Ibraahim From Tafseer S’adi
الر ۚ كِتَابٌ أَنْزَلْنَاهُ
إِلَيْكَ لِتُخْرِجَ النَّاسَ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِمْ
إِلَىٰ صِرَاطِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَمِيد1
Alif, Lam,
Ra. [This is] a Book We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], that you might
bring mankind out of darkness into the light by permission of their Lord – to
the path of the All Mighty, the one
deserving of all praise
Allaah
the Most High states that He has revealed His Book1 to his Messenger
ﷺ for the benefit of the creation in order to
bring them out of the darkness of ignorance, disbelief, wicked character and
all types of sin to the light of knowledge, faith and good mannerisms.2
And His saying (by His permission) meaning:
they are not able to achieve this goal which is beloved to Allaah except by the
will of Allaah and with His assistance. Therefore in this verse there is an
encouragement for the servants to seek assistance from their Lord.
Then He explains the light which they are
guided to by way of this book (the Qur’an); so He says (to the path of the all
mighty the one deserving all praise)
meaning (the path) that takes you to Him and to
the abode where He honours the believers. It (the path) is composed of the knowledge of the truth and acting in
accordance to it.
And the mention of (All Mighty, the one
deserving of all praise) after the path
which leads to Him is an indication that whoever traverses this path he is mighty
by the might of Allaah. He is strong even if he he was to have no supporters,
save Allaah. He is praised in his affairs
and having a good ending.
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1 Ibn Katheer states in his exegesis to the verse ‘…It is the
glorious Qur’an which is the most noble of the books which Allaah revealed from
the heavens to the most noble of the messengers that Allaah sent to earth
and to all of its people, the Arabs and the non Arabs amongst them.
2 Qurtubi states in his exegesis to this verse, ‘…it is said to
bring them out of Bid’ah to the Sunnah, from doubts to certainty…’
Translated by Abū
Tasneem Mushaf (حفظه الله)
@Aboo_Tasneem
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Source:
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