The Light #Noor

Imagine, you are sitting in a large gathering and your mother calls your name. Do you think you'll be able to hear her voice? Well, it depends. If the place is calm and quiet, you will hear her voice. But if it is loud and noisy, you won't hear your mother even though her voice is the most familiar to you. Similarly, by born, we have the closest relationship with Allah (swt). In our soul, we have His words, the fitra. But today, because of so many distractions of this world we are away from His word, the Quran. Therefore we have to recite and memorize the Quran to rebuild our relationship with Allah (swt). To tell you more about Allah (swt), I am going to recite one of the most beautiful verses from the Quran, Surah An-Noo,r Verse: 35. 

أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم

۞ اللَّهُ نُورُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ مَثَلُ نُورِهِ كَمِشْكَاةٍ فِيهَا مِصْبَاحٌ ۖ الْمِصْبَاحُ فِي زُجَاجَةٍ ۖ الزُّجَاجَةُ كَأَنَّهَا كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّيٌّ يُوقَدُ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ مُبَارَكَةٍ زَيْتُونَةٍ لَا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَلَا غَرْبِيَّةٍ يَكَادُ زَيْتُهَا يُضِيءُ وَلَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نَارٌ ۚ نُورٌ عَلَىٰ نُورٍ ۗ يَهْدِي اللَّهُ لِنُورِهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۚ وَيَضْرِبُ اللَّهُ الْأَمْثَالَ لِلنَّاسِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ 

Allah is the noor (light) of the heavens and earth. He is a special type of noor. The Speech of Allah (swt), the Quran is also a Noor. Allah’s noor is guidance to the mankind. Can we see Allah (swt)? Let us listen to this beautiful Hadith. After the event of Al-Israa wa Al-Miraaj, Abu Dharr (ra) asked, ‘Ya Rasulallah, did you see your Lord?’Prophet Muhammad (saw) replied, ‘there was Noor, how could I see Him?’ Allah (swt) has a Hijab of Noor around Him and because of that, the Messenger of Allah (saw) could not see Him. Although we cannot see Allah (swt), He gives us Noor in our heart and He gives us the Noor of the Quran. O’ my brothers and sisters, we need to connect these two Noor’s to enlighten our heart and become truly guided. Let us all pray to Allah (swt) to increase our Noor. 

‘O Allah ! Place light in my heart, light in my tongue, light in my hearing and light in my sight, light above me and light below me, light to my right and light to my left, light before me and light behind me, light in my soul and intensify the light for me, light on my each side and bestow me with light. O Allah! Let there be light for me, light in my muscles, light in my flesh, light in my blood, light in my hair, light in my skin. O Allah! Place light in my grave, light in my bones, and make light abundant for me and grant me light upon light.’

- by Little Sister Laam