Ramadan 2015 Qur'anic Gems 13: Ayah al-Nur - The verse of Light ~ Dr. Yasir Qadhi

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It is an amazing historical phenomenon that no ayah (verse/sign) of the Qur'an has been commented on more than Ayah al-Nur (The verse of light).

In fact, it would be true to say that the vast majority of booklets that have been written on the Tafsir (exegesis) of the Qur'an are based on the exposition of Ayah al-Nur.

Over the past fourteen centuries of Islamic Scholarship, more than a hundred treatises alone have been written on this one verse of the Qur'an by Scholars from every era.

In today's Ramadan Qur'anic Gem Shaykh Dr. Yasir Qadhi gives the standard interpretation from mainstream orthodox Sunni Islam of Surat al-Nur verse 35 - The verse of Light.

"Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The example of His light is like a niche within which is a lamp, the lamp is within glass, the glass as if it were a pearly [white] star lit from [the oil of] a blessed olive tree, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil would almost glow even if untouched by fire. Light upon light. Allah guides to His light whom He wills. And Allah presents examples for the people, and Allah is Knowing of all things." ~ [Surat An-Nūr, verse 35]

Recorded on 30th June 2015