Verse No. 14
“The two portions of His mercy are the Book and the Sunnah, and the light is an Imam who illuminates those two for them.”
قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى:
﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَآمِنُوا بِرَسُولِهِ يُؤْتِكُمْ كِفْلَيْنِ مِنْ رَحْمَتِهِ وَيَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ نُورًا تَمْشُونَ بِهِ﴾[1]
Translation:
God Almighty has said:
“O you who believed! Fear God and believe in His Prophet, then He will grant you two portions of His mercy and place for you a light to walk in”.
Consideration
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْهَرَوِيُّ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ الْمَنْصُورَ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَآمِنُوا بِرَسُولِهِ يُؤْتِكُمْ كِفْلَيْنِ مِنْ رَحْمَتِهِ وَيَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ نُورًا تَمْشُونَ بِهِ﴾، فَقَالَ: كِفْلَانِ مِنْ رَحْمَتِهِ هُمَا الْكِتَابُ وَالسُّنَّةُ، وَالنُّورُ إِمَامٌ يُبَيِّنُهُمَا حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ، فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَآمِنُوا بِرَسُولِهِ يُؤْتِكُمُ الْكِتَابَ وَالسُّنَّةَ وَيَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ إِمَامًا يُبَيِّنُهُمَا لَكُمْ حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ.
Translation:
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Harawi informed us, he said: I asked Mansoor about the words of God Almighty that says: “O you who believed! Fear God and believe in His Prophet, then He will grant you two portions of His mercy and place for you a light to walk in”, so he said: The two portions of His mercy are the Book and the Sunnah, and the light is an Imam who illuminates those two for them until the Day of Judgment arrives. Then fear God and believe in His Prophet, then He will grant you the Book and the Sunnah and appoint an Imam for you who illuminates those two for you until the Day of Judgment arrives.