Verse No. 23

“The families of the Prophets”

قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى:

﴿اللَّهُ نُورُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ﴾[1]

Translation:

God Almighty has said:

“God is the light of the skies and the earth”.

Consideration

أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْقَيُّومِ الْبَلْخِيُّ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ الْمَنْصُورَ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: ﴿اللَّهُ نُورُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ﴾، فَقَالَ: هَادِيهَا، وَنُورُ اللَّهِ هُدَاهُ، وَهُوَ ﴿فِي بُيُوتٍ أَذِنَ اللَّهُ أَنْ تُرْفَعَ وَيُذْكَرَ فِيهَا اسْمُهُ﴾[2]، وَهِيَ بُيُوتُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ، ﴿يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ فِيهَا بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْآصَالِ ۝ رِجَالٌ لَا تُلْهِيهِمْ تِجَارَةٌ وَلَا بَيْعٌ عَنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ﴾[3]، وَهُمْ أَهْلُ بُيُوتِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ، أَلَا تَرَى أَنَّهُ يَقُولُ أَنَّهُمْ يُسَبِّحُونَ لَهُ فِيهَا بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْآصَالِ؟ فَهُمْ أَهْلُهَا، وَلَا يَخْرُجُ هُدَى اللَّهِ مِنْ بُيُوتِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ، فَابْتَغُوهُ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِ النَّبِيِّ، وَلَا تَبْتَغُوهُ عِنْدَ غَيْرِهِمْ فَتَضِلُّوا.

Translation:

Abd al-Salam ibn Abd al-Qayyum al-Balkhi informed us, he said: I asked Mansoor about the words of God Almighty that says: “God is the light of the skies and the earth”, so he said: He is their Guide, and the light of God is His guidance, and it is “in houses that God has permitted to be raised up and His name to be mentioned therein”, and they are the houses of the Prophets, “in them, morning and evening, He is praised by men that no business or occupation makes them neglect the remembrance of God”, and they are the households of the Prophets, do you not see that He says they praise Him morning and evening in them? So they are their family, and God’s guidance does not leave the houses of the Prophets until the Day of Judgment arrives, then seek it from the household of the Prophet, and do not seek it from others, for you will go astray!