The Holy Quran 33:46 — Surah Al-Ahzab

Arabic text

وَدَاعِيًا إِلَى ٱللَّهِ بِإِذْنِهِۦ وَسِرَاجًا مُّنِيرًا

Translation

...and as a caller to Allaah by His command and an illuminating lantern (who lit up the world filled with the darkness of kufr and Shirk with the light of Imaan and also produced the Sahabah as guiding stars to guide people after him).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

He is a light-giving lamp: it was said earlier that the mercy of Allah brings the believers out of darkness into light. Here it is made clear that this light has spread from this shining lamp. Perhaps the word “lamp” here is used in the sense in which it is said in Surah Nuh: وَجَعَلَ الْقَمَرَ فِيْهِنَّ نُوْرًا وَّجَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا (Allah made the…

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