His saying: "And We made for him light"

7856 - And by the same chain from Ibn 'Abbas regarding His saying: "And We made for him light wherewith he walks among the people," he means by the light: the Qur'an; whoever believes in it and acts upon it.

7857 - Muhammad ibn Sa'd al-'Awfi reported to me in what he wrote to me, my father narrated to me, my paternal uncle narrated to me, from his father, from 'Atiyyah, from Ibn 'Abbas regarding His saying: "Is one who was dead and We gave him life and made for him light wherewith he walks among the people," he said: "He means: guidance wherewith he walks among the people; he is the disbeliever whom Allah guides to Islam. He means: He was a polytheist and We guided him." It was narrated from Mujahid similar to the statement of 'Atiyyah.

7858 - Ahmad ibn 'Uthman ibn Hakim al-Awdi reported to me in what he wrote to me, Ahmad ibn Mufaddal narrated to us, Asbat narrated to us, from al-Suddi: regarding His saying: "And We made for him light wherewith he walks among the people," and it is Islam.

7859 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, al-'Abbas ibn al-Walid informed us, Yazid ibn Zuray' narrated to us, Sa'id narrated to us, from Qatadah regarding His saying: "Is one who was dead and We gave him life and made for him light wherewith he walks among the people," this is the believer; he has a proof from Allah, by which he acts, by which he adopts (matters), and to which he refers; and it is the Book of Allah.

His saying: "Wherewith he walks among the people"

7860 - My father narrated to us, 'Ubayd Allah ibn Hamzah narrated to us, Yahya ibn al-Durays narrated to us, from Abu Sinan al-Shaybani regarding His saying: "And We made for him light wherewith he walks among the people," he said: "He acts by it among the people." He said: "It was revealed concerning 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him."

His saying: "As one whose similitude is in the darkness"

[The First Interpretation]

7861 - My father narrated to us, Abu Salih the scribe of al-Layth narrated to us, Mu'awiyah ibn Salih narrated to me, from 'Ali ibn Abi Talhah, from Ibn 'Abbas regarding His saying: "As one whose similitude is in the darkness," meaning by the darkness: disbelief and misguidance.

7862 - Hajjaj ibn Hamzah narrated to us, Shababah narrated to us, Warqa' narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid: regarding His saying: "As one whose similitude is in the darkness," he said: "In misguidance, forever." It was narrated from 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz similar to that.