It Means...
It Means, from the darkness of the sins to the light of the repentance and the Forgiveness, due to their Wilayah for every Just Imam -asws from Allah -azwj .
وَ قَالَ وَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَوْلِياؤُهُمُ الطَّاغُوتُ يُخْرِجُونَهُمْ مِنَ النُّورِ إِلَى الظُّلُماتِ إِنَّمَا عَنَى بِهَذَا أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا عَلَى نُورِ الْإِسْلَامِ فَلَمَّا أَنْ تَوَلَّوْا كُلَّ إِمَامٍ جَائِرٍ لَيْسَ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ خَرَجُوا بِوَلَايَتِهِمْ إِيَّاهُ مِنْ نُورِ الْإِسْلَامِ إِلَى ظُلُمَاتِ الْكُفْرِ فَأَوْجَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُمُ النَّارَ مَعَ الْكُفَّارِ فَ أُولئِكَ أَصْحابُ النَّارِ هُمْ فِيها خالِدُونَ And He -azwj Said and (as for) those who are committing Kufr, their (awliya) guardians are the tyrants (devils) who extract them from the Light into the (multitude of) darkness [2:257] .
But rather it means that they were upon the light of Al-Islam. So, when they took as guardians every tyrannical imam (leader) who wasn’t from Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic, they exited from the light of Al-Islam due to their befriending them (awliya), to the darkness of disbelief. Thus, Allah -azwj Obligated the Fire for them along with the disbelievers these are the inmates of the Fire; they would be in it eternally [2:257] ’. [8] (an extract).
Similarly, in another Hadith: ابن شهر آشوب: عن الباقر (عليه السلام)، في قوله تعالى: وَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بولاية علي بن أبي طالب (عليه السلام) أَوْلِياؤُهُمُ الطَّاغُوتُ نزلت في أعدائه و من تبعهم، أخرجوا الناس من النور- و النور: ولاية علي- فصاروا إلى ظلمة ولاية أعدائه Ibn Shehr Ashoub, (It has been narrated) from Al-Baqir -asws , regarding the Words of the High [2:257] and (as for) those who are committing Kufr – in the Wilayah of Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws , their guardians are the tyrants who extracts them from the Light into the (multitude of) darkness [2:257] – ‘it was Revealed regarding his -asws enemies and the ones who followed them.
They extracted the people from the Light – and the Light is the Wilayah of Ali -asws – so took them into the darkness – wilayah of his -asws enemies’. [9] Al-Ghous: The word ‘ Ghous ’ means the reliever, the helper , which has come for Allah -azwj and His -azwj Awliya, e.g., سُبْحَانَكَ يَا لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الْغَوْثَ الْغَوْثَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ خَلِّصْنَا مِنَ النَّارِ يَا رَبِّ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ ‘Glory be to You -azwj !
O there is no god except You -azwj ! ‘الْغَوْثَ الْغَوْثَ’ The Help! The Help!
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