And a sign to them is the night...
And a sign to them is the night: We draw forth from it the day, so they are in the darkness [36:37] .
And the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: Allah Took away their light, and left them in darkness – not seeing [2:17] – Meaning the passing away of Muhammad -saww , and the darkness appeared, so they were not seeing the merits of the People -asws of his -saww Household, and these are the Words of the Mighty and Majestic And if you invite them to Guidance, they are not listening and you see them looking towards you, and they are not seeing [7:198] .
Then Rasool-Allah -saww placed the knowledge which was with him -saww , to be with the successor -asws , and it is the Word of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic: Allah is Light of the skies and the earth [24:35] . He -azwj is Saying: “I -azwj am the Guide of the skies and the earth. An example of the knowledge which I -azwj Gave him -saww , and it is My -azwj Light which he -saww is Guided by.
An example of His Light is like a niche wherein is a lamp [24:35], and the niche is the heart of Muhammad -saww , and the lamp is the Light in which is the Knowledge. And His -azwj Words: the lamp is in a glass, He -azwj is Saying: “I -azwj Wanted to Make you -saww pass away, and Make that which is with you -saww to be with the successor -asws just as the lamp is made to be in a glass, and the glass is as if it is a brightly shining star, ignited from a Blessed tree of olives .
So the origin of the Blessed tree is Ibrahim -as and these are the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: The Mercy of Allah and His Blessings are upon you, the People of the Household, surely He is Praised, Glorious [11:73] . And these are the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic: Surely, Allah chose Adam and Noah and the progeny of Ibrahim and the progeny of Imran above the worlds [3:33] Offspring, one being from the other; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing [3:34] .
(As for): neither eastern nor western [24:35] – He -azwj is saying: “You are neither Jews so that you pray in the direction of the west, nor are you Christians, so that you pray in the direction of the east, but you are the nation of Ibrahim -as ”, and Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic has Said: Ibrahim was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was (an) upright (man), a Muslim (submitter), and he was not from the Polytheists [3:67] .
And the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: Its oil almost illuminates and even though fire does not touch it. Light upon Light.