He Extracts them from the (multitude of) darkness into the Light...
He Extracts them from the (multitude of) darkness into the Light; and (as for) those who are committing Kufr, their guardian is the Al-Taghut (Iblis/tyrant) who extracts them from the Light into the (multitude of) darkness; these are the inmates of the Fire; they would be in it eternally [2:257] In a lengthy Hadith, holy Imam -asws says: ثُمَّ قَالَ أَ لَا تَسْمَعُ لِقَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ اللَّهُ وَلِيُّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يُخْرِجُهُمْ مِنَ الظُّلُماتِ إِلَى النُّورِ يَعْنِي مِنْ ظُلُمَاتِ الذُّنُوبِ إِلَى نُورِ التَّوْبَةِ وَ الْمَغْفِرَةِ لِوَلَايَتِهِمْ كُلَّ إِمَامٍ عَادِلٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ Then he -asws said: ‘Have you not listened to the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Allah is the Guardian of those who believe.
He Extracts them from the darkness’s into the Light [2:257] ? 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 guardian is the tyrant who extracts them from the Light into the (multitude of) darkness [2:257] . But rather it Means by this 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, to the darkness of the 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] ’. [1] (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.
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