Transliteration:( Yureedoona ai yutfi'oo nooral laahi bi'afwaahihim wa ya'ballaahu illaaa ai yutimma noorahoo wa law karihal kaafiroon )
79. Here Light could mean our Holy Prophet because the verse that follows discusses the Holy Prophet and is a commentary of this verse. Hazrat Mulla Alli Qari (May Allah be pleased with him) states at the end of his book "Mauzooat e Kabir"
Wherever light is mentioned in the QUR'AAN it always signifies In this the Holy Prophet verse extinguishing the light means destroying the Religion of the Holy Prophet or preventing the printing of the Holy QUR'AAN ?, or stopping the remembrance and discussion of the Holy Prophet and become offended at hearing the praiseworthy qualities though the Holy Prophet ? of their offence makes no difference to the dignity and honour of the Messenger of Allah.
32. They want to extinguish Allah’s Light with their mouths, but Allah will not allow except that His Light should be perfected even though the disbelievers hate (it). 33. It is He Who has sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth, to make it superior over all religions even though the idolators hate (it).
Allah says, the disbelieving idolators and People of the Scriptures want to,
(extinguish the Light of Allah). They try through argument and lies to extinguish the guidance and religion of truth that the Messenger of Allah was sent with. Their example is the example of he who wants to extinguish the light of the sun or the moon by blowing at them! Indeed, such a person will never accomplish what he sought. Likewise, the light of what the Messenger was sent with will certainly shine and spread. Allah replied to the idolators’ desire and hope,
(but Allah will not allow except that His Light should be perfected even though the disbelievers (Kafirun) hate (it)) ﴿9:32﴾. ﴿Linguistincally﴾ a Kafir is the person who covers something. For instance, night is called Kafiran ﴿covering﴾ because it covers things ﴿with darkness﴾. The farmer is called Kafiran, because he covers seeds in the ground. Allah said in an Ayah,
(thereof the growth is pleasing to the ﴿Kuffar﴾ tillers)﴿57:20﴾.
Allah said next,
(It is He Who has sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth.) `Guidance’ refers to the true narrations, beneficial faith and true religion that the Messenger came with. `religion of truth’ refers to the righteous, legal deeds that bring about benefit in this life and the Hereafter.
(to make it (Islam) superior over all religions) It is recorded in the Sahih that the Messenger of Allah said,
(Allah made the eastern and western parts of the earth draw near for me ﴿to see﴾, and the rule of my Ummah will extend as far as I saw.) Imam Ahmad recorded from Tamim Ad-Dari that he said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah saying,
(This matter (Islam) will keep spreading as far as the night and day reach, until Allah will not leave a house made of mud or hair, but will make this religion enter it, while bringing might to a mighty person (a Muslim) and humiliation to a disgraced person (who rejects Islam). Might with which Allah elevates Islam (and its people) and disgrace with which Allah humiliates disbelief (and its people).) Tamim Ad-Dari ﴿who was a Christian before Islam﴾ used to say, “I have come to know the meaning of this Hadith in my own people. Those who became Muslims among them acquired goodness, honor and might. Disgrace, humiliation and Jizyah befell those who remained disbelievers.”
(9:32) They seek to extinguish the light of Allah by blowing through their mouths; but Allah refuses everything except that He will perfect His light howsoever the unbelievers might abhor it.
There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.
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