Live for a while in the dark. Slowly you get used to the darkness. You don’t feel the need for the light; hence you don’t make any attempt to go into the light. But when suddenly you are brought into the light, then at that moment you realize what you have been missing.

This is exactly what I have experienced. Darkness here, is our lives, and the light is the light of Quran, the knowledge of our deen.

I have been living in the dark all these years. I was happy and content with what I was doing, hence, did not make any attempt to change myself. But with the mercy of Allah (swt) He has bestowed upon me a chance to turn back to the Quraan. As I was going through it, I realized I was indeed living in sheer darkness.

Even the sins that we commit in our daily lives, we have committed them to an extent that we have become used to them. They have become a part of our NORMAL routine. The best example I can give is “Gossiping”. We do not realize how often we gossip. Talking about, not just talking, discussing about people and events has become so common to us that we no longer consider it to be a sin. The fact that Allah (swt) dislikes this act and it is a major sin is forgotten by us. Like gossiping there are many such sins that have become part of our daily lives.

Is this not called ‘living in the dark’? Just like we get used to the darkness, we got used to living with the sins.

Only that person who is conscious of Allah (Muttaqeen), controls his speech as well as actions. It is possible to become Muttaqeen only when we start living in the light of Quraan.

Allah says in the Quraan “can he who was dead, to whom we gave life and a light whereby he can walk amongst men, be like him who is in the depth of darkness, from which he can never come out? Thus to those without faith their own deeds seem pleasing” (Surah-Anaam, 06:122)

All we have to do is just make an attempt to come out of darkness and see how Allah pours in his mercy and brings us in His light. Because the more deep we live in the dark the more difficult it becomes to come out of it.

Allah in the Quraan referred to His Book as light. Allah says “…undoubtedly, there has come to you from Allah a light and a Book luminous.”(Surah- Maida, 05:15)

Allah also says “Believe, therefore in Allah and His messenger and inthe light which we have sent down. And Allah is well acquainted with all that you do.” (Surah-Taghabun, 64:8)

Why do we need a light? What does a light do? It makes things appear more bright and clear. The tangible lights what we have, helps you see only the tangible things clearly. But this light of the Quraan which is intangible comes from above and enlightens your heart and makes you see the most important things.
The light of the Quraan will show you clearly the purpose of your life and your creation. It makes clear to you the worth of this Dunya and also the reality of the Akhirah. It not only gives you the purpose of life but it also shows you the direction on which you can walk upon and reach your purpose.

“Alif,Lam, Ra. [This is] a Book which We have revealed to you,[o Muhammad], that you might bring mankind out of darkness into light by permission of their Lord-to the path of the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy.”(Surah-Ibrahim, 14:01)

Allah says in the Quraan, “On the day (some) faces will turn white and (some) faces will turn black.” (Surah-Al-Imran, 03:106)

Those people, who are the abodes of jahannam (Hell), will have their faces darkened.

In order to get rid of the darkness in your Akhirah, spend your life in the Light of Quraan in this Dunya.

May Allah make it easy for all of us to understand Quraan and act upon it. Ameen.

Rana Ghazi,