This verse introduces the faithful people for having such distinctions who are guided for their pure actions and are conducted to God by a light on the side of their Almighty God, the result of which is knowledge of God, deportment, and finding a way to the best awards and also to erudition of Almighty God in a day when the cover is removed from their hearts and their eyes. The reality is expressed this way that Almighty God has a general light with which the skies and the earth are lighted and consequently, by that light, in the world of existence, the truths are emerged which had not been known before and it shall be the same, because emergence of everything, if it is through anything else, shall make the means apparent, so that it might cause emergence of other things and the only thing which is apparent is the same light.

So, Almighty God is a light by which the skies and the earth are emerged, just as the sensitive lights have the same nature. It means that they are themselves apparent and by radiation on pitch dark objects, make them shiny. The difference is that appearance of the objects by divine light is the same as their existence, but appearance of the dirty objects by sensitive light is other than their own existence. In this way, there is a special light by which only the faithful people are lighted and are conducted to pious acts which is the light of knowledge by which the hearts and eyes of the faithful men are altered and lighted and as a result they are guided to eternal prosperity and will appear to them whatever had been hidden.

Almighty God compares this light to a torch which is placed in a bulb and is flamed by olive oil clearly. Since the bulb is clear, it burns like a star and the purity of the torch added to purity of the bulb make light over light. This is an example of light of knowledge by which Almighty God respects the faithful men a light bringing with it an eternal prosperity of which the pagans are deprived and do not see anything. So, anyone being busy by his God who waives richness of living in the world, will be allocated to a light from God and God will Do what ever He wishes and all the people will return to Him.

Some of the interpreters compare this verse to a faithful man whose soul is pure as his heart and he is the torch of faith. In his heart and in his science of Koran, there are sacred trees of purity and sincerity and he is like a green tree to which sunlight will not reach neither at the time of sunrise nor at sunset because a faithful man is secure of all the calamities which are imposed on others and he has four characteristics. He thanks God when he is gifted, he is patient when a calamity comes to him, he is just when he is making a judgment, he is honest when he promises, he is a man among the people as an alive among the dead. Light over light circles among five lights, his speech is light, his science is light, his entrance is light, his exit is light, at pandemonium he will refer to light.

Imam Sadegh (p.b.u.h.) was asked about the verse and he prescribed: this is a proverb God has considered for the family of prophet from whom are the prophet and the Imams (peace be upon them) and make the proofs and verses of God. The verses by which the people travel to monotheism and interests of religion of Islam, the traditions and the acts.

In narration of Kafi as narrated from Salih ibn Sahl Hamedani, it has been narrated from Imam Sadegh (p.b.u.h.) that Meshkat by Fatemeh (p.b.u.h.) and Mesbah by Hassan (p.b.u.h.) and Zojajeh by Hossein (p.b.u.h.) and sacred family of Abram, not the east, not the west of Jews and Christians and Light over Light, Imam after Imam all mean that God will guide whomever He wishes.

Imam Kazem (p.b.u.h.) prescribed in interpretation of this verse: Meshkat means Hazrat Fatemeh, daughter of prophet and Mesbah means her sons Hassan and Hossein. Then meaning of Kokab Dorri (the star) was asked and he prescribed: Fatemeh serves as a light star among the women of the world. She is in knowledge and foresight so that she is the source of all the science and foresight.

Concerning creation of Fatemeh (p.b.u.h.) prophet prescribed: the creator of the world created light in Fatemeh as a shiny torch and hanged it on the skies and then the skies and the earth were lighted by light of Fatemeh and for the same reason, she was named ZAHRA. He prescribed, the light of my daughter Fatemeh is from God.

In another place, he prescribed, but my respectful daughter, Fatemeh is the head of all the women throughout the world in all the eras and for all the generations. She is a piece of my body, she is the light of my eyes, she is the fruit of my heart and my soul placed in my organ. She is an angel in the features of a human being who shines whenever she is in altar of her worship against her God. Just as the stars make shiny the land and its inhabitants.

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