O Light of light....

picture from NASA

O Light of light, 

Thou art veiled to Thy creatures and they do not attain to Thy light. 

O Light of light, 

Thy light illuminates the people of heaven and enlightens the people of earth. 

O Light of all light. Thy light is praised by all light.

Prayer Attributed to Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him


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 By means of the Divine Lights the heart becomes polished so that it shines like
a polished mirror. When it becomes a mirror one can see in it the reflection of
all existing things and the reflection of the Kingdom of God as they really are.
When one sees the Glory and Majesty of God in His Realm then all the lights
become one light and the chest becomes full with this shining light. He is like
a man who observes his reflection in a mirror and sees in it at the same time
the reflection of all that is before and behind him. Now when a ray of sun hits
the mirror the whole house becomes flooded with light from the meeting of these
two lights: the light of the sun-ray and the light of the mirror. Similarly the
heart: when it is polished and shining it beholds the Realm of Divine Glory and
the Divine Glory becomes revealed to it.


Al-Hakim At-Tirmidhi

Light Verses

"When any one lights a lamp, 

he never puts it in the cellar or under the bushel, 

but on the lampstand, that people who come in may see the light.

(The Holy Book of Injeel:  Luke 11:33)

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

(The Holy Book of Zabur: Psalms 119:105)

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Those who believe will stand alongside the Prophet,

their light streaming on ahead of them

and to their right.

They will say, "Our Lord, perfect our light for us and forgive us!"

(Quran: 66:8)

He is the one light that gives light

that gives light to all.

He shines; everything shines.

(Upanishads)

God is the Light of the heavens and the earth.

The parable of His Light

is as if there were a Niche,

and within it a Lamp;

the Lamp enclosed in Glass:

The Glass as it were a brilliant star:

Lit from a blessed Tree,

an olive neither of the East nor of the West,

Whose oil is well-night luminous,

though fire scarce touched it.

Light upon Light!

God guides whom He will to His Light:

God sets forth parables for men, and God knows all things.

(Quran 24:35)