Verse 3
The Sun • makkah
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Important Words:
القمر (the moon). They say قمر الشیء i.e. the brightness of the thing became intense. قمر means, the moon; a star which borrows its light from the sun and reflects it on to the earth and thus removes the darkness of the night. (Lane & Aqrab). See also 54:2.
تلاھا (follows him). تلوته means, I followed him or it immediately or without intervention. ھو یتلو فلاناً means, he imitates such a one and follows what he does (Lane & Aqrab). See also 2:103.
Commentary:
"The moon" may be taken as referring to the Holy Prophet, who like the moon, draws his light from God and transmits it to the spiritually dark world. Or it may refer to those religious divines and Reformers—particularly the Promised Messiah—who borrow the light of truth from the Holy Prophet and transmit it to the world to remove the darkness of moral and spiritual turpitude.
"The moon" may also refer to the Holy Prophet, because he received light from God and transmitted it to the spiritually dark world. Or it may refer to those religious Divines and Reformers—particularly his Great Deputy, the Promised Messiah—who would borrow the light of truth from the Holy Prophet and transmit it to the world to remove the darkness of moral and spiritual turpitude.