The Gloom of Sins and the Glow of Repentance

Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) was explaining the following verse of the Holy
Qur’an:

“Allah is the guardian of those who believe. He brings them out of the
darkness into the light.”

(Surah Baqarah 2:257)

He said,

“It means Allah takes them away from the darkness of the sins to the light
of repentance. Because they were having ‘Wilayat’ of all the just Imams (all
twelve of whom are appointed by Allah). The next portion of the same verse
is, “and (as to) those who disbelieve, their guardians are Shaitans who take
them out of the light into the darkness.”

The Imam further explained,

“It only means those who followed the light of Islam initially but later
started following each an every usurper (leader) not authorised by Allah.
They left the light of Islam and entered into the darkness of disbelief
(Kufr). Thus Allah ordained upon the disbelievers the fire of Hell.

(The Greater Sins by Ayatullah Dastghaib Shirazi)

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