Or [they are] like darknesses within a vast sea which is covered by a wave, upon which is a wave, over which are clouds—darknesses, some of them upon others. When one puts out his hand [therein], he can hardly see it. And he to whom Allah has not granted light—for him there is no light} (Al-Baqara: 39 - 40). [Note: While the text cites Al-Baqara, these verses are from Surah An-Nur].

Its meaning: that the believer who leans toward their deeds and deems them good, thinks of them and to them He pointed in this place; so whosoever knows them and seeks their knowledge connects with the angels and becomes an angel.

I say: The verse indicated that the devils—symbolized by the scholars of the Opposites (Al-Addad)—inspire those who lean toward them to dispute with us with their corrupt sciences; and He mentioned that those who obey them are polytheists, so that we may avoid them.

And He—the Almighty—warned us by His saying: {And is one who was dead and We gave him life} (Al-An'am: 122), so that we may deduce that he who follows the Light—which is the Inward knowledge—is superior to the one who remains in the darknesses, which are the Outward sciences.

God has struck the parable of their deeds in Surah An-Nur, after He—Glory be to Him—struck for us the famous parable of His manifest Light, which is clear to those who behold it, saying: {But those who disbelieved—their deeds are like a mirage in a lowland which a thirsty