Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani, who was born in 1077 AD in Baghdad, is one of the most renowned scholars and saints of the Ummah and is known as being the Sultan ul-Awliya (King of the Saints). Regarding light, he narrates how Allah Almighty created the universe from the light of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and he also discusses ‘the veils of darkness’ and ‘the veils of light’. Regarding it, he says:
When the attributes of darkness lift, light takes its place, and the one with the eye of the soul sees. He recognizes what he sees with the light of the Names of divine attributes. Then he himself is flooded by light and becomes light. These lights are still veils hiding the light of the divine Essence, but the time comes when they too are drawn back, leaving only the light of the divine Essence itself.
[Sirr ul-Asrar (The Secret of Secrets)]
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