Except God, and this is the condition of the people of God.

It was said that the Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, are among the saints of God. He said, “Those who, when they see the remembrance of God, ”

That is, because of their identification with God, they are hidden from them and from the eyes of creation. If people see them, they see no one but God, so seeing them reminds them of God is like the verses that are mentioned, and this is the position that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, asked him in his supplication, “Make me a light.”

So God Almighty answered his supplication and informed us that he had sent him. To the people as a bringer of good tidings and a warner and a caller to God by His permission and an illuminating lamp, so He made him a light as he asked. For

his saying to his Lord and make me a light

then I will be in myself the very essence of the divine name, light. An