Lit. βlight,β a term used for God, defined as light in the Qurβan in the so-called ‘verse of light’ (Δyat al-nΕ«r) Q. 24:35: βGod is the light of the heavens and the earthβ¦β). In Shiβism, the term is taken to mean the light that is believed to have emanated through Adam, via Muhammad into the family of ΚΏAlΔ« and his successors, the Imams.
