This verse was cited by the Muslim caller as another example of Qur'anic parable language, and the response challenged whether its imagery was explained clearly enough to prove divine origin.
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Quran 24:35
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35 God is the Light of the heavens and the earth; the likeness of His Light is as a niche wherein is a lamp (the lamp in a glass, the glass as it were a glittering star) kindled from a Blessed Tree, an olive that is neither of the East nor of the West whose oil wellnigh would shine, even if no fire touched it; Light upon Light; (God guides to His Light whom He will.) (And God strikes similitudes for men, and God has knowledge of everything.)
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Cited from a Muslim perspective to argue that Allah being light makes darkness a metaphor for sinful deeds and countenance, not a literal change in skin color.
Cited to support the Muslim-side argument that Allah’s light represents goodness, so language about darkened faces refers to spiritual countenance rather than physical skin color.
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