8. "Our Lord, perfect for us our light and forgive us. Indeed, You are over all things competent." [66:8].

رَبَّنَآ أَتْمِمْ لَنَا نُورَنَا وَٱغْفِرْ لَنَآ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌۭ

According to the Quran who will be reciting this dua and in which place?

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبوبركاتة 

ﺑِﺴْـــــــﻢِﷲِﺍﻟﺮَّﺣْﻤَﻦِﺍلرَّﺣِﻴﻢ

Answer:

“This is the statement that the believers will say on the Day of Resurrection, when they witness the light of the hypocrites being extinguished.  [Mujahid, Ad-Dahhak and Al-Hasan Al-Basri and others] 

Explanation:

The Plain of Resurrection where all human beings are gathered on the Day of Qiyama will be pitch dark all around. Those who will be condemned to Hell, the disbelievers, the hypocrites and the wicked people, will be wandering about in the darkness, finding their way groping (by stretching their hands). 

On that Day, the disbeliever will be told, "Do not offer any excuse this Day, because it will not be accepted from you; you will only be recompensed for what you used to do. Today, you will receive the punishment for your actions."

On this critical condition, hearing the wailings and groaning of those groping in the dark, the believers will be feeling terror stricken. In view of their sins and past mistakes they will be afraid that they too will be groping about like those people.

Therefore, they will pray: "O our Lord, forgive us our sins and let our light remain with us until we reach Paradise. They will implore Allah Almighty that their light be allowed to remain with them and kept from going out until they have crossed the bridge across Hell". 

No good deed will be wasted on the Day of Qiyama.The believers faith and the piety  will  turn into light that will lend brightness to the personality of the virtuous. 

The faces of  Prophet  [SAW] and his companions, and the believers glow with due to their strong faith and struggle on Allah's way.

They proceed ahead with their book of deeds carrying in their right hands and with the light emanating from Allah's countenance .

The brightness of their light depend on their deeds. the more luminous will be the person, and when he will walk towards Paradise, his light will be running forward before him. The Prophet (SAW) said: "The light of some one will be so strong and sharp that it will be running on before him equal to the distance between Al-Madinah and Aden, of another equal to the distance between Madinah and Sana, and of another even less than that; so much so that there will be a believer whose light will just extend beyond his steps. (Ibn Jarir). 

In other words, the intensity of the light of a person will be proportionate to the extent of the good done by him in the world, and the beams of his light will be running on before him in the Hereafter extending as far as his good will have extended in the world.

But it entirely depends on Divine grace and favour as is mentioned in a Hadith which says: 'Your actions alone cannot salvage you.' The Companions inquired: '0 Messenger of Allah (SAW), not even you?' He replied: 'No, not even me unless the Divine grace and mercy covers me.' [ Bukhari and Muslim as quoted by Mazhari ]

"O you who have believed, repent to Allah with sincere repentance. Perhaps your Lord will remove from you your misdeeds and admit you into gardens beneath which rivers flow [on] the Day [66:8] when Allah will not disgrace the Prophet [SAW] and those who believed with him. 

Abu Dharr and Abu Darda have reported, saying that the Prophet (SAW) said: "I shall recognize the righteous people of my ummah by their light which will be running on before them and on their right and on their left". (Hakim and Ibn Abi Hatim)

Allah has informed in Quran:

"On the Day you shall see the believing men and the believing women their light running forward before them and by their right hands. Glad tidings for you this Day! Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise), to dwell therein forever! Truly, this is the great success!" [57:12]

To attain this status we have to pray:

"O Allah! Please, do not disgrace me on the Day of Resurrection" 

"Place light in my heart, light in my tongue, light in my hearing, light in my sight, light above me, light below me, light on my right, light on my left, light in front of me, light behind me, place light in my soul, and make light abundant for me."[Sahih Muslim,763]

الحمدلله

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