World Faiths – Enlightenment | The Review of Religions
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And thou, O soul at peace! Return to thy Lord well pleased with Him and He well pleased with thee. So enter thou among My chosen servants, And enter thou My Garden.
Islam, the Holy Qur’an, 89:28-31
I ask you O Allah, O Gracious One, by Your glory and the light of Your countenance, to enlighten my sight with Your book, and make my tongue free with it, and to relieve my heart with it, and to expand my chest with it, and to wash my body with it.
Islam, saying of the Holy Prophet (sa), Jami’ al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 3570
The true purpose of man is the enlightened recognition of God Almighty. The qualities of anything can be appreciated only by keeping in mind the purpose for which it has been created. For instance, an ox is created for the purpose of ploughing or transport. If we overlook this purpose and seek to use it as a hunting dog, it will fail utterly and will prove useless and valueless.
Islam, saying of the Promised Messiah (as), The Essence of Islam – Vol. II, p. 19
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Judaism, the Tanakh, Psalm 119:105
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.’
Christianity, the Bible, John 8:12
That Form the sun does not reveal, nor the moon and stars, nor these lightnings reveal Him, nor, how then this fire? When He shines forth, all is illuminated after Him, by His light all this becomes lighted.
Hinduism, Katha Upanishad 5.15
Our essence of mind is intrinsically pure, and if we knew our mind and realized what our nature is, all of us would attain Buddhahood.
Buddhism, Sutra of Hui Neng 2
The holy Preceptor by the Word lighted a lamp; thereby was shattered darkness of the temple of the self.’
Sikhism, Adi Granth, Bilaval, M.5, p. 821
