something that gives out light is called blacklight.
something that gives out light is called blacklight.
what is something that gives out light called?
blacklight
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before the creation of the world, from his own light, allah derived a light called light of nubuwwa (prophethood) or exoteric and from that derived another light called walaya (imamah) or esoteric. allah said "here is a light from my light, its trunk is the prophecy and its branch is the imamate; prophecy belongs to muhammad, my servant and messenger and imamate belongs to ali, my proof and my friend. without them, i would have created none of my creation..." the very names of prophecy and imamate are derived from the names of allah. allah has two kinds of attributes: essence (dhat) and act (fi'l); attributes of essence exist in allah himself, not having its opposites, but attributes of the act, the most beautiful names of allah, are those which are manifested in his creatures, these creatures of manifestation of these attributes are imams.through these creatures, men could know his attributes.this is his plan to make himself known. by verse 2:124, shia believe that the position of imamate is not higher than prophethood. shia believe that imam is god's witness for the people, the gate to god (bāb allāh) and the road (sabīl) and the pillar of his unity so he should be infallible and chosen by god. allamah al-majlisi, a shia scholar of the safawid era, states: "the imams are superior to the prophets (except muhammad) and the entire creation. the covenant of the imams was taken from the prophets, the angels and the entire creation. the major prophets called ulul-‘azm (nuh, ibrahim, musa and ‘isa ) attained the status of ulul-‘azm on account of loving the imams." muḥammad al-bāqir narrates that god chose ibraham first as a worshipper (ʿabd), then a prophet (nabī), then a messenger (rasūl), then a friend (khalīl) and finally as an imam over the people. the imams in many passages of quran are referred as the light of god (nur), his witnesses among mankind (shuhada), his signs (ayat), those firm in the knowledge (rasikhun), the vicegerents of god on earth (khulafa), the gates through which he is approached (abwab), the heirs of the knowledge of the prophet.the imam is endowed with the holy spirit (ruh al-kuds). shi'a twelver believes that five "messengers" achieved the rank of leadership:nuah, ibrahim, musa, isa, muhammad
imamate in twelver doctrine