The Holy Qur'an thus states, “We sent Moses to his community”: “Bring thy people forth from darkness unto light. And remind them of the days of Allah.” (Quran, 14:5) God, the Blessed and Exalted, gives two missions to Hadrat Mousa (Moses), one is to lead his people from darkness and the other mission is to remind them of the days of Allah. All prophets have been on prophetic mission to lead people from darkness into light. God, the Blessed and Exalted, states, “Allah is the Protecting Friend of those who believe. He bringeth them out of darkness into light. As for those who disbelieve, their patrons are false deities. They bring them out of light into darkness. Such are rightful owners of the Fire. They will abide therein.” (Quran, 2:257) Here, God places tyrant against Him. God, the Blessed and Exalted, also states the occupation of the tyrant. In the same way that Almighty God is the Guardian of the believers, and leads them from darkness, from all kinds of darkness and obscurity, into light, on the other hand, the guardian of the disbelievers is the tyrant who takes them from light into darkness. These are two adverse matters: Leading from darkness into light, removing of darkness and aberrations and leading the nation to light. On the opposite side, to destroy the light and steering the people to darkness; this is the job of the tyrants; and the former is God's command.
Sahifeh, vol. 9, Page: 416
Speech, September 8, 1979