Our Lord, perfect for us our light and forgive us. Indeed, You are over all things competent.

Someone asked: Okay see this then.."O ye who believe! Turn to Allah with sincere repentance:... Their Light will run forward before them and by their right hands, while they say, "Our Lord! Perfect our Light for us, and grant us Forgiveness: for Thou hast power over all things." [66:8]....and elsewhere its said that those who are successful will hold the Book in their Right hands....so now are you saying that the Book can 'run" before you and you will ask Allah to "perfect this light"? Kindly explain..

Remember, Prophet Moses was granted two great signs when he was ordered to go to the Pharaoh. One was his stick which could turn into a snake and a serpent, and the other was that his hand glowed white. 

[Quran 28:31,32; translator: Sahih International] And [he was told], "Throw down your staff." But when he saw it writhing as if it was a snake, he turned in flight and did not return. [Allah said], "O Moses, approach and fear not. Indeed, you are of the secure. Insert your hand into the opening of your garment; it will come out white, without disease. And draw in your arm close to you [as prevention] from fear, for those are two proofs from your Lord to Pharaoh and his establishment. Indeed, they have been a people defiantly disobedient." 

[Al-Qur’an 66:8, translator: Sahih International] 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 when Allah will not disgrace the Prophet and those who believed with him. Their light will proceed before them and on their right; they will say, "Our Lord, perfect for us our light and forgive us. Indeed, You are over all things competent."  

When Adam ate from the forbidden tree, the human genome got corrupted. When we are presented before Allah on the Day of Judgement, those who are forgiven and granted permission to proceed to Jannat, Allah will correct their genome. Then they will have light emitting from their bodies lighting their path. These concepts can be understood in terms of genomics, pseudogenes, chirality and bioluminescence. 

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0006256 

The human body literally glimmers. The intensity of the light emitted by the body is 1000 times lower than the sensitivity of our naked eyes. Ultraweak photon emission is known as the energy released as light through the changes in energy metabolism. 

The following might be of interest: 

Adam's attempt to Improve upon Allah's creation: http://signsandscience.blogspot.com/2015/11/mission-of-messengers-iii.html 

Rust Upon their Hearts: http://signsandscience.blogspot.com/2014/05/rust-upon-their-hearts.html 

Orientation: Right or Left http://signsandscience.blogspot.com/2015/03/orientation-right-or-left.html 

She responded with a long email on Ta'wil versus my approach of literal interpretation of the Quran. Also, she raised points from non-Quranic sources, used by various sects to justify their beliefs.  

My Response: My point was that it is possible to literally understand the verses of the Quran from the Quran itself and knowledge of science. The glowing of Moses' hand is a proof of what the Quran is telling us about the Hereafter about the NOOR emanating from the body of each person who is forgiven, corrected and is headed for Jannat. The bioluminescence of some creatures, and the discovery of the faint bioluminescence of the human body further makes it easy for us to understand the verses speaking about NOOR, without having to resort to various other historical records of religious nature to help interpret the verses. 

You mention many beliefs based on those other historical records of religious nature, which may or may not be correct. Further, some of those contradict other verses of the Quran. Therefore, it is far safer to base our study on the literal interpretation of the Quran, letting the verses of the Quran shape our beliefs, instead of us trying to justify our beliefs in non-Quranic sources by trying to find some hidden meanings. This is my path, and I pray that Allah increases us all in guidance. 

Salam   

Allah: there is nothing comparable to Him‏

The Quran introduces us to the attributes of Allah, but does not describe the form of Allah, and that is where we must stop if we are believers.  As per Quran 112:4 there is nothing like Allah, thus a believer in the Quran should not try to imagine or state what Allah is.   

Quran 31:30 describes Allah as Al-Haq.

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ وَأَنَّ مَا يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ الْبَاطِلُ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْكَبِيرُ 

Al-Haq is among the many names or attributes of God. Though generally translated as The Truth, the word al-Haq encompasses a range of meanings, and as contrasted to baatil [falsehood], the primary signification the word ‘haq’ is  suitableness to the requirements of  wisdom, justice, right, or rightness, truth, reality, or fact. The state, or quality, or property, of being just, proper, right, correct, proper. Lane’s Lexicon covers around six pages: http://www.tyndalearchive.com/tabs/lane/  

Al-Haq is merely one of the aspects of Allah (God) who is much more than any word or concept that we can imagine or relate to. This link has a list of names/attributes mentioned in the Quran: http://www.whyislam.org/god/names-and-attributes-of-allah/  

Quran 17:85 informs us that: 

وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الرُّوحِ قُلِ الرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّي وَمَا أُوتِيتُم مِّنَ الْعِلْمِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

We are informed by verse 17:85 that the Ar-Ruh, generally translated as Spirit,  is the Command of God, and of it we have been given very little knowledge. Thus, it would be erroneous to think that God is Spirit. With reference to what was breathed in Mary, please see: http://signsandscience.blogspot.com/2015/10/virgin-birth.html 

Quran 24:35 informs us that: 

اللَّهُ نُورُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ مَثَلُ نُورِهِ كَمِشْكَاةٍ فِيهَا مِصْبَاحٌ الْمِصْبَاحُ فِي زُجَاجَةٍ الزُّجَاجَةُ كَأَنَّهَا كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّيٌّ يُوقَدُ مِن شَجَرَةٍ مُّبَارَكَةٍ زَيْتُونَةٍ لَّا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَلَا غَرْبِيَّةٍ يَكَادُ زَيْتُهَا يُضِيءُ وَلَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نَارٌ نُّورٌ عَلَىٰ نُورٍ يَهْدِي اللَّهُ لِنُورِهِ مَن يَشَاءُ وَيَضْرِبُ اللَّهُ الْأَمْثَالَ لِلنَّاسِ وَاللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ

The verse uses the term Nur to describe the presence of Allah in Samawaat (Heavens/Skies) and Earth. The verse itself says that Allah is using examples here for humans. Hence, the following are some of the terms as I understand them: 

Nur: light or something with similar properties 

Glass: Nur is enclosed in Glass, an amorphous substance which we are very familiar with on Earth, having the properties of transmitting, reflecting and refracting light 

Kawkab: the glass is likened to a Kawkab. The term ‘كَوْكَبٌ’  used in the Quran seems to refer to objects which do not produce light, but shine due to the light of another source. I think they are solid objects made from sand/soil/clay, and have rocky features. Planets, asteroids, meteoroids and comets, all fit in this description.  [http://signsandscience.blogspot.com/2014/08/kawakib-planets-comets-and-other-rocky.html]  

The verse goes on to give an example of the external source of the Nur as an olive, a blessed tree, whose oil almost glows forth even if not touched by fire, hence a radiant, continuous source of Nur in the As-Samawaat and Al-Ard. 

I understand the terms  لَّا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَلَا غَرْبِيَّةٍ as 'not of the two origins and not of the two endings' that is the source of Nur is external to the first(this) and second(Hereafter) creation of السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ. I've discussed the reasons in some detail at: http://signsandscience.blogspot.com/2014/08/guarding-sky.html    

Allah can use examples as Allah knows everything. 

However, we should not use examples as we do not know, as Quran  16:74 warns us: 

فَلَا تَضْرِبُوا لِلَّهِ الْأَمْثَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ  

Multiple translations of the verses are available at: http://www.islamawakened.com/index.php/qur-an 

May Allah guide us to His Nur, increase us in guidance, be well-pleased with us when we meet Him, and perfect our nur for us.