اهل حسادت که به نورشون پشت میکنن، توبیخ میشن! يا أَهْلَ يَثْرِبَ ! اما اهل نور، نه! لا تَثْريبَ‏ عَلَيْكُمُ الْيَوْمَ!

“Those Who Turn Their Backs on the Light Are Rebuked: O People of Yathrib! But the People of Light Are Not: No Blame on You Today!”

In the Qur’an, the word “Tharb” (ثَرْب) carries a dual meaning. In its negative sense, it refers to blame, reproach, and corruption. In its luminous sense, it points to Nur al-Wilayah — the radiant light of divine guardianship that removes reproach and grants true forgiveness.

When the Qur’an addresses the hesitant and doubtful, it says:
“O people of Yathrib, there is no place for you here!” (33:13).
Yathrib itself was a name disliked by the Prophet ﷺ, because in Arabic it carries connotations of corruption and reproach. That is why he renamed the city Tayyiba — a name meaning ‘pure and radiant’. The doubtful live in Yathrib, a town of reproach; the faithful live in Madinat al-Nabi, the City of the Prophet, where no reproach exists.

In contrast, when Prophet Yusuf (a) faced his brothers, who finally confessed,
“Indeed, Allah has favored you above us, and indeed we were sinners,” (12:91)
He responded with words that shine through history:
“No blame upon you today. May Allah forgive you, and He is the most Merciful of the merciful.” (12:92)

Here, “La Tathrib” does not merely mean pardon. It means no reproach, no recall of past sins, no mixture of darkness with the present light. It is Safh: a forgiveness so complete that it erases even the trace of blame.

Thus, the Qur’an shows us two paths:

• The people of Yathrib, bound to doubt, envy, and reproach.

• The people of light, who acknowledge their faults and step into divine mercy, where no reproach remains.

To live as a person of light is to hear Yusuf’s words spoken to our own hearts:
“No blame upon you today. May Allah forgive you.”
This is the transformation of the heart from Yathrib to Madinat al-Nabi — from the city of reproach to the city of radiant mercy.