The Light — Verse 40

24:40 · an-Nur

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Arabic English Morphology
أَوْ aw
Or Prep
كَظُلُمَٰتٍ kaẓulumātin
(is) like (the) darkness[es] Noun
فِى fī
in Prep
بَحْرٍ baḥrin
a sea Noun
لُّجِّىٍّ lujjiyyin
deep Noun
يَغْشَىٰهُ yaghshāhu
covers it V
مَوْجٌ mawjun
a wave Noun
مِّن min
on it Prep
فَوْقِهِۦ fawqihi
on it Noun
مَوْجٌ mawjun
a wave Noun
مِّن min
on it Prep
فَوْقِهِۦ fawqihi
on it Noun
سَحَابٌ saḥābun
a cloud Noun
ظُلُمَٰتٌۢ ẓulumātun
darkness[es] Noun
بَعْضُهَا baʿḍuhā
some of it Noun
فَوْقَ fawqa
on Noun
بَعْضٍ baʿḍin
others Noun
إِذَآ idhā
When Noun
أَخْرَجَ akhraja
he puts out V
يَدَهُۥ yadahu
his hand Noun
لَمْ lam
hardly Prep
يَكَدْ yakad
hardly V
يَرَىٰهَا yarāhā
he (can) see it V
وَمَن waman
And (for) whom Noun
لَّمْ lam
not Prep
يَجْعَلِ yajʿali
Allah (has) made V
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu
Allah (has) made Noun
لَهُۥ lahu
for him Noun
نُورًا nūran
a light Noun
فَمَا famā
then not Prep
لَهُۥ lahu
for him Noun
مِن min
(is) any Prep
نُّورٍ nūrin
light Noun

Or like shadows in a deep sea covered by wave upon wave, with clouds above- layer upon layer of darkness- if he holds out his hand, he is scarcely able to see it. The one to whom God gives no light has no light at all

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

أَوۡ كَظُلُمَـٰتࣲ فِی بَحۡرࣲ لُّجِّیࣲّ یَغۡشَىٰهُ مَوۡجࣱ مِّن فَوۡقِهِۦ مَوۡجࣱ مِّن فَوۡقِهِۦ سَحَابࣱۚ ظُلُمَـٰتُۢ بَعۡضُهَا فَوۡقَ بَعۡضٍ إِذَاۤ أَخۡرَجَ یَدَهُۥ لَمۡ یَكَدۡ یَرَىٰهَاۗ وَمَن لَّمۡ یَجۡعَلِ ٱللَّهُ لَهُۥ نُورࣰا فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن نُّورٍ ۝٤٠

aw kaẓulumātin fī baḥrin lujjiyyin yaghshāhu mawjun min fawqihi mawjun min fawqihi saḥābun ẓulumātun baʿḍuhā fawqa baʿḍin idhā akhraja yadahu lam yakad yarāhā waman lam yajʿali l-lahu lahu nūran famā lahu min nūri

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