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
Abdel Haleem: 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

Interlinear Analysis

1
aw
أَو
Root: ا و
Prep.
2
kaẓulumātin
ظُلُمَة
Root: ظ ل م
Noun
3
فِي
Root: ف ي
Prep.
4
baḥrin
بَحْر
Root: ب ح ر
Noun
5
lujjiyyin
لُجِّيّ
Root: ل ج ج
Noun
6
yaghshāhu
غَشِيَ
Root: غ ش و
Verb
7
mawjun
مَوْج
Root: م و ج
Noun
8
min
مِن
Root: م ن
Prep.
9
fawqihi
فَوْق
Root: ف و ق
Noun
10
mawjun
مَوْج
Root: م و ج
Noun
11
min
مِن
Root: م ن
Prep.
12
fawqihi
فَوْق
Root: ف و ق
Noun
13
saḥābun
سَحاب
Root: س ح ب
Noun
14
ẓulumātun
ظُلُمَة
Root: ظ ل م
Noun
15
baʿḍuhā
بَعْض
Root: ب ع ض
Noun
16
fawqa
فَوْق
Root: ف و ق
Noun
17
baʿḍin
بَعْض
Root: ب ع ض
Noun
18
idhā
إِذا
Root: إ ذ ا
Noun
19
akhraja
أَخْرَجَ
Root: خ ر ج
Verb
20
yadahu
يَد
Root: ي د ي
Noun
21
lam
لَم
Root: ل م
Prep.
22
yakad
كادَ
Root: ك و د
Verb
23
yarāhā
رَأَى
Root: ر أ ي
Verb
24
waman
مَن
Root: م ن
Noun
25
lam
لَم
Root: ل م
Prep.
26
yajʿali
جَعَلَ
Root: ج ع ل
Verb
27
l-lahu
اللَّه
Root: أ ل ه
Noun
28
لَهُۥ
lahu
Noun
29
nūran
نُور
Root: ن و ر
Noun
30
famā
ما
Root: م ا
Prep.
31
لَهُۥ
lahu
Noun
32
min
مِن
Root: م ن
Prep.
33
nūrin
نُور
Root: ن و ر
Noun