Quran 24:35 — An-Noor, verse 35
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
God is the Light of the heavens and earth. His Light is like this: there is a niche, and in it a lamp, the lamp inside a glass, a glass like a glittering star, fuelled from a blessed olive tree from neither east nor west, whose oil almost gives light even when no fire touches it- light upon light- God guides whoever He will to his Light; God draws such comparisons for people; God has full knowledge of everything-
اللَّهُ نُورُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ مَثَلُ نُورِهِ كَمِشْكَاةٍ فِيهَا مِصْبَاحٌ ۖ الْمِصْبَاحُ فِي زُجَاجَةٍ ۖ الزُّجَاجَةُ كَأَنَّهَا كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّيٌّ يُوقَدُ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ مُبَارَكَةٍ زَيْتُونَةٍ لَا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَلَا غَرْبِيَّةٍ يَكَادُ زَيْتُهَا يُضِيءُ وَلَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نَارٌ ۚ نُورٌ عَلَىٰ نُورٍ ۗ يَهْدِي اللَّهُ لِنُورِهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۚ وَيَضْرِبُ اللَّهُ الْأَمْثَالَ لِلنَّاسِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ
al-lahu nūru l-samāwāti wal-arḍi mathalu nūrihi kamish'katin fīhā miṣ'bāḥun l-miṣ'bāḥu fī zujājatin l-zujājatu ka-annahā kawkabun durriyyun yūqadu min shajaratin mubārakatin zaytūnatin lā sharqiyyatin walā gharbiyyatin yakādu zaytuhā yuḍīu walaw lam tamsashu nārun nūrun ʿalā nūrin yahdī l-lahu linūrihi man yashāu wayaḍribu l-lahu l-amthāla lilnnāsi wal-lahu bikulli shayin ʿalīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- God is the Light of the heavens and the earth; the likeness of His Light is as a niche wherein is a lamp (the lamp in a glass, the glass as it were a glittering star) kindled from a Blessed Tree, an olive that is neither of the East nor of the West whose oil wellnigh would shine, even if no fire touched it; Light upon Light; (God guides to His Light whom He will.) (And God strikes similitudes for men, and God has knowledge of everything.)
- Muhammad Asad
- God is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The parable of His light is, as it were, that of a niche containing a lamp; the lamp is [enclosed] in glass, the glass [shining] like a radiant star: [a lamp] lit from a blessed tree - an olive-tree that is neither of the east nor of the west the oil whereof [is so bright that it] would well-nigh give light [of itself] even though fire had not touched it: light upon light! God guides unto His light him that wills [to be guided]; and [to this end] God propounds parables unto men, since God [alone] has full knowledge of all things.
- Sahih International
- Allāh is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The example of His light is like a niche within which is a lamp; the lamp is within glass, the glass as if it were a pearly [white] star lit from [the oil of] a blessed olive tree, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil would almost glow even if untouched by fire. Light upon light. Allāh guides to His light whom He wills. And Allāh presents examples for the people, and Allāh is Knowing of all things.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ ٱللَّهُal-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 2 | نُورُnūru | (is the) Light | نور |
| 3 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | (of) the heavens | سمو |
| 4 | وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚwal-arḍi | and the earth | أرض |
| 5 | مَثَلُmathalu | (The) example | مثل |
| 6 | نُورِهِۦnūrihi | (of) His Light | نور |
| 7 | كَمِشْكَوٰةٍۢkamish'katin | (is) like a niche | شكو |
| 8 | فِيهَاfīhā | in it | — |
| 9 | مِصْبَاحٌ ۖmiṣ'bāḥun | (is) a lamp | صبح |
| 10 | ٱلْمِصْبَاحُl-miṣ'bāḥu | the lamp | صبح |
| 11 | فِىfī | (is) in | — |
| 12 | زُجَاجَةٍ ۖzujājatin | a glass | زجج |
| 13 | ٱلزُّجَاجَةُl-zujājatu | the glass | زجج |
| 14 | كَأَنَّهَاka-annahā | as if it were | — |
| 15 | كَوْكَبٌۭkawkabun | a star | كوكب |
| 16 | دُرِّىٌّۭdurriyyun | brilliant | درر |
| 17 | يُوقَدُyūqadu | (which) is lit | وقد |
| 18 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 19 | شَجَرَةٍۢshajaratin | a tree | شجر |
| 20 | مُّبَـٰرَكَةٍۢmubārakatin | blessed | برك |
| 21 | زَيْتُونَةٍۢzaytūnatin | an olive | زيت |
| 22 | لَّاlā | not | — |
| 23 | شَرْقِيَّةٍۢsharqiyyatin | (of the) east | شرق |
| 24 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 25 | غَرْبِيَّةٍۢgharbiyyatin | (of the) west | غرب |
| 26 | يَكَادُyakādu | would almost | كود |
| 27 | زَيْتُهَاzaytuhā | its oil | زيت |
| 28 | يُضِىٓءُyuḍīu | glow | ضوأ |
| 29 | وَلَوْwalaw | even if | — |
| 30 | لَمْlam | not | — |
| 31 | تَمْسَسْهُtamsashu | touched it | مسس |
| 32 | نَارٌۭ ۚnārun | fire | نور |
| 33 | نُّورٌnūrun | Light | نور |
| 34 | عَلَىٰʿalā | upon | — |
| 35 | نُورٍۢ ۗnūrin | Light | نور |
| 36 | يَهْدِىyahdī | Allah guides | هدي |
| 37 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah guides | أله |
| 38 | لِنُورِهِۦlinūrihi | to His Light | نور |
| 39 | مَنman | whom | — |
| 40 | يَشَآءُ ۚyashāu | He wills | شيأ |
| 41 | وَيَضْرِبُwayaḍribu | And Allah sets forth | ضرب |
| 42 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | And Allah sets forth | أله |
| 43 | ٱلْأَمْثَـٰلَl-amthāla | the examples | مثل |
| 44 | لِلنَّاسِ ۗlilnnāsi | for the mankind | نوس |
| 45 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 46 | بِكُلِّbikulli | of every | كلل |
| 47 | شَىْءٍshayin | thing | شيأ |
| 48 | عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun | (is) All-Knower | علم |