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An-Nur 24:35

۞ٱللَّهُ نُورُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ مَثَلُ نُورِهِۦ كَمِشۡكَوٰةٖ فِيهَا مِصۡبَاحٌۖ ٱلۡمِصۡبَاحُ فِي زُجَاجَةٍۖ ٱلزُّجَاجَةُ كَأَنَّهَا كَوۡكَبٞ دُرِّيّٞ يُوقَدُ مِن شَجَرَةٖ مُّبَٰرَكَةٖ زَيۡتُونَةٖ لَّا شَرۡقِيَّةٖ وَلَا غَرۡبِيَّةٖ يَكَادُ زَيۡتُهَا يُضِيٓءُ وَلَوۡ لَمۡ تَمۡسَسۡهُ نَارٞۚ نُّورٌ عَلَىٰ نُورٖۚ يَهۡدِي ٱللَّهُ لِنُورِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَيَضۡرِبُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡأَمۡثَٰلَ لِلنَّاسِۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَلِيمٞ

Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. His light is like a niche in which there is a lamp, the lamp is in a crystal, the crystal is like a shining star, lit from ˹the oil of˺ a blessed olive tree, ˹located˺ neither to the east nor the west, whose oil would almost glow, even without being touched by fire. Light upon light! Allah guides whoever He wills to His light. And Allah sets forth parables for humanity. For Allah has ˹perfect˺ knowledge of all things.

Word by word

۞ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
نُورُ
nūru
(is the) Light
Vocabulary
Root: نور
ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
(of) the heavens
Vocabulary
Root: سمو
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ
wal-arḍi
and the earth
Vocabulary
Root: ارض
مَثَلُ
mathalu
(The) example
Vocabulary
Root: مثل
نُورِهِۦ
nūrihi
(of) His Light
Vocabulary
كَمِشۡكَوٰةٖ
kamish'katin
(is) like a niche
Vocabulary
Root: شكو
فِيهَا
fīhā
in it
Vocabulary
مِصۡبَاحٌۖ
miṣ'bāḥun
(is) a lamp
Vocabulary
Root: صبح
ٱلۡمِصۡبَاحُ
l-miṣ'bāḥu
the lamp
Vocabulary
Root: صبح
فِي
fī
(is) in
Vocabulary
زُجَاجَةٍۖ
zujājatin
a glass
Vocabulary
Root: زجج
ٱلزُّجَاجَةُ
l-zujājatu
the glass
Vocabulary
Root: زجج
كَأَنَّهَا
ka-annahā
as if it were
Vocabulary
كَوۡكَبٞ
kawkabun
a star
Vocabulary
Root: كوكب
دُرِّيّٞ
durriyyun
brilliant
Vocabulary
Root: درر
يُوقَدُ
yūqadu
(which) is lit
Vocabulary
Root: وقد
مِن
min
from
Vocabulary
شَجَرَةٖ
shajaratin
a tree
Vocabulary
Root: شجر
مُّبَٰرَكَةٖ
mubārakatin
blessed
Vocabulary
Root: برك
زَيۡتُونَةٖ
zaytūnatin
an olive
Vocabulary
Root: زيت
لَّا
lā
not
Vocabulary
شَرۡقِيَّةٖ
sharqiyyatin
(of the) east
Vocabulary
Root: شرق
وَلَا
walā
and not
Vocabulary
غَرۡبِيَّةٖ
gharbiyyatin
(of the) west
Vocabulary
Root: غرب
يَكَادُ
yakādu
would almost
Vocabulary
Root: كود
زَيۡتُهَا
zaytuhā
its oil
Vocabulary
Root: زيت
يُضِيٓءُ
yuḍīu
glow
Vocabulary
Root: ضوا
وَلَوۡ
walaw
even if
Vocabulary
لَمۡ
lam
not
Vocabulary
تَمۡسَسۡهُ
tamsashu
touched it
Vocabulary
Root: مسس
نَارٞۚ
nārun
fire
Vocabulary
Root: نور
نُّورٌ
nūrun
Light
Vocabulary
Root: نور
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
upon
Vocabulary
نُورٖۚ
nūrin
Light
Vocabulary
Root: نور
يَهۡدِي
yahdī
Allah guides
Vocabulary
Root: هدي
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah guides
Vocabulary
Root: اله
لِنُورِهِۦ
linūrihi
to His Light
Vocabulary
مَن
man
whom
Vocabulary
يَشَآءُۚ
yashāu
He wills
Vocabulary
Root: شيا
وَيَضۡرِبُ
wayaḍribu
And Allah sets forth
Vocabulary
Root: ضرب
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
And Allah sets forth
Vocabulary
Root: اله
ٱلۡأَمۡثَٰلَ
l-amthāla
the examples
Vocabulary
Root: مثل
لِلنَّاسِۗ
lilnnāsi
for the mankind
Vocabulary
Root: نوس
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
بِكُلِّ
bikulli
of every
Vocabulary
Root: كلل
شَيۡءٍ
shayin
thing
Vocabulary
Root: شيا
عَلِيمٞ
ʿalīmun
(is) All-Knower
Vocabulary
Root: علم

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.