Surah An-Nur Ayah 40

An-Nur · Ayah 40 · Juz 18 · Page 355

أَوۡ كَظُلُمَٰتٖ فِي بَحۡرٖ لُّجِّيّٖ يَغۡشَىٰهُ مَوۡجٞ مِّن فَوۡقِهِۦ مَوۡجٞ مِّن فَوۡقِهِۦ سَحَابٞۚ ظُلُمَٰتُۢ بَعۡضُهَا فَوۡقَ بَعۡضٍ إِذَآ أَخۡرَجَ يَدَهُۥ لَمۡ يَكَدۡ يَرَىٰهَاۗ وَمَن لَّمۡ يَجۡعَلِ ٱللَّهُ لَهُۥ نُورٗا فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن نُّورٍ ٤٠

Aw kaẓulumātin fī baḥril lujjiyyiy yaghshāhu mawjum min fawqihī mawjum min fawqihī saḥāb, ẓulumātum baʿḍuhā fawqa baʿḍin idhā akhraja yadahū lam yakad yarāhā, wa mal lam yajʿalillāhu lahū nūran famā lahū min nūr.

Or [they are] like darknesses within an unfathomable sea which is covered by waves, upon which are waves, over which are clouds - darknesses, some of them upon others. When one puts out his hand [therein], he can hardly see it. And he to whom Allāh has not granted light - for him there is no light.

Translation: Sahih International

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Word by word33 words

  • أَوۡOr
  • كَظُلُمَٰتٖ(is) like (the) darkness[es]
  • فِيin
  • بَحۡرٖa sea
  • لُّجِّيّٖdeep
  • يَغۡشَىٰهُcovers it
  • مَوۡجٞa wave
  • مِّنon it
  • فَوۡقِهِۦon it
  • مَوۡجٞa wave
  • مِّنon it
  • فَوۡقِهِۦon it
  • سَحَابٞۚa cloud
  • ظُلُمَٰتُۢdarkness[es]
  • بَعۡضُهَاsome of it
  • فَوۡقَon
  • بَعۡضٍothers
  • إِذَآWhen
  • أَخۡرَجَhe puts out
  • يَدَهُۥhis hand
  • لَمۡhardly
  • يَكَدۡhardly
  • يَرَىٰهَاۗhe (can) see it
  • وَمَنAnd (for) whom
  • لَّمۡnot
  • يَجۡعَلِAllah (has) made
  • ٱللَّهُAllah (has) made
  • لَهُۥfor him
  • نُورٗاa light
  • فَمَاthen not
  • لَهُۥfor him
  • مِن(is) any
  • نُّورٍlight

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An-Nurالنور

The Light · Medinan · 64 ayahs

Juz
18
Page
355
Hizb
36