Surah An-Nur, Ayah 40 (24:40)

ٱلنُّور

أَوْ كَظُلُمَٰتٍ فِى بَحْرٍ لُّجِّىٍّ يَغْشَىٰهُ مَوْجٌ مِّن فَوْقِهِۦ مَوْجٌ مِّن فَوْقِهِۦ سَحَابٌ ۚ ظُلُمَٰتٌۢ …

Quran 24:40 is ayah 40 of Surah An-Nur (“The Light”), a Medinan surah of 64 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 355 of the Madani Mushaf.

24:40
أَوْكَظُلُمَٰتٍفِىبَحْرٍلُّجِّىٍّيَغْشَىٰهُمَوْجٌمِّنفَوْقِهِۦمَوْجٌمِّنفَوْقِهِۦسَحَابٌ ۚظُلُمَٰتٌۢبَعْضُهَافَوْقَبَعْضٍإِذَآأَخْرَجَيَدَهُۥلَمْيَكَدْيَرَىٰهَا ۗوَمَنلَّمْيَجْعَلِٱللَّهُلَهُۥنُورًافَمَالَهُۥمِننُّورٍ٤٠
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 nūrin

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.(40)

Word by word

  1. أَوْawOr
  2. كَظُلُمَٰتٍkaẓulumātin(is) like (the) darkness[es]
  3. فِىfīin
  4. بَحْرٍbaḥrina sea
  5. لُّجِّىٍّlujjiyyindeep
  6. يَغْشَىٰهُyaghshāhucovers it
  7. مَوْجٌmawjuna wave
  8. مِّنminon it
  9. فَوْقِهِۦfawqihion it
  10. مَوْجٌmawjuna wave
  11. مِّنminon it
  12. فَوْقِهِۦfawqihion it
  13. سَحَابٌ ۚsaḥābuna cloud
  14. ظُلُمَٰتٌۢẓulumātundarkness[es]
  15. بَعْضُهَاbaʿḍuhāsome of it
  16. فَوْقَfawqaon
  17. بَعْضٍbaʿḍinothers
  18. إِذَآidhāWhen
  19. أَخْرَجَakhrajahe puts out
  20. يَدَهُۥyadahuhis hand
  21. لَمْlamhardly
  22. يَكَدْyakadhardly
  23. يَرَىٰهَا ۗyarāhāhe (can) see it
  24. وَمَنwamanAnd (for) whom
  25. لَّمْlamnot
  26. يَجْعَلِyajʿaliAllah (has) made
  27. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah (has) made
  28. لَهُۥlahufor him
  29. نُورًاnūrana light
  30. فَمَاfamāthen not
  31. لَهُۥlahufor him
  32. مِنmin(is) any
  33. نُّورٍnūrinlight

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