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Surah An-Nur Verse 40

Quran 24:40 · The Light · Medinan · Juz 18

24:40

Arabic

اَوْ كَظُلُمٰتٍ فِيْ بَحْرٍ لُّجِّيٍّ يَّغْشٰىهُ مَوْجٌ مِّنْ فَوْقِهٖ مَوْجٌ مِّنْ فَوْقِهٖ سَحَابٌۗ ظُلُمٰتٌۢ بَعْضُهَا فَوْقَ بَعْضٍۗ اِذَآ اَخْرَجَ يَدَهٗ لَمْ يَكَدْ يَرٰىهَاۗ وَمَنْ لَّمْ يَجْعَلِ اللّٰهُ لَهٗ نُوْرًا فَمَا لَهٗ مِنْ نُّوْرٍ ࣖ ۝٤٠

Transliteration

Au kaẓulumātin fī baḥril lujjiyyiy yaghsyāhu maujum min fauqihī maujum min fauqihī saḥāb, ẓulumātum ba‘ḍuhā fauqo ba‘ḍ, iżā akhroja yadahū lam yakad yarōhā, wa mal lam yaj‘alillāhu lahū nūron famā lahū min nūr

Meaning

Or like utter darkness in a vast ocean, covered by waves, above which are waves, above which is fog. Darkness upon darkness. If he brings out his hand, he will hardly see it. He to whom Allah has not granted a light has no light.

Surah An-Nur verse 40 (Quran 24:40) is verse 40 of the 64 verses of Surah An-Nur (The Light), a Medinan surah that is number 24 in the Quran, and it is part of juz 18.

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Arabic text: Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia (Kemenag RI). Transliteration: Aplikita. English translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com (CC BY-ND 4.0).