Surah An-Nur, ayah 40
أَوْ كَظُلُمَـٰتٍ فِى بَحْرٍ لُّجِّىٍّ يَغْشَىٰهُ مَوْجٌ مِّن فَوْقِهِۦ مَوْجٌ مِّن فَوْقِهِۦ سَحَابٌ ۚ ظُلُمَـٰتٌۢ بَعْضُهَا فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ إِذَآ أَخْرَجَ يَدَهُۥ لَمْ يَكَدْ يَرَىٰهَا ۗ وَمَن لَّمْ يَجْعَلِ ٱللَّهُ لَهُۥ نُورًا فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن نُّورٍ
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.
An-Nur · 24:40
Word by word
- أَوْawOr
- كَظُلُمَـٰتٍۢkaẓulumātin(is) like (the) darkness[es]
- فِىfīin
- بَحْرٍۢbaḥrina sea
- لُّجِّىٍّۢlujjiyyindeep
- يَغْشَىٰهُyaghshāhucovers it
- مَوْجٌۭmawjuna wave
- مِّنminon it
- فَوْقِهِۦfawqihion it
- مَوْجٌۭmawjuna wave
- مِّنminon it
- فَوْقِهِۦfawqihion it
- سَحَابٌۭ ۚsaḥābuna cloud
- ظُلُمَـٰتٌۢẓulumātundarkness[es]
- بَعْضُهَاbaʿḍuhāsome of it
- فَوْقَfawqaon
- بَعْضٍbaʿḍinothers
- إِذَآidhāWhen
- أَخْرَجَakhrajahe puts out
- يَدَهُۥyadahuhis hand
- لَمْlamhardly
- يَكَدْyakadhardly
- يَرَىٰهَا ۗyarāhāhe (can) see it
- وَمَنwamanAnd (for) whom
- لَّمْlamnot
- يَجْعَلِyajʿaliAllah (has) made
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah (has) made
- لَهُۥlahufor him
- نُورًۭاnūrana light
- فَمَاfamāthen not
- لَهُۥlahufor him
- مِنmin(is) any
- نُّورٍnūrinlight
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