Āyat an-Nūr — the verse of light
اللَّهُ نُورُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ مَثَلُ نُورِهِ كَمِشْكَاةٍ فِيهَا مِصْبَاحٌ
"Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth. The example of His light is like a niche within which is a lamp…"
Context
The verse around which al-Ghazali wrote his famous treatise Mishkāt al-Anwār. One of the deepest verses of metaphor in the Qurʾan.
What the classical scholars said.
Passages from our audiobook library that reference this verse, its theme, or its vocabulary.
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"al-Mahalib. News of the sultan of Yemen. He is Sultan al-Mujahid Nur al-Din Ali ibn Sultan al-Mu'ayyad,"
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"Among its residents is Judge Nur al-Din al-Zaidani, who served as a judge in India by the appointment"
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"room and wrote. A message was sent to Nur ad-Din, the king of Damascus, informing him of this matter"
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"When I arrived in Damascus, a friendship developed between me and Nur al-Din al-Sakawi, the Maliki"
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"it was, it became light upon light. The realms of dominion shone before them with the light"
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"of the learned jurist Nur al-Din al-Kurlani and the tomb of jurist Ala al-Din al-Kurmani,"
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"to inquire about my son. I entered the mosque and was guided to Nur al-Din al-Sakawi, the"
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"As God says in Surah An-Nur, its oil would almost glow even if untouched by fire, light"
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"character, and the judge Nur al-Din Ali, and the preacher whose name I do not recall."
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"Thugariyah, Al-Dhiyah, and Al-Nur. The Jew confirmed, By God, those are their names."
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