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The Light
Chapter 24 of the Holy Qur’an
General information:
Number of
verses: 64
Running time:
48 minutes and 3 seconds
Arabic
recitation by: Sheikh Sa'ad Al-Ghamdi
Translation of
the meaning read by: El-Haj Mauri
Saalakhan
(Arabic and
English alternate section by section)
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About the chapter:
In this
chapter, the divine light shines on the life
of the believers to elevate their morality
and purify their hearts, words, and deeds.
The chapter institutes a code of conduct
among the believers that prohibits slander,
shuns abominations, promotes piety and
compassion, and manages the rights and
duties of men and women, husbands and wives,
children and adults, and relatives, friends,
and neighbors.
Snippets from the translation:
Allah is the
light of the heavens and the earth. The
parable of his light in the heart of the
believer is as if there were a niche, and
within it a lamp, and the lamp enclosed in
glass, the glass, as it were, a large
brilliant star, lit from a blessed tree, an
olive, neither of the east nor of the west,
whose oil would glow forth though no fire
touched it ... light upon light. Allah
guides whom he wills to his light, and Allah
sets forth parables for men and Allah knows
all things. This lamp is found in houses,
which Allah has allowed to be exalted in
honor above impurities and idle talk, and
His Name shall be celebrated therein with
praises and prayers. Glorifying Him therein
at the mornings and in the evenings again
and again are men whom neither buying nor
selling diverts them from the remembrance of
Allah, nor from establishing regular prayer
with all its rights and its specified times,
nor from the payment of regular charity.
They fear a day when hearts and eyes will be
transformed out of terror. That Allah
may reward them according to the best of
their deeds and add even more for them out
of His grace. For Allah provides for whom He
wills without measure. [chapter 24:
35-38] |
