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Surah An-Noor (24) — 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 ﴿40﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Or [the state of a disbeliever] is like the darkness in a vast deep sea, overwhelmed with waves topped by waves, topped by dark clouds, (layers of) darkness upon darkness: if a man stretches out his hand, he can hardly see it! And he for whom Allâh has not appointed light, for him there is no light.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَوْ
aw
Or
كَظُلُمَـٰتٍۢ
kaẓulumātin
(is) like (the) darkness[es]
فِى
fī
in
بَحْرٍۢ
baḥrin
a sea
لُّجِّىٍّۢ
lujjiyyin
deep
يَغْشَىٰهُ
yaghshāhu
covers it
مَوْجٌۭ
mawjun
a wave
مِّن
min
on it
فَوْقِهِۦ
fawqihi
on it
مَوْجٌۭ
mawjun
a wave
مِّن
min
on it
فَوْقِهِۦ
fawqihi
on it
سَحَابٌۭ ۚ
saḥābun
a cloud
ظُلُمَـٰتٌۢ
ẓulumātun
darkness[es]
بَعْضُهَا
baʿḍuhā
some of it
فَوْقَ
fawqa
on
بَعْضٍ
baʿḍin
others
إِذَآ
idhā
When
أَخْرَجَ
akhraja
he puts out
يَدَهُۥ
yadahu
his hand
لَمْ
lam
hardly
يَكَدْ
yakad
hardly
يَرَىٰهَا ۗ
yarāhā
he (can) see it
وَمَن
waman
And (for) whom
لَّمْ
lam
not
يَجْعَلِ
yajʿali
Allah (has) made
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah (has) made
لَهُۥ
lahu
for him
نُورًۭا
nūran
a light
فَمَا
famā
then not
لَهُۥ
lahu
for him
مِن
min
(is) any
نُّورٍ
nūrin
light
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
40-1. That is, in the world they are not granted the light of faith and Islam, and in the Hereafter they will also be deprived of the light that is given to the people of faith.
