Surah An-Nūr (The Light) in English

1. وأنكحوا الأيامى منكم والصالحين من عبادكم وإمائكم إن يكونوا فقراء يغنهم الله من فضله والله واسع عليم

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   Marry off those who are single among you, and the upright among your male and female slaves. If they are poor, Allah will enrich them out of His grace, and Allah is all-bounteous, all-knowing.

   wa-ʾankiḥū l-ʾayāmā minkum wa-ṣ-ṣāliḥīna min ʿibādikum wa-ʾimāʾikum ʾin yakūnū fuqarāʾa yughnihimu llāhu min faḍlihī wa-llāhu wāsiʿun ʿalīmun

2. وليستعفف الذين لا يجدون نكاحا حتى يغنيهم الله من فضله والذين يبتغون الكتاب مما ملكت أيمانكم فكاتبوهم إن علمتم فيهم خيرا وآتوهم من مال الله الذي آتاكم ولا تكرهوا فتياتكم على البغاء إن أردن تحصنا لتبتغوا عرض الحياة الدنيا ومن يكرههن فإن الله من بعد إكراههن غفور رحيم

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   Those who cannot afford marriage should be continent until Allah enriches them out of His grace. As for those who seek an emancipation deal from among your slaves, make such a deal with them if you know any good in them, and give them out of the wealth of Allah which He has given you. Do not compel your female slaves to prostitution when they desire to be chaste, seeking the transitory wares of the life of this world. Should anyone compel them, Allah will be forgiving and merciful to them following their compulsion.

   wa-l-yastaʿfifi lladhīna lā yajidūna nikāḥan ḥattā yughniyahumu llāhu min faḍlihī wa-lladhīna yabtaghūna l-kitāba mimmā malakat ʾaymānukum fa-kātibūhum ʾin ʿalimtum fīhim khayran wa-ʾātūhum min māli llāhi lladhī ʾātākum wa-lā tukrihū fatayātikum ʿalā l-bighāʾi ʾin ʾaradna taḥaṣṣunan li-tabtaghū ʿaraḍa l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wa-man yukrihhunna fa-ʾinna llāha min baʿdi ʾikrāhihinna ghafūrun raḥīmun

3. ولقد أنزلنا إليكم آيات مبينات ومثلا من الذين خلوا من قبلكم وموعظة للمتقين

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   Certainly We have sent down to you manifest signs and a description of those who passed before you, and an advice for the Godwary.

   wa-la-qad ʾanzalnā ʾilaykum ʾāyātin mubayyinātin wa-mathalan mina lladhīna khalaw min qablikum wa-mawʿiẓatan li-l-muttaqīna

4. الله نور السماوات والأرض مثل نوره كمشكاة فيها مصباح المصباح في زجاجة الزجاجة كأنها كوكب دري يوقد من شجرة مباركة زيتونة لا شرقية ولا غربية يكاد زيتها يضيء ولو لم تمسسه نار نور على نور يهدي الله لنوره من يشاء ويضرب الله الأمثال للناس والله بكل شيء عليم

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   Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The parable of His Light is a niche wherein is a lamp—the lamp is in a glass, the glass as it were a glittering star—lit from a blessed olive tree, neither eastern nor western, whose oil almost lights up, though fire should not touch it. Light upon light. Allah guides to His Light whomever He wishes. Allah draws parables for mankind, and Allah has knowledge of all things.

   allāhu nūru s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi mathalu nūrihī ka-mishkātin fīhā miṣbāḥun-i l-miṣbāḥu fī zujājatin-i z-zujājatu ka-ʾannahā kawkabun durriyyun yūqadu min shajaratin mubārakatin zaytūnatin lā sharqiyyatin wa-lā gharbiyyatin yakādu zaytuhā yuḍīʾu wa-law-lam tamsashu nārun nūrun ʿalā nūrin yahdī llāhu li-nūrihī man yashāʾu wa-yaḍribu llāhu l-ʾamthāla li-n-nāsi wa-llāhu bi-kulli shayʾin ʿalīmun

5. في بيوت أذن الله أن ترفع ويذكر فيها اسمه يسبح له فيها بالغدو والآصال

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   In houses Allah has allowed to be raised and wherein His Name is celebrated; He is glorified therein, morning and evening,

   fī buyūtin ʾadhina llāhu ʾan turfaʿa wa-yudhkara fīhā smuhū yusabbiḥu lahū fīhā bi-l-ghuduwwi wa-l-ʾāṣāli