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35. Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The Parable of His Light is as if there

were a Niche and within it a Lamp: the Lamp enclosed in Glass: the glass as it were a

brilliant star: Lit from a blessed Tree, an Olive, neither of the east nor of the west, whose

oil is well-nigh luminous, though fire scarce touched it: Light upon Light! Allah doth

guide whom He will to His Light: Allah doth set forth Parables for men: and Allah doth

know all things.

36. Fee buyootin athina Allahu an turfaAAa wayuthkara feeha ismuhu yusabbihu lahu

feeha bi

a

lghuduwwi wa

a

l-asal

i

36. (Lit is such a Light) in houses, which Allah hath permitted to be raised to honour; for

the celebration, in them, of His name: In them is He glorified in the mornings and in the

evenings, (again and again),-

37. Rijalun la tulheehim tijaratun wala bayAAun AAan thikri Allahi wa-iqami a

l

ssalati

wa-eeta-i a

l

zzakati yakhafoona yawman tataqallabu feehi alquloobu wa

a

l-absar

u

37. By men whom neither traffic nor merchandise can divert from the Remembrance of

Allah, nor from regular Prayer, nor from the practice of regular Charity: Their (only) fear

is for the Day when hearts and eyes will be transformed (in a world wholly new),-

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