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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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