اللهُ نُورُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالاَْرْضِ مَثَلُ نُورِهِ کَمِشْکَاة فِیهَا مِصْبَاحٌ الْمِصْبَاحُ فِى زُجَاجَة الزُّجَاجَةُ کَأَنَّهَا کَوْکَبٌ دُرِّىٌّ یُوقَدُ ...مِنْ شَجَرَة مُّبَارَکَة زَیْتُونِة لاَّ شَرْقِیَّة وَلاَّ غَرْبِیَّة یَکَادُ زَیْتُهَا یُضِىءُ وَلَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نَارٌ نُّورٌ عَلَى نُور یَهْدِى اللهُ لِنُورِهِ مَنْ یَشَاءُ وَیَضْرِبُ اللهُ الاَْمْثَالَ لِلنَّاسِ وَاللهُ بِکُلِّ شَىْء عَلِیمٌ(( 35 ))

35- ALLAH IS THE LIGHT OF HEAVEN AND EARTH. THE EXAMPLE OF HIS LIGHT IS A NICHE, IN WHICH THERE IS A LAMP. THE LAMP IS IN A GLASS. THE GLASS IS AS IF A BRILLIANT STAR. (IT IS) KINDLED FROM A BLESSED TREE OF OLIVE, WHICH IS NEITHER EASTERN NOR WESTERN. ITS OIL IS WELL-NIGH TO SHINE, EVEN THOUGH NO FIRE HAS TOUCHED IT! LIGHT UPON LIGHT. ALLAH WILL GUIDE TO HIS LIGHT WHOM HE WILL.

      AND ALLAH STRIKES SIMILITUDES FOR PEOPLE, AND ALLAH HAS THE KNOWLEDGE OF EVERYTHING.

فِى بُیُوت أَذِنَ اللهُ أَنْ تُرْفَعَ وَیُذْکَرَ فِیهَا اسْمُهُ یُسَبِّحُ لَهُ فِیهَا بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالاْصَالِ(( 36 ))

36- (THE SAID BRIGHT LAMP) IS (SEEN) IN THE HOUSES WHICH ALLAH HAS PERMITTED TO BE RAISED UP, AND HIS NAME TO BE MENTIONED THEREIN. HE IS GLORIFIED THERE, IN THE MORNINGS AND EVENINGS.

رِجَالٌ لاَّ تُلْهِیهِمْ تِجَارَةٌ وَلاَ بَیْعٌ عَنْ ذِکْرِ اللهِ وَإِقَامِ الصَّلاَةِ وَإِیتَاءِ الزَّکَاةِ یَخَافُونَ یَوْماً تَتَقَلَّبُ فِیهِ الْقُلُوبُ وَالاَْبْصَارُ(( 37 ))

37- BY MEN WHOM NEITHER TRADE NOR TRANSACTION CAN DIVERT FROM REMEMBERING ALLAH, AND PERFORMING THE PRAYER; AND PAYING THE ALMS-TAX. THEY FEAR THE DAY IN WHICH HEARTS AND EYES SHALL TURN SIDEWAYS.

لِیَجْزِیَهُمُ اللهُ أَحْسَنَ مَا عَمِلُوا وَیَزِیدَهُمْ مِّنْ فَضْلِهِ وَاللهُ یَرْزُقُ مَنْ یَشَاءُ بِغَیْرِ حِسَاب(( 38 ))

38- SO AS TO REWARD THEM FOR THEIR BETTER DEEDS, AND INCREASE THEM (THEIR REWARD) OUT OF HIS GRACE. AND ALLAH GIVES SUSTENANCE TO WHOM HE WILL, WITHOUT MEASURE.