allah is the light of the heavens and the earth. the parable of his light is as a niche and within it a lamp the lamp is 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 would almost glow forth though no fire touched it. light upon light! allah guides to his light whom he wills. and allah sets forth parables for mankind and allah is allknower of everything.
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