allah is the light of the heavens and the earth. the similitude of his light is as a niche wherein is a lamp. the lamp is in a glass. the glass is as it were a shining star. kindled 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 guideth unto his light whom he will. and allah speaketh to mankind in allegories for allah is knower of all things.
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