God is the light of the heavens and the earth. His light may be compared to a niche containing a lamp, the lamp inside a crystal of star-like brilliance lit from a blessed olive tree, neither of the east nor of the west. The [luminous] oil is as if ready to burn without even touching it. Light upon light; God guides to His light whom He will. God draws such comparisons for mankind; God has full knowledge of everything.
خدا نور آسمان‌ها و زمين است. مثل نور او (خصلت ايمان و هدايت) چون چراغدانى است كه در آن چراغى و آن چراغ در شيشه‌اى است. آن شيشه گويى اخترى درخشان است كه از درخت با بركت زيتونى كه نه شرقى است و نه غربى [بلكه در وسط باغ آفتاب مى‌خورد] افروخته مى‌شود. رو