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 is in glass, the glass as it were a brilliant star, lit from a blessed tree, an olive, neither of the east (i.e. neither it gets sun-rays only in the morning) nor of the west (i.e. nor it gets sun-rays only in the afternoon, but it is exposed to the sun all day long), whose oil would almost glow forth (of itself), 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 All-Knower of everything.
Mwenyezi Mungu ni Nuru ya Mbingu na Ardhi. Mfano wa Nuru yake ni kama shubaka lenye kuwekwa ndani yake taa. Taa ile imo katika tungi. Tungi lile ni kama nyota inayo meremeta, inayo washwa kwa mafuta yanayo toka katika mti ulio barikiwa, mzaituni. Si wa mashariki wala magharibi. Yanakaribia mafuta yake kung'aa wenyewe ingawa moto haujayagusa - Nuru juu ya Nuru. Mwenyezi Mungu humwongoa kwenye Nuru yake amtakaye. Na Mwenyezi Mungu huwapigia watu mifano. Na Mwenyezi Mungu ni Mwenye kujua kila kitu.