Allahu Nurus Samawati Wal Ard

“Allahu Nurus Samawati wal ard.” – 35th verse from the 24th chapter Surah Al-Nur, of the Qur’an اللهُ نورُ السماواتِ والأرضِ ‘Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth.’

God is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The parable of His light is, as it were, that of a niche containing a lamp; the lamp is [enclosed] in glass, the glass [shining] like a radiant star: [a lamp] lit from a blessed tree – an olive-tree that is neither of the east nor of the west the oil whereof [is so bright that it] would well-nigh give light [of itself] even though fire had not touched it: light upon light! God guides unto His light him that wills [to be guided]; and [to this end] God propounds parables unto men, since God [alone] has full knowledge of all things.