أَوْ Or aw (is) like (the) darkness[es] kaẓulumātin in fī a sea baḥrin deep lujjiyyin covers it yaghshāhu a wave mawjun on it min on it fawqihi a wave mawjun on it min on it fawqihi a cloud saḥābun darkness[es] ẓulumātun some of it baʿḍuhā on fawqa others baʿḍin When idhā he puts out akhraja his hand yadahu hardly lam hardly yakad he (can) see it yarāhā And (for) whom waman not lam Allah (has) made yajʿali Allah (has) made l-lahu for him lahu a light nūran then not famā for him lahu (is) any min light nūrin
Or [they are] like darknesses within an unfathomable sea which is covered by waves, upon which are waves, over which are clouds - darknesses, some of them upon others. When one puts out his hand [therein], he can hardly see it. And he to whom Allāh has not granted light - for him there is no light.