light is as a niche in which is a lamp, the lamp is in a glass, (and)
the glass is as it were a brightly shining star, lit from a blessed
olive-tree, neither eastern nor western, the oil whereof almost gives
light though fire touch it not-- light upon light-- Allah guides to His
light whom He pleases, and Allah sets forth parables for men, and Allah
is Cognizant of all things.

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Y: (Lit is such a Light) in houses, which Allah hath permitted to be
raised to honour; for the celebration, in them, of His name: In them is
He glorified in the mornings and in the evenings, (again and again),-

P: (This lamp is found) in houses which Allah hath allowed to be exalted
and that His name shall be remembered therein. Therein do offer praise
to Him at morn and evening.

S: In houses which Allah has permitted to be exalted and that His name
may be remembered in them; there glorify Him therein in the mornings
and the evenings,

024.037
Y: By men whom neither traffic nor merchandise can divert from the
Remembrance of Allah, nor from regular Prayer, nor from the practice of
regular Charity: Their (only) fear is for the Day when hearts and eyes
will be transformed (in a world wholly new),-

P: Men whom neither merchandise nor sale beguileth from remembrance of
Allah and constancy in prayer and paying to the poor their due; who
fear a day when hearts and eyeballs will be overturned;

S: Men whom neither merchandise nor selling diverts from the remembrance
of Allah and the keeping up of prayer and the giving of poor-rate; they
fear a day in which the hearts and eyes shall turn about;

024.038
Y: That Allah may reward them according to the best of their deeds, and
add even more for them out of His Grace: for Allah doth provide for
those whom He will, without measure.

P: That Allah may reward them with the best of what they did, and
increase reward for them of His bounty. Allah giveth blessings without
stint to whom He will.

S: That Allah may give them the best reward of what they have done, and
give them more out of His grace; and Allah gives sustenance to whom He
pleases without measure.

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Y: But the Unbelievers,- their deeds are like a mirage in sandy deserts,
which the man parched with thirst mistakes for water; until when he
comes up to it, he finds it to be nothing: But he finds Allah (ever)
with him, and Allah will pay him his account: and Allah is swift in
taking account.

P: As for those who disbeliev