The Quran

سورة النُّور

Surah Al-Nûr 24:1

The Light · Verse 1 of 64

سُورَةٌ أَنْزَلْنَاهَا وَفَرَضْنَاهَا وَأَنْزَلْنَا فِيهَا آيَاتٍ بَيِّنَاتٍ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

(This is) a (highly dignified) Sûrah which We have revealed and (the ordinances of) which We have made obligatory and We have revealed in it clear commandments so that you may rise to great eminence.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

A sura which We have sent down and which We have ordained in it have We sent down Clear Signs, in order that ye may receive admonition.

Ahmed Ali

WE HAVE REVEALED this Surah and made it obligatory as We have sent down clear injunctions in it that you may be warned.

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Ali Unal

(This is) a surah which We have sent down and made obligatory (the observance of the rules therein); and in it We have sent down clear explanations (of the truth about belief and unbelief) and instructions (concerning human life), so that you may reflect and be mindful.

Daryabadi

This is a chapter which We have sent down, and which We have ordained; and therein We have sent down revelations manifest, that haply ye may be admonished.

Faridul Haque

This is a chapter which We have sent down and decreed its commands, and in which We have sent down clear verses, in order that you may ponder.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

(This is) a chapter which We have revealed and made obligatory and wherein We have revealed clear messages that you may be mindful.

Maulvi Sher Ali

This is a Surah which WE have revealed and the ordinances of which WE have made obligatory; and WE have revealed therein clear commandments that you may take heed.

Muhammad Asad

A SURAH [is this] which We have bestowed from on high, and which We have laid down in plain terms; and in it have We bestowed from on high messages which are clear [in themselves], so that you might keep [them] in mind.

Muhammad Musin Khan

(This is) a Surah (chapter of the Qur'an) which We have sent down and which We have enjoined, (ordained its legal laws) and in it We have revealed manifest Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations lawful and unlawful things, and set boundries of Islamic Religion), that you may remember.

Muhammad Pickthall

(Here is) a surah which We have revealed and enjoined, and wherein We have revealed plain tokens, that haply ye may take heed.

Muhammad Sarwar

This is a chapter which We have revealed to you and made obligatory for you to follow its guidance. We have revealed clear verses in it so that perhaps you may take heed.

Muhammed ali Shakir

(This is) a Chapter which We have revealed and made obligatory and in which We have revealed clear communications that you may be mindful.

Rashad Khalifa

A sura that we have sent down, and we have decreed as law. We have revealed in it clear revelations, that you may take heed.

Shabbir Ahmed

This is a Surah that We have sent down with a decree of law. Clear commandments have been given in it for you to bear in mind.