Surah 24
An-Noor
The Light
النور
Editorial study · not independently reviewed.
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Name and conventional translation
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Arabic name
النور
Source fact
Transliteration
An-Noor
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English name
The Light
Source fact as Tanzil metadata gives it; Tanzil names no translator for it
Verse count and position
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Verses
64
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Words
1316
Derived link whitespace-separated tokens of the Uthmani text, the rule the morphology layer uses
Position in the mushaf order
24 of 114
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Position in a revelation ordering
102 of 114
Revelation order as encoded by the Tanzil metadata · Tanzil publishes an "order" value for each surah and documents the field only as "revelation order". It does not name which ordering it encodes, cite a scholar, or reference an edition. We have therefore not established whose ordering this is, and we do not name one. The major orderings disagree about dozens of surahs, so naming the likeliest candidate would be a guess presented as a citation.
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Place of revelation, as Tanzil classifies it
Medinan
Source fact Tanzil's classification, carried without a named authority
Juzʾ
Within juzʾ 18
Source fact juzʾ start verses from the banked Tanzil metadata file, digest-checked against its source record
Opening formula (basmala) in this edition
stands before verse 1 and is not numbered
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What the surah says of itself
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Major movements and sections
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Rukūʿ divisions
| Rukūʿ | Verses | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24:1-10 | سُورَةٌ أَنزَلْنَٰهَا وَفَرَضْنَٰهَا وَأَنزَلْنَا … |
| 2 | 24:11-20 | إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ جَآءُو بِٱلْإِفْكِ … |
| 3 | 24:21-26 | يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا … |
| 4 | 24:27-34 | يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا … |
| 5 | 24:35-40 | ٱللَّهُ نُورُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ … |
| 6 | 24:41-50 | أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ … |
| 7 | 24:51-57 | إِنَّمَا كَانَ قَوْلَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ … |
| 8 | 24:58-61 | يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لِيَسْتَـْٔذِنكُمُ … |
| 9 | 24:62-64 | إِنَّمَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ … |
Source fact rukūʿ start verses from the banked Tanzil metadata file, digest-checked against its source record; each runs to the verse before the next; opening words are the first 4 words of its first verse
Repeated words and themes
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Verses repeated word for word
No verse of this surah repeats another word for word.
Derived link verses of this surah whose Uthmani text is byte-identical to another verse of it
Phrases repeated word for word
| Times | Words | Phrase | Verses |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 5 | وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ | 10, 14, 20-21 |
| 3 | 3 | فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ | 14, 19, 23 |
| 3 | 3 | وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ | 18, 58-59 |
| 3 | 3 | ٱللَّهُ لَكُمُ ٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ | 18, 58, 61 |
| 3 | 3 | يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ | 21, 27, 58 |
| 3 | 3 | كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ | 58-59, 61 |
Derived link runs of at least 3 consecutive words, inside one verse, occurring at least 3 times in this surah, kept only where no longer run has the same occurrences; a run that is only ever a whole repeated verse is listed above instead
Roots carried by the most words
1316 words408 with one root, counted80 conflicting roots232 no root recorded596 not analysed
| Root | Words, at least | Verses | Forms in this surah |
|---|---|---|---|
| ع.ل.م | 18 | 17 | عَلِيمٌ يَعْلَمُ تَعْلَمُونَ عَلِمَ عَلِمْتُمْ عِلْمٌ لِيُعْلَمَ وَيَعْلَمُونَ |
| ب.ي.ت | 12 | 4 | بُيُوتِ بُيُوتًا بُيُوتٍ |
| أ.م.ن | 7 | 6 | ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَمْنًا بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ تُؤْمِنُونَ يُؤْمِنُونَ |
| ك.ل.ل | 7 | 6 | بِكُلِّ كُلَّ كُلٌّ كُلِّ لِكُلِّ |
| ب.ع.د | 7 | 5 | بَعْدِ بَعْدَ بَعْدَهُنَّ |
| ح.ك.م | 6 | 6 | حَكِيمٌ لِيَحْكُمَ |
| ع.ذ.ب | 6 | 6 | عَذَابٌ عَذَابَهُمَا |
| ق.و.ل | 6 | 6 | قَوْلَ قُلْ قِيلَ وَتَقُولُونَ وَيَقُولُونَ يَقُولُونَ |
| ل.ه.م | 6 | 5 | لَهُمْ وَلَهُمْ |
| ب.ع.ض | 6 | 4 | بَعْضٍ بَعْضًا بَعْضُهَا بَعْضِكُم لِبَعْضِ |
| ب.ي.ن | 5 | 5 | يُبَيِّنُ بَيِّنَٰتٍ وَيُبَيِّنُ |
| خ.ي.ر | 5 | 5 | خَيْرٌ خَيْرًا |
74 more roots
| ر.ب.ع | 5 | 5 | بِأَرْبَعَةِ أَرْبَعٍ أَرْبَعَ أَرْبَعُ |
| س.م.ع | 5 | 5 | سَمِعْتُمُوهُ سَمِيعٌ سَمِعْنَا |
| ش.ه.د | 5 | 5 | تَشْهَدَ تَشْهَدُ شَهَٰدَةً فَشَهَٰدَةُ وَلْيَشْهَدْ |
| ع.ظ.م | 5 | 5 | عَظِيمٌ |
| غ.ي.ر | 5 | 5 | غَيْرَ بِغَيْرِ غَيْرِ |
| ر.ج.ل | 5 | 4 | بِأَرْجُلِهِنَّ رِجَالٌ رِجْلَيْنِ وَأَرْجُلُهُم ٱلرِّجَالِ |
| ر.س.ل | 5 | 4 | ٱلرَّسُولَ ٱلرَّسُولِ وَبِٱلرَّسُولِ |
| غ.ف.ر | 5 | 4 | غَفُورٌ يَغْفِرَ |
| م.ن.ن | 5 | 3 | مَّن لِّمَن |
| ن.و.ر | 5 | 3 | نَارٌ نُورًا نُورٍ نُورُ ٱلنَّارُ |
| ز.ن.ي | 5 | 2 | زَانِيَةً وَٱلزَّانِى وَٱلزَّانِيَةُ ٱلزَّانِى ٱلزَّانِيَةُ |
| ط.ي.ب | 5 | 2 | طَيِّبَةً لِلطَّيِّبَٰتِ لِلطَّيِّبِينَ وَٱلطَّيِّبَٰتُ وَٱلطَّيِّبُونَ |
| س.م.و | 4 | 4 | ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ |
| ش.ي.أ | 4 | 4 | شَىْءٍ شِئْتَ |
| ط.و.ع | 4 | 4 | وَأَطَعْنَا تُطِيعُوهُ طَاعَةٌ |
| ف.ض.ل | 4 | 4 | فَضْلُ |
| ك.و.ن | 4 | 4 | كَانَ يَكُونُ |
| م.ل.ك | 4 | 4 | مَلَكَتْ مُلْكُ |
| ي.و.م | 4 | 4 | وَيَوْمَ يَوْمًا يَوْمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ |
| ث.م.م | 4 | 3 | ثُمَّ |
| ل.ك.م | 4 | 3 | لَكُمْ |
| ن.ف.س | 4 | 3 | أَنفُسِكُمْ أَنفُسُهُمْ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ |
| ز.ي.ن | 4 | 2 | زِينَتَهُنَّ بِزِينَةٍ زِينَتِهِنَّ |
| أ.ب.د | 3 | 3 | أَبَدًا |
| ج.م.ع | 3 | 3 | جَمِيعًا جَامِعٍ |
| ج.ن.ح | 3 | 3 | جُنَاحٌ |
| ح.س.ب | 3 | 3 | تَحْسَبَنَّ حِسَابٍ يَحْسَبُهُ |
| خ.ر.ج | 3 | 3 | أَخْرَجَ لَيَخْرُجُنَّ يَخْرُجُ |
| ر.م.ي | 3 | 3 | يَرْمُونَ |
| س.ب.ح | 3 | 3 | يُسَبِّحُ سُبْحَٰنَكَ |
| ع.م.ل | 3 | 3 | تَعْمَلُونَ يَعْمَلُونَ |
| ق.ل.ب | 3 | 3 | تَتَقَلَّبُ قُلُوبِهِم يُقَلِّبُ |
| ك.ي.د | 3 | 3 | يَكَادُ يَكَدْ |
| و.ح.د | 3 | 3 | أَحَدًا أَحَدٍ وَٰحِدٍ |
| ر.أ.ي | 3 | 2 | تَرَ فَتَرَى |
| ش.ر.ك | 3 | 2 | مُشْرِكٌ مُشْرِكَةً يُشْرِكُونَ |
| ص.و.ب | 3 | 2 | تُصِيبَهُمْ فَيُصِيبُ يُصِيبَهُمْ |
| ض.ر.ب | 3 | 2 | وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ وَيَضْرِبُ يَضْرِبْنَ |
| و.ج.د | 3 | 2 | وَوَجَدَ يَجِدُونَ يَجِدْهُ |
| أ.خ.و | 3 | 1 | إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّ أَخَوَٰتِهِنَّ |
| ب.ع.ل | 3 | 1 | بُعُولَتِهِنَّ لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ |
| ح.ر.ج | 3 | 1 | حَرَجٌ |
| م.ش.ي | 3 | 1 | يَمْشِى |
| أ.ذ.ن | 2 | 2 | أَذِنَ يُؤْذَنَ |
| أ.ل.م | 2 | 2 | أَلِيمٌ |
| أ.م.ر | 2 | 2 | أَمْرٍ يَأْمُرُ |
| ت.ب.ع | 2 | 2 | يَتَّبِعْ ٱلتَّٰبِعِينَ |
| ث.و.ب | 2 | 2 | ثِيَابَكُم ثِيَابَهُنَّ |
| ج.ل.د | 2 | 2 | جَلْدَةً جَلْدَةٍ |
| ح.ب.ب | 2 | 2 | تُحِبُّونَ يُحِبُّونَ |
| خ.ل.ف | 2 | 2 | لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْ يُخَالِفُونَ |
| خ.و.ف | 2 | 2 | يَخَافُونَ |
| ذ.ك.ر | 2 | 2 | ذِكْرِ وَيُذْكَرَ |
| ر.أ.ف | 2 | 2 | رَءُوفٌ رَأْفَةٌ |
| ر.ز.ق | 2 | 2 | وَرِزْقٌ يَرْزُقُ |
| س.ح.ب | 2 | 2 | سَحَابًا سَحَابٌ |
| ص.د.ق | 2 | 2 | ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ |
| ص.ل.ح | 2 | 2 | وَٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ |
| ظ.ه.ر | 2 | 2 | ظَهَرَ ٱلظَّهِيرَةِ |
| ع.و.ر | 2 | 2 | عَوْرَٰتٍ عَوْرَٰتِ |
| ك.ذ.ب | 2 | 2 | ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ |
| م.ث.ل | 2 | 2 | مَثَلُ وَمَثَلًا |
| ن.ك.ح | 2 | 2 | نِكَاحًا |
| ه.د.ي | 2 | 2 | يَهْدِى |
| و.س.ع | 2 | 2 | وَٰسِعٌ وَٱلسَّعَةِ |
| و.ض.ع | 2 | 2 | تَضَعُونَ يَضَعْنَ |
| ث.ل.ث | 2 | 1 | ثَلَٰثَ ثَلَٰثُ |
| ح.م.ل | 2 | 1 | حُمِّلَ حُمِّلْتُمْ |
| خ.ط.و | 2 | 1 | خُطُوَٰتِ |
| خ.ل.ق | 2 | 1 | خَلَقَ يَخْلُقُ |
| ز.ج.ج | 2 | 1 | زُجَاجَةٍ ٱلزُّجَاجَةُ |
| ز.ي.ت | 2 | 1 | زَيْتُهَا زَيْتُونَةٍ |
| ش.ط.ن | 2 | 1 | ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ |
| م.و.ج | 2 | 1 | مَوْجٌ |
Derived link a word counts toward a root only where every analysis Camel Morph kept for it names that one root and no analysis records none; words with no analysis, no root or conflicting roots are not counted anywhere. Roots on at least 2 words.
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Words the analyser did not read
596 of this surah's 1316 words have no analysis, and a further 312 have no single root, so the root counts are minimums. Camel Morph MSA is a Modern Standard Arabic analyser meeting Qur'anic Arabic.
People and events named
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Common claims the text does not itself establish
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Provisional stand-in: studies tagged a common misconception that cite this surah
Derived link every current study that carries the common-misconception tag and cites a verse of this surah. That tag is a discovery aid, not a mark that the text does not establish the claim — that mark does not exist yet — so this list is provisional and not a complete account of the claims the text does not establish. The question is quoted; the answer is on the study.
Links to related topical studies
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Current studies citing a verse of this surah
22 current studies
Justice & governance5
- Does the Qur'an command stoning for adultery?24:2, 4
- What does the Qur'an say about the punishment for adultery (zina)?24:2, 4
- What does the Qur'an say about false accusation of adultery (qadhf)?24:4-5, 6-9, 11-13
- What routes out of slavery does the Qur'an open?24:33
- Does the Qur'an sanction slavery?24:33
Nature & environmental responsibility3
Character & relationships2
Prayer2
Children & parenting1
God & divine attributes1
Knowledge, reason & reflection1
Marriage, divorce & inheritance1
Mental wellbeing & hardship1
Other faiths & interreligious relations1
Repentance & spiritual development1
Resurrection, judgment, paradise & hell1
Sexual ethics & safeguarding1
Women, men & gender1
Derived link every study whose current signature cites at least one verse of this surah, grouped by its /studies theme (largest first, ties by name, no theme last) and ordered by first verse cited. A citation is not a statement that the study is about this surah.
Source and review status
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| Source | Licence | Attribution notice |
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| Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) Uthmani, Version 1.1 · cleared | Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 | Qur'anic text from the Tanzil Project. Copyright (C) 2007-2026 Tanzil Project License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Source: tanzil.net · Updates: tanzil.net/updates/ https://tanzil.net/updates/ |
| Tanzil Qur'an metadata quran-data.xml v1.0 · cleared | Creative Commons Attribution — version not specified by the source | Surah metadata from Tanzil Qur'an metadata (quran-data.xml, version 1.0), Tanzil Project, tanzil.net. (C) 2008-2009 Tanzil.info. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution; the source does not state a version. Values are reproduced unchanged; this site selects and arranges them, and derives verse ranges from the division start points. https://tanzil.net/res/text/metadata/quran-data.xml |
| Camel Morph MSA v1.0, LREC-COLING 2024 release · cleared | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International | Morphological analyses from Camel Morph MSA (LREC-COLING 2024 release) by Christian Khairallah, Salam Khalifa, Reham Marzouk, Mayar Mohamadein Nassar and Nizar Habash, CAMeL Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi (Khairallah et al., 2024), https://github.com/CAMeL-Lab/camel_morph. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Modified: this site runs the analyser over its Qur'anic text, keeps only analyses whose vocalisation matches the text, removes duplicates and counts the result. https://github.com/CAMeL-Lab/camel_morph |
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Verse restatements signed for this surah
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Signed introduction to this surah
Sixty-four verses, taking its name from the verse at 35 that likens God's light to a lamp in a niche, lit from an olive tree neither of the east nor of the west. It opens by announcing itself as a surah sent down with clear signs, and much of what follows is law: evidence, accusation, and what may be entered and by whom.
AALAMIN Editor · signed 2026-08-25 · Editorial
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