أَوْ كَظُلُمَاتٍ فِي بَحْرٍ لُجِّيٍّ يَغْشَاهُ مَوْجٌ مِنْ فَوْقِهِ مَوْجٌ مِنْ فَوْقِهِ سَحَابٌ ظُلُمَاتٌ بَعْضُهَا فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ إِذَا أَخْرَجَ يَدَهُ لَمْ يَكَدْ يَرَاهَا وَمَنْ لَمْ يَجْعَلِ اللَّهُ لَهُ نُورًا فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ نُورٍ ﴿۴۰﴾ أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَالطَّيْرُ صَافَّاتٍ كُلٌّ قَدْ عَلِمَ صَلَاتَهُ وَتَسْبِيحَهُ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِمَا يَفْعَلُونَ ﴿۴۱﴾ وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَإِلَى اللَّهِ الْمَصِيرُ ﴿۴۲﴾

﴾40﴿ Aw kazulumaatin fee bahril lujjiyyiny yaghshaahu mawjun min fawqihee mawjun min fawqihee sahaab; zulumatun ba'duhaa fawqa ba'din izaaa akhraja yadahoo lam yakad yaraahaa wa man lam yaj'alil laahu lahoo nooran famaa lahoo min noor
﴾41﴿ Alam tara annal laaha yusabbihu lahoo man fissamaawaati wal ardi wat tairu saaaffaatim kullun qad 'alima Salaatahoo wa tasbeehah; wallaahu 'aleemum bimaa yaf'aloon
﴾42﴿ Wa lillaahi mulkus samaawaati wal ardi wa ilal laahil maseer

﴾40﴿ Another example is like layers of darkness in a deep sea, covered by waves upon waves, with a cloud above them—layers of darkness, one over the other. When one stretches out his hand, he can hardly see it. And he to whom Allah does not grant light, for him there is no light
﴾41﴿ Do you not see that Allah is glorified by all those in the heavens and the earth, and by the birds with wings outspread? Each knows its prayer and its way of glorification. And Allah is All-Knowing of what they do
﴾42﴿ To Allah alone belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and to Allah is the final return