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Text Uthmani:

أَوۡ كَظُلُمَٰتٖ فِي بَحۡرٖ لُّجِّيّٖ يَغۡشَىٰهُ مَوۡجٞ مِّن فَوۡقِهِۦ مَوۡجٞ مِّن فَوۡقِهِۦ سَحَابٞۚ ظُلُمَٰتُۢ بَعۡضُهَا فَوۡقَ بَعۡضٍ إِذَآ أَخۡرَجَ يَدَهُۥ لَمۡ يَكَدۡ يَرَىٰهَاۗ وَمَن لَّمۡ يَجۡعَلِ ٱللَّهُ لَهُۥ نُورٗا فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن نُّورٍ ٤٠

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran:

Or ˹their deeds are˺ like the darkness in a deep sea, covered by waves upon waves,¹ topped by ˹dark˺ clouds. Darkness upon darkness! If one stretches out their hand, they can hardly see it. And whoever Allah does not bless with light will have no light!

Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan:

Or [the state of a disbeliever] is like the darkness in a vast deep sea, overwhelmed with waves topped by waves, topped by dark clouds, (layers of) darkness upon darkness: if a man stretches out his hand, he can hardly see it! And he for whom Allâh has not appointed light, for him there is no light.

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Word list with translation

Word#	Text Uthmani	English Translation
1	أَوۡ	Or
2	كَظُلُمَٰتٖ	(is) like (the) darkness[es]
3	فِي	in
4	بَحۡرٖ	a sea
5	لُّجِّيّٖ	deep
6	يَغۡشَىٰهُ	covers it
7	مَوۡجٞ	a wave
8	مِّن	on it
9	فَوۡقِهِۦ	on it
10	مَوۡجٞ	a wave
11	مِّن	on it
12	فَوۡقِهِۦ	on it
13	سَحَابٞۚ	a cloud
14	ظُلُمَٰتُۢ	darkness[es]
15	بَعۡضُهَا	some of it
16	فَوۡقَ	on
17	بَعۡضٍ	others
18	إِذَآ	When
19	أَخۡرَجَ	he puts out
20	يَدَهُۥ	his hand
21	لَمۡ	hardly
22	يَكَدۡ	hardly
23	يَرَىٰهَاۗ	he (can) see it
24	وَمَن	And (for) whom
25	لَّمۡ	not
26	يَجۡعَلِ	Allah (has) made
27	ٱللَّهُ	Allah (has) made
28	لَهُۥ	for him
29	نُورٗا	a light
30	فَمَا	then not
31	لَهُۥ	for him
32	مِن	(is) any
33	نُّورٍ	light
34	٤٠	(40)

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