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Verse of Light
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “the 35th line of the 24th sura of the qur'an”. Today it says “the 35th verse of the 24th surah of the quran”.
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Verse of the Quran The Verse of Light ( Arabic : آیة النور , romanized : āyat an-nūr ) is the 35th verse of the 24th surah of the Quran ( Q24:35 ). It has often been closely associated with Sufi thought , primarily because of al-Ghazali 's commentary on it, entitled Mishkat al-Anwar (Niche of the Lights). Sufi Commentaries on the Qur'an in Classical Islam .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “the 35th line of the 24th sura of the qur'an”. Today it says “the 35th verse of the 24th surah of the quran”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
the 35th line of the 24th sura of the qur'an
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the 35th verse of the 24th surah of the quran
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