{"collection":"Texts of Islam","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_pick_024_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_pick_024_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_isl_pick_024_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/pick/024.htm","summary":"This is an English translation of Surah An-Nur (Chapter 24, \"The Light\") from the Quran, rendered by M.M. Pickthall in his early 20th-century translation known for its formal, archaic register. The chapter addresses a cluster of legal and moral concerns in early Muslim community life: prescribed punishments for adultery and false accusations of sexual misconduct, rules governing privacy and permission when entering homes, and modesty requirements for both men and women including the directive for women to veil their adornments. A substantial portion responds to a specific incident of slander against a virtuous woman, condemning those who spread such rumors and warning believers against credulity toward unverified accusations. The chapter's theological centerpiece is the famous \"Light Verse\" (verse 35), an extended allegory comparing God to a lamp in a niche \u2014 layered, luminous imagery set against contrasting depictions of disbelievers as mirages and figures lost in fathomless darkness. The surah closes with instructions on communal obedience to God and the Prophet, a promise that faithful believers will inherit political authority on earth, and household etiquette around privacy and the asking of permission. A reader seeking the Quran's approach to sexual ethics, slander law, gender modesty norms, or its most celebrated passage of mystical imagery will find all of these concentrated here.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"The Meaning of the Glorious Qur'\u00e2n,: 24. an-Nur: Th...","tradition":"Texts of Islam","translated_text":null,"word_count":2560}