← Chiastic Structures
Light Upon Light
IslamQuran 24:35-38
The Verse of Light (Ayat an-Nur) is structured as a concentric chiasm — the divine light metaphor expands outward and folds back, with the lamp in the niche as the luminous center.
AAllah is the Light of the heavens and the earthA'
BThe likeness of His light is a niche in which there is a lampB'
XLIGHT UPON LIGHT — ALLAH GUIDES TO HIS LIGHT WHOM HE WILLS
B'In houses Allah has permitted to be raised and His name remembered thereinB
A'Allah gives His light to whom He wills and sets forth parables for mankindA