ظُّلُمَاتِdarknesses

Example sentences

• وَقَالَ تَعَالَى الْبَقَرَة الله ولي الَّذين آمنُوا يخرجهم من الظُّلُمَات إِلَى النُّور

  And the Exalted said (in Sūrah al‑Baqarah): “Allah is the guardian (walī) of those who have believed; He brings them out from the darknesses into the light.”

  الظُّلُمَاتِ — the darknesses. Definite plural, 'the darknesses', governed by the preposition into the owned form. The plural, metaphorical here, suggests many layers of darkness; the 'the' marks the known concept.

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