Light[1] (Arabic: النور, ’an-nūr; meaning: The Light) is the 24th chapter of the Quran with 64 verses.

1 This chapter revealed from heaven

2-3 Law relating to fornication

4-5 Punishment for defaming virtuous women

6-10 Law relating to charge of adultery when made by a husband against his wife

11-20 Aisha's slanderers reproved, and their punishment

21 Believers warned against evil deeds

22 The rich to forgive the poor, and bestow charity upon them

23-25 False accusers of virtuous women for ever accursed

26 Wicked men and women condemned to each other's society

27-29 Manners to be observed in visiting each other's homes

30-31 Pious men and women exhorted to modest demeanour

32 Marriageable women to be married if possible

32 Men-servants and maid-servants to be married when honest

33 Unmarried Muslims exhorted to continence

33 Masters to encourage slaves to purchase their freedom

34 The Quran an admonition to the pious

35 The similitude of God's light

36-38 The conduct of true believers described

39 Infidelity likened to a desert mirage or the darkness of a stormy sea

40-41 God praised by all his creatures

42-45 God revealed in all the phenomena of nature

46-56 Hypocrites rebuked and warned

57-58 Regulations relating to personal and family privacy

59-60 Exception in case of aged women, blind, lame, and sick

61 Muslims commanded to salute one another

62-63 True believers exhorted to implicit obedience to the Apostle of God

64 The Omniscient God will judge all men [2]