Light of the World is a phrase used to describe Jesus in the New Testament.

Light of the World or The Light of the World may also refer to:

Paintings

• The Light of the World (painting), an allegorical painting by William Holman Hunt
• The Light of the World (Boucher), a 1750 oil on canvas painting by François Boucher

Music

• The Light of the World (Sullivan), an oratorio by Arthur Sullivan
• Light of the World (band), a British jazz fusion band
• Light of the World (album), a 2008 album by Kamasi Washington
• "Light of the World" (song), a 1993 song by English artist Kim Appleby
• "Light of the World (Sing Hallelujah)", a 2020 song by We the Kingdom

Literature

• Nur al-ʿAlam, an astronomical work by 14th-century scholar Joseph Naḥmias of Toledo
• Light Of The World: The Pope, The Church and The Signs Of The Times by Pope Benedict XVI
• Light of the World, a 2013 novel by James Lee Burke
• "The Light of the World", a short story by Ernest Hemingway published in Winner Take Nothing (1933)

Other uses

• The Light of the World (film), a 2003 slide-show Christian film
• La Luz del Mundo (The Light of the World), a Christian denomination headquartered in Mexico