Ya-Sin, verse 38

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1. And the sun wal-shamsu
2. runs tajrī
3. to a term appointed limus'taqarrin
4. for it lahā
5. That dhālika
6. (is the) Decree taqdīru
7. (of) the All-Mighty l-ʿazīzi
8. the All-Knowing l-ʿalīmi

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

This commentary covers the passage that begins at verse 36:37.

Among the Signs of the Might and Power of Allah are the Night and Day, and the Sun and Moon يُغْشِى الَّيْلَ النَّهَارَ يَطْلُبُهُ حَثِيثًا (He brings the night as a cover over the day, seeking it rapidly) (7:54). Allah says here: وَءَايَةٌ لَّهُمُ الَّيْلُ نَسْلَخُ مِنْهُ النَّهَارَ (And a sign for them is the night. We withdraw therefrom the day,) meaning, `We take it away from it, so it goes away and the night comes.' Allah says: فَإِذَا هُم مُّظْلِمُونَ (and behold, they are in darkness.) As it says in the Hadith: «إِذَا أَقْبَلَ اللَّيْلُ مِنْ ههُنَا، وَأَدْبَرَ النَّهَارُ مِنْ ههُنَا،…

• Verse 36 سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا مِمَّا تُنۢبِتُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَمِنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَمِمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ Glory be to Him who created all the pairs of things that the earth produces, as well as themselves and other things they do not know about.
• Verse 37 وَءَايَةٌ لَّهُمُ ٱلَّيْلُ نَسْلَخُ مِنْهُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فَإِذَا هُم مُّظْلِمُونَ The night is also a sign for them: We strip the daylight from it, and- lo and behold!- they are in darkness.
• Verse 38
• Verse 39 وَٱلْقَمَرَ قَدَّرْنَـٰهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّىٰ عَادَ كَٱلْعُرْجُونِ ٱلْقَدِيمِ We have determined phases for the moon until finally it becomes like an old date-stalk.
• Verse 40 لَا ٱلشَّمْسُ يَنۢبَغِى لَهَآ أَن تُدْرِكَ ٱلْقَمَرَ وَلَا ٱلَّيْلُ سَابِقُ ٱلنَّهَارِ ۚ وَكُلٌّ فِى فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ The sun cannot overtake the moon, nor can the night outrun the day: each floats in [its own] orbit.

• شمس shīn mīm sīn
• جري jīm rā yā
• قرر qāf rā rā
• قدر qāf dāl rā
• عزز ʿayn zāy zāy
• علم ʿayn lām mīm

• Astronomy علم الفلك
• Celestial mechanics الميكانيكا السماوية
• solar and lunar orbits
• Sun الشمس

• Al-An'am 6:96 · Same ending فَالِقُ ٱلْإِصْبَاحِ وَجَعَلَ ٱلَّيْلَ سَكَنًا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ حُسْبَانًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ
• Fussilat 41:12 · Same ending فَقَضَىٰهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمَـٰوَاتٍ فِى يَوْمَيْنِ وَأَوْحَىٰ فِى كُلِّ سَمَآءٍ أَمْرَهَا ۚ وَزَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِمَصَـٰبِيحَ وَحِفْظًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ

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