Surah 36. Ya-Sin, Ayah 40
| لَا الشَّمْسُ يَنْبَغِي لَهَا أَنْ تُدْرِكَ الْقَمَرَ وَلَا اللَّيْلُ سَابِقُ النَّهَارِ ۚ وَكُلٌّ فِي فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ |
| Transliteration | : | laa ash- shams yanbaghe la- -haa 'an tudrik al- qamar wa- laa al- layl saabiq an- nahaar wa- kull fe falak yasbah.on |
| Pickthall | : | It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor doth the night outstrip the day. They float each in an orbit. |
| Asad | : | [and] neither may the sun overtake the moon, nor can the night usurp the time of day,21 since all of them float through space [in accordance with Our laws]. |
| Malik | : | Neither it is possible for the sun to overtake the moon, nor for the night to outstrip the day: each floats along in its own orbit. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | It is not permitted to the Sun to catch up the Moon nor can the Night outstrip the Day: each (just) swims along in (its own) orbit (according to Law). 3986 3987 |
Note - 21Lit., "nor does the night outrun [or "outstrip"] the
day".
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Note - 3986Though the sun and the moon both traverse the belt of the
Zodiac, and their motions are different, they never catch
up each other. When the sun and the moon are on the same
side and on a line with the earth there is a solar
eclipse, and when on opposite side in a line, there is a
lunar eclipse, but there is no clash. Their Laws are
fixed by Allah, and form the subject of study in
astronomy. Similarly Night and Day follow each other, but
being opposites cannot coincide, a fit emblem of the
opposition of Good and Evil, Truth and Falsehood: see
also n. 3982 above.
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Note - 3987Cf. xxi. 33, and n. 2695. How beautifully the rounded
courses of the planets and heavenly bodies are described,
"swimming" through space, with perfectly smooth motion!
As Shakespeare expresses it, each "in his motion like an
angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubims!"
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Though the sun and the moon both traverse the belt of the Zodiac, and their motions are different, they never catch up each other. When the sun and the moon are on the same side and on a line with the earth there is a solar eclipse, and when on opposite side in a line, there is a lunar eclipse, but there is no clash. Their Laws are fixed by Allah, and form the subject of study in astronomy. Similarly Night and Day follow each other, but being opposites cannot coincide, a fit emblem of the opposition of Good and Evil, Truth and Falsehood: see also n. 3982 above. |
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Cf. xxi. 33, and n. 2695. How beautifully the rounded courses of the planets and heavenly bodies are described, "swimming" through space, with perfectly smooth motion! As Shakespeare expresses it, each "in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubims!" |
