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Verse 13of 45

يُولِجُ ٱلَّيْلَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِى ٱلَّيْلِ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ كُلٌّۭ يَجْرِى لِأَجَلٍۢ مُّسَمًّۭى ۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ ٱلْمُلْكُ ۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِن قِطْمِيرٍ﴿١٣

Translation (Sahih International)

He causes the night to enter the day, and He causes the day to enter the night and has subjected the sun and the moon - each running [its course] for a specified term. That is Allah, your Lord; to Him belongs sovereignty. And those whom you invoke other than Him do not possess [as much as] the membrane of a date seed.

Word-by-word meaning

يُولِجُyūlijuHe causes to enter
ٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe night
فِىin (to)
ٱلنَّهَارِl-nahārithe day
وَيُولِجُwayūlijuand He causes to enter
ٱلنَّهَارَl-nahārathe day
فِىin (to)
ٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe night
وَسَخَّرَwasakharaand He has subjected
ٱلشَّمْسَl-shamsathe sun
وَٱلْقَمَرَwal-qamaraand the moon
كُلٌّۭkulluneach
يَجْرِىyajrīrunning
لِأَجَلٍۢli-ajalinfor a term
مُّسَمًّۭى ۚmusammanappointed
ذَٰلِكُمُdhālikumuThat (is)
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
رَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lord
لَهُlahufor Him
ٱلْمُلْكُ ۚl-mul'ku(is) the Dominion
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whom
تَدْعُونَtadʿūnayou invoke
مِنminbesides Him
دُونِهِۦdūnihibesides Him
مَاnot
يَمْلِكُونَyamlikūnathey possess
مِنmineven
قِطْمِيرٍqiṭ'mīrin(as much as) the membrane of a date-seed

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The gods of the Idolators do not even own a QitmirAnother aspect of His perfect power and might is that He has subjugated the night with its darkness and the day with its light. He takes from the length of the one and adds it to the shortness of the other, until they become equal. Then He takes from the latter and adds to the former, so one becomes long and the other becomes short, so they take from one another in summer and in winter.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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