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لَا ٱلشَّمْسُ يَنۢبَغِى لَهَآ أَن تُدْرِكَ ٱلْقَمَرَ وَلَا ٱلَّيْلُ سَابِقُ ٱلنَّهَارِ ۚ وَكُلٌّۭ فِى فَلَكٍۢ يَسْبَحُونَ﴿٤٠

Translation (Sahih International)

It is not allowable for the sun to reach the moon, nor does the night overtake the day, but each, in an orbit, is swimming.

Word-by-word meaning

لَاNot
ٱلشَّمْسُl-shamsuthe sun
يَنۢبَغِىyanbaghīis permitted
لَهَآlahāfor it
أَنanthat
تُدْرِكَtud'rikait overtakes
ٱلْقَمَرَl-qamarathe moon
وَلَاwalāand not
ٱلَّيْلُal-layluthe night
سَابِقُsābiqu(can) outstrip
ٱلنَّهَارِ ۚl-nahārithe day
وَكُلٌّۭwakullunbut all
فِىin
فَلَكٍۢfalakinan orbit
يَسْبَحُونَyasbaḥūnathey are floating

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Among the Signs of the Might and Power of Allah are the Night and Day, and the Sun and Moonيُغْشِى 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.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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