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Verse 5of 109

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ ضِيَآءًۭ وَٱلْقَمَرَ نُورًۭا وَقَدَّرَهُۥ مَنَازِلَ لِتَعْلَمُوا۟ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِينَ وَٱلْحِسَابَ ۚ مَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ذَٰلِكَ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ يُفَصِّلُ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ لِقَوْمٍۢ يَعْلَمُونَ﴿٥

Translation (Sahih International)

It is He who made the sun a shining light and the moon a derived light and determined for it phases - that you may know the number of years and account [of time]. Allah has not created this except in truth. He details the signs for a people who know

Word-by-word meaning

هُوَhuwaHe
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
جَعَلَjaʿalamade
ٱلشَّمْسَl-shamsathe sun
ضِيَآءًۭḍiyāana shining light
وَٱلْقَمَرَwal-qamaraand the moon
نُورًۭاnūrana reflected light
وَقَدَّرَهُۥwaqaddarahuand determined for it
مَنَازِلَmanāzilaphases
لِتَعْلَمُوا۟litaʿlamūthat you may know
عَدَدَʿadada(the) number
ٱلسِّنِينَl-sinīna(of) the years
وَٱلْحِسَابَ ۚwal-ḥisābaand the count (of time)
مَاNot
خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
إِلَّاillāexcept
بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚbil-ḥaqiin truth
يُفَصِّلُyufaṣṣiluHe explains
ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe Signs
لِقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna(who) know

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Everything is a Witness to the Power of AllahAllah tells us about the signs He created that are indicative of His complete power and great might. He made the rays that come forth from the bright sun as the source of light, and made the beams that come forth from the moon as light. He made them of two different natures so they would not be confused with one another. Allah made the dominion of the sun in the daytime and the moon in the night.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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