لَا
ٱلشَّمۡسُ
يَنۢبَغِي
لَهَآ
أَن
تُدۡرِكَ
ٱلۡقَمَرَ
وَلَا
ٱلَّيۡلُ
سَابِقُ
ٱلنَّهَارِۚ
وَكُلّٞ
فِي
فَلَكٖ
يَسۡبَحُونَ
٤٠
It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor doth the night outstrip the day. They float each in an orbit.
— M. Pickthall
It is not allowable [i.e., possible] for the sun to reach the moon, nor does the night overtake the day, but each, in an orbit, is swimming.
— Saheeh International
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).
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
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 the
…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 t
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