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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Yunus 10:5

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هُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ ضِيَآءً وَٱلْقَمَرَ نُورًا وَقَدَّرَهُۥ مَنَازِلَ لِتَعْلَمُوا۟ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِينَ وَٱلْحِسَابَ ۚ مَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ذَٰلِكَ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ يُفَصِّلُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

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]. Allāh has not created this except in truth. He details the signs for a people who know.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

الله هو الذي جعل الشمس ضياء، وجعل القمر نورًا، وقدَّر القمر منازل، فبالشمس تعرف الأيام، وبالقمر تعرف الشهور والأعوام، ما خلق الله تعالى الشمس والقمر إلا لحكمة عظيمة، ودلالة على كمال قدرة الله وعلمه، يبيِّن الحجج والأدلة لقوم يعلمون الحكمة في إبداع الخلق.

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