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

Ya-Sin 36:40

Word by word

لَا ٱلشَّمْسُ يَنۢبَغِى لَهَآ أَن تُدْرِكَ ٱلْقَمَرَ وَلَا ٱلَّيْلُ سَابِقُ ٱلنَّهَارِ ۚ وَكُلٌّ فِى فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ

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.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

لكل من الشمس والقمر والليل والنهار وقت قدَّره الله له لا يتعدَّاه، فلا يمكن للشمس أن تلحق القمر فتمحو نوره، أو تغير مجراه، ولا يمكن للَّيل أن يسبق النهار، فيدخل عليه قبل انقضاء وقته، وكل من الشمس والقمر والكواكب في فلك يَجْرون.

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