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Quran 10:5Yunus, verse 5

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

It is He who made the sun a shining radiance and the moon a light, determining phases for it so that you might know the number of years and how to calculate time. God did not create all these without a true purpose; He explains His signs to those who understand.

هُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ ضِيَاءً وَالْقَمَرَ نُورًا وَقَدَّرَهُ مَنَازِلَ لِتَعْلَمُوا عَدَدَ السِّنِينَ وَالْحِسَابَ ۚ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ ذَٰلِكَ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ ۚ يُفَصِّلُ الْآيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

huwa alladhī jaʿala l-shamsa ḍiyāan wal-qamara nūran waqaddarahu manāzila litaʿlamū ʿadada l-sinīna wal-ḥisāba mā khalaqa l-lahu dhālika illā bil-ḥaqi yufaṣṣilu l-āyāti liqawmin yaʿlamūna

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Word-by-word analysis of Yunus verse 5
#WordMeaningRoot
1هُوَhuwaHe
2ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
3جَعَلَjaʿalamadeجعل
4ٱلشَّمْسَl-shamsathe sunشمس
5ضِيَآءًۭḍiyāana shining lightضوأ
6وَٱلْقَمَرَwal-qamaraand the moonقمر
7نُورًۭاnūrana reflected lightنور
8وَقَدَّرَهُۥwaqaddarahuand determined for itقدر
9مَنَازِلَmanāzilaphasesنزل
10لِتَعْلَمُوا۟litaʿlamūthat you may knowعلم
11عَدَدَʿadada(the) numberعدد
12ٱلسِّنِينَl-sinīna(of) the yearsسنو
13وَٱلْحِسَابَ ۚwal-ḥisābaand the count (of time)حسب
14مَاNot
15خَلَقَkhalaqacreatedخلق
16ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllahأله
17ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
18إِلَّاillāexcept
19بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚbil-ḥaqiin truthحقق
20يُفَصِّلُyufaṣṣiluHe explainsفصل
21ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe Signsأيي
22لِقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a peopleقوم
23يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna(who) knowعلم