Quran 21:33 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 33
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It is He who created night and day, the sun and the moon, each floating in its orbit.
وَهُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ ۖ كُلٌّ فِي فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ
wahuwa alladhī khalaqa al-layla wal-nahāra wal-shamsa wal-qamara kullun fī falakin yasbaḥūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- It is He who created the night and the day, the sun and the moon, each swimming in a sky.
- Muhammad Asad
- and [fail to see that] it is He who has created the night and the day and the sun and the moon - all of them floating through space!
- Sahih International
- And it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَهُوَwahuwa | And He | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | (is) the One Who | — |
| 3 | خَلَقَkhalaqa | created | خلق |
| 4 | ٱلَّيْلَal-layla | the night | ليل |
| 5 | وَٱلنَّهَارَwal-nahāra | and the day | نهر |
| 6 | وَٱلشَّمْسَwal-shamsa | and the sun | شمس |
| 7 | وَٱلْقَمَرَ ۖwal-qamara | and the moon | قمر |
| 8 | كُلٌّۭkullun | each | كلل |
| 9 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 10 | فَلَكٍۢfalakin | an orbit | فلك |
| 11 | يَسْبَحُونَyasbaḥūna | floating | سبح |