Quran 36:38 — Yaseen, verse 38
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The sun, too, runs its determined course laid down for it by the Almighty, the All Knowing.
وَالشَّمْسُ تَجْرِي لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ لَهَا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَلِيمِ
wal-shamsu tajrī limus'taqarrin lahā dhālika taqdīru l-ʿazīzi l-ʿalīmi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And the sun -- it runs to a fixed resting-place; that is the ordaining of the All-mighty, the All-knowing.
- Muhammad Asad
- And [they have a sign in] the sun: it runs in an orbit of its own [and] that is laid down by the will of the Almighty, the All-Knowing;
- Sahih International
- And the sun runs [on course] toward its stopping point. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱلشَّمْسُwal-shamsu | And the sun | شمس |
| 2 | تَجْرِىtajrī | runs | جري |
| 3 | لِمُسْتَقَرٍّۢlimus'taqarrin | to a term appointed | قرر |
| 4 | لَّهَا ۚlahā | for it | — |
| 5 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 6 | تَقْدِيرُtaqdīru | (is the) Decree | قدر |
| 7 | ٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīzi | (of) the All-Mighty | عزز |
| 8 | ٱلْعَلِيمِl-ʿalīmi | the All-Knowing | علم |