Quran 36:39 — Yaseen, verse 39
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We have determined phases for the moon until finally it becomes like an old date-stalk.
وَالْقَمَرَ قَدَّرْنَاهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّىٰ عَادَ كَالْعُرْجُونِ الْقَدِيمِ
wal-qamara qaddarnāhu manāzila ḥattā ʿāda kal-ʿur'jūni l-qadīmi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And the moon -- We have determined it by stations, till it returns like an aged palm-bough.
- Muhammad Asad
- and [in] the moon, for which We have determined phases [which it must traverse] till it becomes like an old date-stalk, dried-up and curved:
- Sahih International
- And the moon - We have determined for it phases, until it returns [appearing] like the old date stalk.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱلْقَمَرَwal-qamara | And the moon | قمر |
| 2 | قَدَّرْنَـٰهُqaddarnāhu | We have ordained for it | قدر |
| 3 | مَنَازِلَmanāzila | phases | نزل |
| 4 | حَتَّىٰḥattā | until | — |
| 5 | عَادَʿāda | it returns | عود |
| 6 | كَٱلْعُرْجُونِkal-ʿur'jūni | like the date stalk | عرجن |
| 7 | ٱلْقَدِيمِl-qadīmi | the old | قدم |