Quran 6:96 — Al-An'aam, verse 96
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He makes the dawn break; He makes the night for rest; and He made the sun and the moon to a precise measure. That is the design of the Almighty, the All Knowing.
فَالِقُ الْإِصْبَاحِ وَجَعَلَ اللَّيْلَ سَكَنًا وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ حُسْبَانًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَلِيمِ
fāliqu l-iṣ'bāḥi wajaʿala al-layla sakanan wal-shamsa wal-qamara ḥus'bānan dhālika taqdīru l-ʿazīzi l-ʿalīmi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He splits the sky into dawn, and has made the night for a repose, and the sun and moon for a reckoning. That is the ordaining of the All-mighty, the All-knowing.
- Muhammad Asad
- [He is] the One who causes the dawn to break; and He has made the night to be [a source of] stillness, and the sun and the moon to run their appointed courses: [all] this is laid down by the will of the Almighty, the All-Knowing.
- Sahih International
- [He is] the cleaver of daybreak and has made the night for rest and the sun and moon for calculation. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَالِقُfāliqu | (He is the) Cleaver | فلق |
| 2 | ٱلْإِصْبَاحِl-iṣ'bāḥi | (of) the daybreak | صبح |
| 3 | وَجَعَلَwajaʿala | and He has made | جعل |
| 4 | ٱلَّيْلَal-layla | the night | ليل |
| 5 | سَكَنًۭاsakanan | (for) rest | سكن |
| 6 | وَٱلشَّمْسَwal-shamsa | and the sun | شمس |
| 7 | وَٱلْقَمَرَwal-qamara | and the moon | قمر |
| 8 | حُسْبَانًۭا ۚḥus'bānan | (for) reckoning | حسب |
| 9 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 10 | تَقْدِيرُtaqdīru | (is the) ordaining | قدر |
| 11 | ٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīzi | (of) the All-Mighty | عزز |
| 12 | ٱلْعَلِيمِl-ʿalīmi | the All-Knowing | علم |