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Fatir 13

Ayah 13 of 45 · Meccan

يُولِجُ ٱلَّيۡلَ فِي ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِي ٱلَّيۡلِ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَۖ كُلّٞ يَجۡرِي لِأَجَلٖ مُّسَمّٗىۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمۡ لَهُ ٱلۡمُلۡكُۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ تَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مَا يَمۡلِكُونَ مِن قِطۡمِيرٍ ١٣

He causes the night to enter the day, and He causes the day to enter the night and has subjected the sun and the moon - each running [its course] for a specified term. That is Allāh, your Lord; to Him belongs sovereignty. And those whom you invoke other than Him do not possess [as much as] the membrane of a date seed.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يُولِجُHe causes to enteryūliju
  2. ٱلَّيۡلَthe nightal-layla
  3. فِيin (to)fī
  4. ٱلنَّهَارِthe dayl-nahāri
  5. وَيُولِجُand He causes to enterwayūliju
  6. ٱلنَّهَارَthe dayl-nahāra
  7. فِيin (to)fī
  8. ٱلَّيۡلِthe nightal-layli
  9. وَسَخَّرَand He has subjectedwasakhara
  10. ٱلشَّمۡسَthe sunl-shamsa
  11. وَٱلۡقَمَرَۖand the moonwal-qamara
  12. كُلّٞeachkullun
  13. يَجۡرِيrunningyajrī
  14. لِأَجَلٖfor a termli-ajalin
  15. مُّسَمّٗىۚappointedmusamman
  16. ذَٰلِكُمُThat (is)dhālikumu
  17. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  18. رَبُّكُمۡyour Lordrabbukum
  19. لَهُfor Himlahu
  20. ٱلۡمُلۡكُۚ(is) the Dominionl-mul'ku
  21. وَٱلَّذِينَAnd those whomwa-alladhīna
  22. تَدۡعُونَyou invoketadʿūna
  23. مِنbesides Himmin
  24. دُونِهِۦbesides Himdūnihi
  25. مَاnotmā
  26. يَمۡلِكُونَthey possessyamlikūna
  27. مِنevenmin
  28. قِطۡمِيرٍ(as much as) the membrane of a date-seedqiṭ'mīrin

Tafsir

Allah enters the night into the day so it becomes longer and He enters the day into night so it becomes longer. And He made the sun and the moon subservient, each one of them travels in its appointed orbit until a fixed time which only Allah knows, which is the day of judgment. He who fixes all of that and carries it out is Allah your Lord. To Him alone belongs the kingdom. And the idols you worship besides Him do not even possess the thin membrane over the datestone, so how do you worship them besides Me?

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran