وَٱلشَّمۡسُ تَجۡرِي لِمُسۡتَقَرّٖ لَّهَاۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقۡدِيرُ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡعَلِيمِ ٣٨
And the sun runs [on course] toward its stopping point. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَٱلشَّمۡسُAnd the sunwal-shamsu
- تَجۡرِيrunstajrī
- لِمُسۡتَقَرّٖto a term appointedlimus'taqarrin
- لَّهَاۚfor itlahā
- ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
- تَقۡدِيرُ(is the) Decreetaqdīru
- ٱلۡعَزِيزِ(of) the All-Mightyl-ʿazīzi
- ٱلۡعَلِيمِthe All-Knowingl-ʿalīmi
Tafsir
A sign for them of Allah’s Oneness is this sun that runs to a point that Allah knows and does not go beyond that. That determination is the determination of the Mighty, who is not challenged by anyone, the Knower from Whom nothing of His creation is hidden.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran