وَٱلۡقَمَرَ قَدَّرۡنَٰهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّىٰ عَادَ كَٱلۡعُرۡجُونِ ٱلۡقَدِيمِ ٣٩
And the moon - We have determined for it phases, until it returns [appearing] like the old date stalk.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَٱلۡقَمَرَAnd the moon wal-qamara
- قَدَّرۡنَٰهُWe have ordained for itqaddarnāhu
- مَنَازِلَphasesmanāzila
- حَتَّىٰuntilḥattā
- عَادَit returnsʿāda
- كَٱلۡعُرۡجُونِlike the date stalkkal-ʿur'jūni
- ٱلۡقَدِيمِthe oldl-qadīmi
Tafsir
A sign for them indicating His Oneness, (may He be glorified), is this moon for which I have determined phases each night. It begins small then becomes big and then small again until it becomes similar to a twisted, old date stalk, in it appearing as thin, curved, yellow and old.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran