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Ya-Sin 40

Ayah 40 of 83 · Meccan

لَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ يَنۢبَغِي لَهَآ أَن تُدۡرِكَ ٱلۡقَمَرَ وَلَا ٱلَّيۡلُ سَابِقُ ٱلنَّهَارِۚ وَكُلّٞ فِي فَلَكٖ يَسۡبَحُونَ ٤٠

It is not allowable [i.e., possible] for the sun to reach the moon, nor does the night overtake the day, but each, in an orbit, is swimming.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لَاNotlā
  2. ٱلشَّمۡسُthe sunl-shamsu
  3. يَنۢبَغِيis permittedyanbaghī
  4. لَهَآfor it lahā
  5. أَنthatan
  6. تُدۡرِكَit overtakestud'rika
  7. ٱلۡقَمَرَthe moonl-qamara
  8. وَلَاand notwalā
  9. ٱلَّيۡلُthe nightal-laylu
  10. سَابِقُ(can) outstripsābiqu
  11. ٱلنَّهَارِۚthe dayl-nahāri
  12. وَكُلّٞbut allwakullun
  13. فِيinfī
  14. فَلَكٖan orbitfalakin
  15. يَسۡبَحُونَthey are floatingyasbaḥūna

Tafsir

These signs; the sun moon, night and day, each are predetermined by Allah's divine arrangement/determination and do not surpass what has been determined for them. The sun cannot catch up with the moon to change its course or take away its light, and nor can the night outpace the day and enter upon it before its time ends. All these creations, subservient or not, such as stars and galaxies, have their own courses as per Allah’s determination and protection.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran