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Az-Zumar 5

Ayah 5 of 75 · Meccan

خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِٱلۡحَقِّۖ يُكَوِّرُ ٱلَّيۡلَ عَلَى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُكَوِّرُ ٱلنَّهَارَ عَلَى ٱلَّيۡلِۖ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَۖ كُلّٞ يَجۡرِي لِأَجَلٖ مُّسَمًّىۗ أَلَا هُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡغَفَّٰرُ ٥

He created the heavens and earth in truth. He wraps the night over the day and wraps the day over the night and has subjected the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term. Unquestionably, He is the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Refer to footnotes in 38:66.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. خَلَقَHe createdkhalaqa
  2. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِthe heavensl-samāwāti
  3. وَٱلۡأَرۡضَand the earthwal-arḍa
  4. بِٱلۡحَقِّۖin [the] truthbil-ḥaqi
  5. يُكَوِّرُHe wrapsyukawwiru
  6. ٱلَّيۡلَthe nightal-layla
  7. عَلَىoverʿalā
  8. ٱلنَّهَارِthe dayl-nahāri
  9. وَيُكَوِّرُand wrapswayukawwiru
  10. ٱلنَّهَارَthe dayl-nahāra
  11. عَلَىoverʿalā
  12. ٱلَّيۡلِۖthe nightal-layli
  13. وَسَخَّرَAnd He subjectedwasakhara
  14. ٱلشَّمۡسَthe sunl-shamsa
  15. وَٱلۡقَمَرَۖand the moonwal-qamara
  16. كُلّٞeachkullun
  17. يَجۡرِيrunningyajrī
  18. لِأَجَلٖfor a termli-ajalin
  19. مُّسَمًّىۗspecifiedmusamman
  20. أَلَاUnquestionablyalā
  21. هُوَHehuwa
  22. ٱلۡعَزِيزُ(is) the All-Mightyl-ʿazīzu
  23. ٱلۡغَفَّٰرُthe Oft-Forgivingl-ghafāru

Tafsir

He created the heavens and He created the earth with complete wisdom, not in vain as the unjust say. He enters the night into the day and the day into the night, so when one of them comes the other disappears. And He has made the sun and the moon subservient, each one orbits to a fixed time, which is the end of this life. Definitely, He is the Mighty who takes retribution from His enemies and nobody can overpower Him, Forgiving of the sins of His servants who repent.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran