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Al-An'am 96

Ayah 96 of 165 · Meccan

فَالِقُ ٱلۡإِصۡبَاحِ وَجَعَلَ ٱلَّيۡلَ سَكَنٗا وَٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَ حُسۡبَانٗاۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقۡدِيرُ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡعَلِيمِ ٩٦

[He is] the cleaver of daybreak and has made the night for rest and the sun and moon for calculation.1 That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Or "according to calculation," referring to their precise movement.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَالِقُ(He is the) Cleaverfāliqu
  2. ٱلۡإِصۡبَاحِ(of) the daybreakl-iṣ'bāḥi
  3. وَجَعَلَand He has madewajaʿala
  4. ٱلَّيۡلَthe nightal-layla
  5. سَكَنٗا(for) restsakanan
  6. وَٱلشَّمۡسَand the sunwal-shamsa
  7. وَٱلۡقَمَرَand the moonwal-qamara
  8. حُسۡبَانٗاۚ(for) reckoningḥus'bānan
  9. ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
  10. تَقۡدِيرُ(is the) ordainingtaqdīru
  11. ٱلۡعَزِيزِ(of) the All-Mightyl-ʿazīzi
  12. ٱلۡعَلِيمِthe All-Knowingl-ʿalīmi

Tafsir

He, may He be glorified, splits the light of dawn from the darkness of the night. He is the One Who has made the night still, in which people can take rest from the tiring and hard work of the day. He is the One Who has made the sun and the moon move according to a precise measure. That marvellous creation is the determination of the Mighty, Whom none can overpower, the One Who knows what is best for His creation.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran