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Nuh 16

Ayah 16 of 28 · Meccan

وَجَعَلَ ٱلۡقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورٗا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ سِرَاجٗا ١٦

And made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a burning lamp?

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَجَعَلَAnd madewajaʿala
  2. ٱلۡقَمَرَthe moonl-qamara
  3. فِيهِنَّthereinfīhinna
  4. نُورٗاa lightnūran
  5. وَجَعَلَand madewajaʿala
  6. ٱلشَّمۡسَthe sunl-shamsa
  7. سِرَاجٗاa lampsirājan

Tafsir

“And He made the moon a light for the people of the earth, in the nearest of the heavens, also making the sun illuminating.”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran