Verse 36:42 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
38
وَٱلشَّمۡسُ تَجۡرِی لِمُسۡتَقَرࣲّ لَّهَاۚ ذَ ٰلِكَ تَقۡدِیرُ ٱلۡعَزِیزِ ٱلۡعَلِیمِ ٣٨
wal-shamsu tajrī limus'taqarrin lahā dhālika taqdīru l-ʿazīzi l-ʿalīm
The sun, too, runs its determined course laid down for it by the Almighty, the All Knowing
39
وَٱلۡقَمَرَ قَدَّرۡنَـٰهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّىٰ عَادَ كَٱلۡعُرۡجُونِ ٱلۡقَدِیمِ ٣٩
wal-qamara qaddarnāhu manāzila ḥattā ʿāda kal-ʿur'jūni l-qadīm
We have determined phases for the moon until finally it becomes like an old date-stalk
40
لَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ یَنۢبَغِی لَهَاۤ أَن تُدۡرِكَ ٱلۡقَمَرَ وَلَا ٱلَّیۡلُ سَابِقُ ٱلنَّهَارِۚ وَكُلࣱّ فِی فَلَكࣲ یَسۡبَحُونَ ٤٠
lā l-shamsu yanbaghī lahā an tud'rika l-qamara walā al-laylu sābiqu l-nahāri wakullun fī falakin yasbaḥūn
The sun cannot overtake the moon, nor can the night outrun the day: each floats in [its own] orbit
41
وَءَایَةࣱ لَّهُمۡ أَنَّا حَمَلۡنَا ذُرِّیَّتَهُمۡ فِی ٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ ٤١
waāyatun lahum annā ḥamalnā dhurriyyatahum fī l-ful'ki l-mashḥūn
Another sign for them is that We carried their seed in the laden Ark
42
وَخَلَقۡنَا لَهُم مِّن مِّثۡلِهِۦ مَا یَرۡكَبُونَ ٤٢
wakhalaqnā lahum min mith'lihi mā yarkabūn
and We have made similar things for them to ride in
43
وَإِن نَّشَأۡ نُغۡرِقۡهُمۡ فَلَا صَرِیخَ لَهُمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ یُنقَذُونَ ٤٣
wa-in nasha nugh'riq'hum falā ṣarīkha lahum walā hum yunqadhūn
If We wished, We could drown them, and there would be no one to help them: they could not be saved
44
إِلَّا رَحۡمَةࣰ مِّنَّا وَمَتَـٰعًا إِلَىٰ حِینࣲ ٤٤
illā raḥmatan minnā wamatāʿan ilā ḥīni
Only by Our mercy could they be reprieved to enjoy life for a while
45
وَإِذَا قِیلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ مَا بَیۡنَ أَیۡدِیكُمۡ وَمَا خَلۡفَكُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُرۡحَمُونَ ٤٥
wa-idhā qīla lahumu ittaqū mā bayna aydīkum wamā khalfakum laʿallakum tur'ḥamūn
Yet when they are told, ‘Beware of what lies before and behind you, so that you may be given mercy,’
46
وَمَا تَأۡتِیهِم مِّنۡ ءَایَةࣲ مِّنۡ ءَایَـٰتِ رَبِّهِمۡ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنۡهَا مُعۡرِضِینَ ٤٦
wamā tatīhim min āyatin min āyāti rabbihim illā kānū ʿanhā muʿ'riḍīn
they ignore every single sign that comes to them from their Lord
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