وَءَايَةٌۭ And a Sign waāyatun for them lahumu (is) the night al-laylu We withdraw naslakhu from it min'hu the day l-nahāra Then behold fa-idhā They hum (are) those in darkness muẓ'limūna
And a sign for them is the night. We remove from it the [light of] day, so they are [left] in darkness.
وَٱلشَّمْسُ And the sun wal-shamsu runs tajrī to a term appointed limus'taqarrin for it lahā That dhālika (is the) Decree taqdīru (of) the All-Mighty l-ʿazīzi the All-Knowing l-ʿalīmi
And the sun runs [on course] toward its stopping point. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.
وَٱلْقَمَرَ And the moon wal-qamara We have ordained for it qaddarnāhu phases manāzila until ḥattā it returns ʿāda like the date stalk kal-ʿur'jūni the old l-qadīmi
And the moon - We have determined for it phases, until it returns [appearing] like the old date stalk.
لَا Not lā the sun l-shamsu is permitted yanbaghī for it lahā that an it overtakes tud'rika the moon l-qamara and not walā the night al-laylu (can) outstrip sābiqu the day l-nahāri but all wakullun in fī an orbit falakin they are floating yasbaḥūna
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.