Surah Ya-Sin (يس) • Ya Sin

Quran 36:40

36:40

لَا ٱلشَّمْسُ يَنۢبَغِى لَهَآ أَن تُدْرِكَ ٱلْقَمَرَ وَلَا ٱلَّيْلُ سَابِقُ ٱلنَّهَارِ ۚ وَكُلٌّ فِى فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ

lā l-shamsu yanbaghī lahā an tud'rika l-qamara walā al-laylu sābiqu l-nahāri wakullun fī falakin 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.

— Saheeh International

The sun cannot overtake the moon, nor can the night outrun the day: each floats in [its own] orbit.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor does the night outstrip the day. They all float, each in an orbit.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 23Page 442meccan

Word by Word

لَاlāNot
ٱلشَّمْسُl-shamsuthe sun
يَنۢبَغِىyanbaghīis permitted
لَهَآlahāfor it
أَنanthat
تُدْرِكَtud'rikait overtakes
ٱلْقَمَرَl-qamarathe moon
وَلَاwalāand not
ٱلَّيْلُal-layluthe night
سَابِقُsābiqu(can) outstrip
ٱلنَّهَارِۚl-nahārithe day
وَكُلٌّۭwakullunbut all
فِىfīin
فَلَكٍۢfalakinan orbit
يَسْبَحُونَyasbaḥūnathey are floating