وَٱلْقَمَرَ قَدَّرْنَـٰهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّىٰ عَادَ كَٱلْعُرْجُونِ ٱلْقَدِيمِ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And the moon - We have determined for it phases, until it returns [appearing] like the old date stalk.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- இன்னும் (உலர்ந்த வளைந்த) பழைய பேரீத்த மட்டையைப் போலாகும் வரையில் சந்திரனுக்கு நாம் பல மன்ஸில்களை (தங்குமிடங்களை) ஏற்படுத்தியிருக்கின்றோம்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- තවද සඳු, අපි එය නැවුනු ඉඳි රිකිල්ලක් මෙන් පත් වන තෙක් එයට ස්ථාන නිර්ණය කළෙමු.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اور چاند کی ہم نے منزلیں مقررکر رکھی ہیں ، یہاں تک کہ وه لوٹ کر پرانی ٹہنی کی طرح ہو جاتا ہے.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- また月には，天宮を振り分けた。（それを通って）ナツメヤシの老いた葉柄のように（細くなって）戻ってくる。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 月亮，我为它预定星宿，直到它再变成象干枯的椰枣枝一样。
Tafsir of 36:39
Among the Signs of the Might and Power of Allah are the Night and Day, and the Sun and Moon يُغْشِى الَّيْلَ النَّهَارَ يَطْلُبُهُ حَثِيثًا (He brings the night as a cover over the day, seeking it rapidly) (7:54). Allah says here: وَءَايَةٌ لَّهُمُ الَّيْلُ نَسْلَخُ مِنْهُ النَّهَارَ (And a sign for them is the night. We withdraw therefrom the day,) meaning, `We take it away from it, so it goes away and the night comes.' Allah says: فَإِذَا هُم مُّظْلِمُونَ (and behold, they are in darkness.) As it says in the Hadith: «إِذَا أَقْبَلَ اللَّيْلُ مِنْ ههُنَا، وَأَدْبَرَ النَّهَارُ مِنْ ههُنَا، وَغَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ، فَقَدْ أَفْطَرَ الصَّائِم» (When the night comes from here, and the day departs from here, and the sun has set, then the fasting person should break his fast.) This is the apparent meaning of the Ayah. Allah's saying: وَالشَّمْسُ تَجْرِى لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ لَّهَا ذَلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَلِيمِ (And the sun runs on its fixed course for a term (appointed). That is the decree of the Almighty, the All-Knowing) There are two views over the meaning of the phrase لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ لَّهَا (on its fixed course for a term (appointed).…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
