Surah Fatir 35:13 — translation and meaning

فاطر · Verse 13 / 45 · Page 436

ۚ ۚ يُولِجُ اللَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ يَجْرِي لِأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ذَلِكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَالَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ مَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِن قِطْمِيرٍ

Word by Word

ۚ
ۚ
يُولِجُ
yuliju
He causes to enter
اللَّيْلَ
al-layla
the night
فِي
fi
in (to)
النَّهَارِ
al-nahari
the day
وَيُولِجُ
wayuliju
and He causes to enter
النَّهَارَ
al-nahara
the day
فِي
fi
in (to)
اللَّيْلِ
al-layli
the night
وَسَخَّرَ
wasakhara
and He has subjected
الشَّمْسَ
al-shamsa
the sun
وَالْقَمَرَ
wal-qamara
and the moon
كُلٌّ
kullun
each
يَجْرِي
yajri
running
لِأَجَلٍ
li-ajalin
for a term
مُّسَمًّى
musamman
appointed
ذَلِكُمُ
dhalikumu
That (is)
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
رَبُّكُمْ
rabbukum
your Lord
لَهُ
lahu
for Him
الْمُلْكُ
al-mul'ku
(is) the Dominion
وَالَّذِينَ
wa-alladhina
And those whom
تَدْعُونَ
tad'una
you invoke
مِن
min
besides Him
دُونِهِ
dunihi
besides Him
مَا
ma
not
يَمْلِكُونَ
yamlikuna
they possess
مِن
min
even
قِطْمِيرٍ
qit'mirin
(as much as) the membrane of a date-seed

Transliteration

Yoolijul laila fin nahaari wa yoolijun nahaara fil laili wa sakhkharash shamsa wal qamara kulluny yajree li ajalim musammaa; zaalikumul lahuu Rabbukum lahul mulk; wallazeena tad'oona min doonihee maa yamlikoona min qitmeer

Translation

He causes the night to enter the day, and He causes the day to enter the night and has subjected the sun and the moon - each running [its course] for a specified term. That is Allah, your Lord; to Him belongs sovereignty. And those whom you invoke other than Him do not possess [as much as] the membrane of a date seed.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Allah enters the night into the day so it becomes longer and He enters the day into night so it becomes longer. And He made the sun and the moon subservient, each one of them travels in its appointed orbit until a fixed time which only Allah knows, which is the day of judgment. He who fixes all of that and carries it out is Allah your Lord. To Him alone belongs the kingdom. And the idols you worship besides Him do not even possess the thin membrane over the datestone, so how do you worship them besides Me?

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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