Surah Ya-Sin 36:39 — translation and meaning
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وَالْقَمَرَ قَدَّرْنَاهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّى عَادَ كَالْعُرْجُونِ الْقَدِيمِ
Word by Word
وَالْقَمَرَ
wal-qamara
And the moon
قَدَّرْنَاهُ
qaddarnahu
We have ordained for it
مَنَازِلَ
manazila
phases
حَتَّى
hatta
until
عَادَ
ada
it returns
كَالْعُرْجُونِ
kal-'ur'juni
like the date stalk
الْقَدِيمِ
al-qadimi
the old
Transliteration
Walqamara qaddarnaahu manaazila hattaa 'aada kal'ur joonil qadeem
Translation
And the moon - We have determined for it phases, until it returns [appearing] like the old date stalk.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
A sign for them indicating His Oneness, (may He be glorified), is this moon for which I have determined phases each night. It begins small then becomes big and then small again until it becomes similar to a twisted, old date stalk, in it appearing as thin, curved, yellow and old.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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