Surah Yunus 10:5 — translation and meaning

يونس · Verse 5 / 109 · Page 208

ۚ ۚ هُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ ضِيَاءً وَالْقَمَرَ نُورًا وَقَدَّرَهُ مَنَازِلَ لِتَعْلَمُوا عَدَدَ السِّنِينَ وَالْحِسَابَ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ يُفَصِّلُ الْآيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

Word by Word

ۚ
ۚ
هُوَ
huwa
He
الَّذِي
alladhi
(is) the One Who
جَعَلَ
ja'ala
made
الشَّمْسَ
al-shamsa
the sun
ضِيَاءً
diyaan
a shining light
وَالْقَمَرَ
wal-qamara
and the moon
نُورًا
nuran
a reflected light
وَقَدَّرَهُ
waqaddarahu
and determined for it
مَنَازِلَ
manazila
phases
لِتَعْلَمُوا
lita'lamu
that you may know
عَدَدَ
adada
(the) number
السِّنِينَ
al-sinina
(of) the years
وَالْحِسَابَ
wal-hisaba
and the count (of time)
مَا
ma
Not
خَلَقَ
khalaqa
created
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
ذَلِكَ
dhalika
that
إِلَّا
illa
except
بِالْحَقِّ
bil-haqi
in truth
يُفَصِّلُ
yufassilu
He explains
الْآيَاتِ
al-ayati
the Signs
لِقَوْمٍ
liqawmin
for a people
يَعْلَمُونَ
ya'lamuna
(who) know

Transliteration

Huwal lazee ja'alash shamsa diyaaa'anw walqamara nooranw wa qaddarahoo manaaz zila lita'lamoo 'adadas sineena walhisaab; maa khalaqal laahu zaalika illa bilhaqq; yufassilul aayaati liqawminw ya'lamoon

Translation

It is He who made the sun a shining light and the moon a derived light and determined for it phases - that you may know the number of years and account [of time]. Allah has not created this except in truth. He details the signs for a people who know

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

It is He Who made the sun radiate light and made the moon a light illuminated by it, determining its progression through twenty-eight phases – a phase being the change it goes through every twenty-four hours – so that people would know the number of days by the sun and the number of months and years by the moon. Allah did not create the heavens and the earth and what is in them except with the truth, revealing His power and might to people. Allah makes clear these obvious signs and evidence that there is no god but Him for a people who know how to draw conclusions from such facts.

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

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