Text of verse 36:38
وَٱلشَّمْسُ تَجْرِى لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ لَّهَا ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ ٣٨
Transliteration
wal-shamsu tajrī limus'taqarrin lahā dhālika taqdīru l-ʿazīzi l-ʿalīmi
Translation
And the sun runs [on course] toward its stopping point. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.
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Rachid Maach Nabil Radwan (Noor International) Muhammad Hamidullah
Isa García Noor International (España) Noor International (Latinoamérica) Julio Cortés
Salomo Keyzer
Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi
محمد جوناگڑھی
Bubenheim & Elias
Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani
Hamza Roberto Piccardo
মুহিউদ্দীন খান
Rowwad Tercüme Merkezi Şaban Piriş Ali Özek ve arkadaşları Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır
Kementerian Agama RI
Mahmud Muhammad Abduh
حسین تاجی گلهداری
Abdullah Muhammad Basmeih
Sherif Ahmeti
Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov
Besim Korkut
馬堅
Ivan Hrbek
Ahsen Böre
三田了一
최영길
Abdul Hameed & Parappoor
Abdulaziz Guroalim Saromantang
Einar Berg
Józef Bielawski
Samir El-Hayek
George Grigore
Эльмир Кулиев
Knut Bernström
ஜான் டிரஸ்ட்
Якуб ибн Нугман
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Verse 38 of Surah Ya-Sin (36:38), a Meccan surah, is in juz 23, on page 442 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 71 reciters.
Tafsir of verse 38
Al-Mukhtasar
A sign for them of Allah’s Oneness is this sun that runs to a point that Allah knows and does not go beyond that. That determination is the determination of the Mighty, who is not challenged by anyone, the Knower from Whom nothing of His creation is hidden.
Tafsir of the whole Surah Ya-Sin
Other translations of verse 38
The sun is running to its determined course. That is the design of the All-Mighty, All-Knowing.
And the sun runs on its fixed course for a term (appointed). That is the Decree of the All-Mighty, the All-Knowing.
And the sun runneth on unto a resting-place for him. That is the measuring of the Mighty, the Wise.
And the sun runs his course for a period determined for him: that is the decree of (Him), the Exalted in Might, the All-Knowing.
And the sun runs on to a term appointed for it; that is the ordinance of the Mighty, the Knowing.
And the sun runs to a repository for it; that is the determining of The Ever-Mighty, the Ever-Knowing.
Verse 38 word by word
وَٱلشَّمْسُ
wal-shamsu And the sun ش م س
تَجْرِى
tajrī runs ج ر ي
لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ
limus'taqarrin to a term appointed ق ر ر
لَّهَا
lahā for it
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika That
تَقْدِيرُ
taqdīru (is the) Decree ق د ر
ٱلْعَزِيزِ
l-ʿazīzi (of) the All-Mighty ع ز ز
ٱلْعَلِيمِ
l-ʿalīmi the All-Knowing ع ل م
Hadiths that cite this verse
Authentic
Sahih al-Bukhari 3199
فَإِنَّهَا تَذْهَبُ حَتَّى تَسْجُدَ تَحْتَ الْعَرْشِ، فَتَسْتَأْذِنَ فَيُؤْذَنَ لَهَا، وَيُوشِكُ أَنْ تَسْجُدَ فَلاَ يُقْبَلَ مِنْهَا، وَتَسْتَأْذِنَ فَلاَ يُؤْذَنَ لَهَا، يُقَالُ لَهَا ارْجِعِي مِنْ حَيْثُ جِئْتِ.…
Narrated by Abu Dharr + 1 other version
Authentic
Sahih al-Bukhari 4802
يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ أَتَدْرِي أَيْنَ تَغْرُبُ الشَّمْسُ ". قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ. قَالَ " فَإِنَّهَا تَذْهَبُ حَتَّى تَسْجُدَ تَحْتَ الْعَرْشِ، فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى {وَالشَّمْسُ تَجْرِي…
Narrated by Abu Dharr
Authentic
Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 4803
مُسْتَقَرُّهَا تَحْتَ الْعَرْشِ "
Narrated by Abu Dharr + 4 other versions
Authentic
Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 7433
مُسْتَقَرُّهَا تَحْتَ الْعَرْشِ "
Narrated by Abu Dharr + 4 other versions
Authentic
Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih Muslim 159d
مُسْتَقَرُّهَا تَحْتَ الْعَرْشِ "
Narrated by Abu Dharr + 4 other versions
Other hadiths (4)
Verses related to verse 38
Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse
Ibrahim 14:33
وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ دَآئِبَيْنِ وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ
And He subjected for you the sun and the moon, continuous [in orbit], and subjected for you the night and the day.
Al-An’am 6:96
فَالِقُ ٱلْإِصْبَاحِ وَجَعَلَ ٱلَّيْلَ سَكَنًا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ حُسْبَانًا ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ
[He is] the cleaver of daybreak and has made the night for rest and the sun and moon for calculation. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.
Fussilat 41:12
فَقَضَىٰهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَاتٍ فِى يَوْمَيْنِ وَأَوْحَىٰ فِى كُلِّ سَمَآءٍ أَمْرَهَا وَزَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِمَصَٰبِيحَ وَحِفْظًا ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ
And He completed them as seven heavens within two days and inspired [i.e., made known] in each heaven its command. And We adorned the nearest heaven with lamps [i.e., stars, for beauty] and as protection. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.
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