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Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 38

سورة يس، الآية ٣٨

36:38 Juz 23 Hizb 45 Page 442 of the mushaf Meccan surah

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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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.

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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.

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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

  1. وَٱلشَّمْسُ wal-shamsu And the sun ش م س
  2. تَجْرِى tajrī runs ج ر ي
  3. لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ limus'taqarrin to a term appointed ق ر ر
  4. لَّهَا lahā for it
  5. ذَٰلِكَ dhālika That
  6. تَقْدِيرُ taqdīru (is the) Decree ق د ر
  7. ٱلْعَزِيزِ l-ʿazīzi (of) the All-Mighty ع ز ز
  8. ٱلْعَلِيمِ l-ʿalīmi the All-Knowing ع ل م

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 3199

The Prophet (ﷺ) asked me at sunset, "Do you know where the sun goes (at the time of sunset)?" I replied, "Allah and His Apostle know better." He said, "It goes (i.e. travels) till it prostrates Itself underneath the Throne and takes the permission to rise again, and it is permitted and then (a time…

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

Once I was with the Prophet (ﷺ) in the mosque at the time of sunset. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O Abu Dharr! Do you know where the sun sets?" I replied, "Allah and His Apostle know best." He said, "It goes and prostrates underneath (Allah's) Throne; and that is Allah's Statement:-- 'And the sun runs on…

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

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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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