Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Anbya Verse 33

Mufti Taqi Usmani

He is the One who has created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each floating in an orbit.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And He is the One Who created the day and the night, the sun and the moon—each travelling in an orbit.

Ruwwad Translation Center

It is He Who created the night and the day, the sun and the moon – each floating in its orbit.

A. J. Arberry

It is He who created the night and the day, the sun and the moon, each swimming in a sky.

Abdul Haleem

It is He who created night and day, the sun and the moon, each floating in its orbit.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And He it is Who hath created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each in an orb floating.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

It is He Who created the Night and the Day, and the sun and the moon; all (the celestial bodies) swim along, each in its rounded course.

Abul Ala Maududi

It is He Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. Each of them is floating in its orbit.

Ahmed Ali

It is He who created night and day, the sun and the moon, revolving on its orbit.

Ahmed Raza Khan

And it is He Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon; each one floats in an orbit.

Ali Quli Qarai

It is He who created the night and the day, the sun and the moon, each swimming in an orbit.

Ali Ünal

It is He Who has created the night and the day and the sun and the moon. Every one (of such celestial bodies) floats in its orbit.

Amatul Rahman Omar

And it is He Who created the night and the day, the sun and the moon. They are all gliding along smoothly in (their respective) orbits.

English Literal

And He is who created the night and the daytime, and the sun and the moon, every/all in (an) orbit/circuit floating.

Faridul Haque

And it is He Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon; each one floats in an orbit.

Hamid S. Aziz

And We made the heaven a guarded canopy; yet from our signs they turn aside!

Hilali & Khan

And He it is Who has created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each in an orbit floating.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And We have made the heaven a guarded canopy; yet they turn away from its signs.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And He it is Who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all (orbs) travel along swiftly in their celestial spheres.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And He it is Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. They float, each in an orbit.

Muhammad Sarwar

It is God who has created the night, the day, the Sun, and Moon and has made them swim in a certain orbit.

Qaribullah & Darwish

It is He who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon; each floating in an orbit.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And He it is Who has created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each in an orbit floating.

Wahiduddin Khan

It is He who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each gliding in its orbit.

Talal Itani

It is He who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon; each floating in an orbit.

Tafsir jalalayn

And He it is Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each (kullun, the nunation of this [particle] stands in place of the second noun [of the genitive construction] that would have been al- shams, `the sun', or al-qamar, `the moon', or their subsidiaries, namely, al-nujm, `the stars') in an orbit, a circular [one] like a mill in the sky, swimming, moving with speed, like a swimmer in water. In order to effect the analogy with the latter, the plural person [of the verb employed] for rational beings is used.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

وَهُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ

And He it is Who has created the night and the day,

meaning, the one with its darkness and stillness, and the other with its light and human interaction; sometimes the one is longer while the other is shorter, then they switch.

وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ

and the sun and the moon,

the sun with its own light and its own path and orbit and allotted time, and the moon which shines with a different light and travels on a different path and has its own allotted time.

كُلٌّ فِي فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ



each in an orbit floating.

means, revolving.

Ibn Abbas said,

"They revolve like a spinning wheel, in a circle."

This is like the Ayah;

فَالِقُ الاِصْبَاحِ وَجَعَلَ الَّيْلَ سَكَناً وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ حُسْبَاناً ذَلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَلِيمِ

(He is the) Cleaver of the daybreak. He has appointed the night for resting, and the sun and the moon for reckoning. Such is the measuring of the All-Mighty, the All-Knowing. (6;96