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Quran Maqasid

Surah Ya-Sin, verse 40

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Without diacritics

لا الشمس ينبغي لها ان تدرك القمر ولا الليل سابق النهار وكل في فلك يسبحون

It is not permitted To the Sun to catch up The Moon, nor can The Night outstrip the Day: Each (just) swims along (its own) orbit (According to Law).

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  • Verse 40 of 83
  • Juz 23
  • Page 442

Word by word

  1. لَاNotlā
  2. ٱلشَّمْسُthe sunl-shamsu
  3. يَنۢبَغِىis permittedyanbaghī
  4. لَهَآfor it lahā
  5. أَنthatan
  6. تُدْرِكَit overtakestud'rika
  7. ٱلْقَمَرَthe moonl-qamara
  8. وَلَاand notwalā
  9. ٱلَّيْلُthe nightal-laylu
  10. سَابِقُ(can) outstripsābiqu
  11. ٱلنَّهَارِ ۚthe dayl-nahāri
  12. وَكُلٌّۭbut allwakullun
  13. فِىinfī
  14. فَلَكٍۢan orbitfalakin
  15. يَسْبَحُونَthey are floatingyasbaḥūna

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