Verse. 4906

٥٥ - ٱلرَّحْمَٰن

55 - Ar-Rahman

اَلشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ بِحُسْـبَانٍ۝۵۠
Alshshamsu waalqamaru bihusbanin

English

Ahmed Ali

The sun and moon revolve to a computation;

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Tafseer

'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī

تفسير : (the sun and the moon are made punctual) their orbits are measured; and it is also said that this means: they are suspended half way between heaven and earth; and it is also said that this means: they both will be taken to task and have a lifespan like the lifespan of human beings.

Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī

تفسير : the sun and the moon follow a reckoning, they move according to a [strict] calculation,