Quran Verses about Sun, moon, day and night

ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي رَفَعَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ بِغَيۡرِ عَمَدٖ تَرَوۡنَهَاۖ ثُمَّ ٱسۡتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلۡعَرۡشِۖ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَۖ كُلّٞ يَجۡرِي لِأَجَلٖ مُّسَمّٗىۚ يُدَبِّرُ ٱلۡأَمۡرَ يُفَصِّلُ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لَعَلَّكُم بِلِقَآءِ رَبِّكُمۡ تُوقِنُونَ ٢

Allāhul-ladhī rafaʿas-samāwāti bighayri ʿamadin tarawnahā, thummastawā ʿalal-ʿarsh, wa sakhkharash-shamsa wal-qamar, kulluy yajrī liʾajalim musammā, yudabbirul-amra yufaṣṣilul-āyāti laʿallakum biliqāʾi rabbikum tūqinūn.

It is Allāh who erected the heavens without pillars that you [can] see; then He established Himself above the Throne¹ and made subject² the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term. He arranges [each] matter; He details the signs that you may, of the meeting with your Lord, be certain.

وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَ دَآئِبَيۡنِۖ وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ ٣٣

Wa sakhkhara lakumush-shamsa wal-qamara dāʾibayn, wa sakhkhara lakumul-layla wan-nahār.

And He subjected for you the sun and the moon, continuous [in orbit], and subjected for you the night and the day.

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَۖ كُلّٞ فِي فَلَكٖ يَسۡبَحُونَ ٣٣

Wa huwal-ladhī khalaqal-layla wan-nahāra wash-shamsa wal-qamar, kullun fī falakiy yasbaḥūn.

And it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming.

أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُولِجُ ٱلَّيۡلَ فِي ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِي ٱلَّيۡلِ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَۖ كُلّٞ يَجۡرِيٓ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٖ مُّسَمّٗى وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ خَبِيرٞ ٢٩

Alam tara annallāha yūlijul-layla fin-nahāri wa yūlijun-nahāra fil-layli wa sakhkharash-shamsa wal-qamar, kulluy yajrī ilā ajalim musammaw wa annallāha bimā taʿmalūna khabīr.

Do you not see [i.e., know] that Allāh causes the night to enter the day and causes the day to enter the night and has subjected the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term, and that Allāh, of whatever you do, is Aware?

يُولِجُ ٱلَّيۡلَ فِي ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِي ٱلَّيۡلِ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَۖ كُلّٞ يَجۡرِي لِأَجَلٖ مُّسَمّٗىۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمۡ لَهُ ٱلۡمُلۡكُۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ تَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مَا يَمۡلِكُونَ مِن قِطۡمِيرٍ ١٣

Yūlijul-layla fin-nahāri wa yūlijun-nahāra fil-layli wa sakhkharash-shamsa wal-qamar, kulluy yajrī liʾajalim musammā, dhālikumullāhu rabbukum lahul-mulk, wal-ladhīna tadʿūna min dūnihī mā yamlikūna min qiṭmīr.

He causes the night to enter the day, and He causes the day to enter the night and has subjected the sun and the moon - each running [its course] for a specified term. That is Allāh, your Lord; to Him belongs sovereignty. And those whom you invoke other than Him do not possess [as much as] the membrane of a date seed.

وَٱلشَّمۡسُ تَجۡرِي لِمُسۡتَقَرّٖ لَّهَاۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقۡدِيرُ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡعَلِيمِ ٣٨

Wash-shamsu tajrī limustaqarril lahā, dhālika taqdīrul-ʿazīzil-ʿalīm.

And the sun runs [on course] toward its stopping point. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

وَٱلۡقَمَرَ قَدَّرۡنَٰهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّىٰ عَادَ كَٱلۡعُرۡجُونِ ٱلۡقَدِيمِ ٣٩

Wal-qamara qaddarnāhu manāzila ḥattā ʿāda kal-ʿurjūnil-qadīm.

And the moon - We have determined for it phases, until it returns [appearing] like the old date stalk.

لَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ يَنۢبَغِي لَهَآ أَن تُدۡرِكَ ٱلۡقَمَرَ وَلَا ٱلَّيۡلُ سَابِقُ ٱلنَّهَارِۚ وَكُلّٞ فِي فَلَكٖ يَسۡبَحُونَ ٤٠

Lash-shamsu yanbaghī lahā an tudrikal-qamara wa lal-laylu sābiqun-nahār, wa kullun fī falakiy yasbaḥūn.

It is not allowable [i.e., possible] for the sun to reach the moon, nor does the night overtake the day, but each, in an orbit, is swimming.

خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِٱلۡحَقِّۖ يُكَوِّرُ ٱلَّيۡلَ عَلَى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُكَوِّرُ ٱلنَّهَارَ عَلَى ٱلَّيۡلِۖ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَۖ كُلّٞ يَجۡرِي لِأَجَلٖ مُّسَمًّىۗ أَلَا هُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡغَفَّٰرُ ٥

Khalaqas-samāwāti wal-arḍa bil-ḥaqq, yukawwirul-layla ʿalan-nahāri wa yukawwirun-nahāra ʿalal-layl, wa sakhkharash-shamsa wal-qamar, kulluy yajrī liʾajalim musammā, alā huwal-ʿazīzul-ghaffār.

He created the heavens and earth in truth. He wraps the night over the day and wraps the day over the night and has subjected the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term. Unquestionably, He is the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver.¹

ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ بِحُسۡبَانٖ ٥

Ash-shamsu wal-qamaru biḥusbān.

The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation,

۞ يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلۡأَهِلَّةِۖ قُلۡ هِيَ مَوَٰقِيتُ لِلنَّاسِ وَٱلۡحَجِّۗ وَلَيۡسَ ٱلۡبِرُّ بِأَن تَأۡتُواْ ٱلۡبُيُوتَ مِن ظُهُورِهَا وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلۡبِرَّ مَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰۗ وَأۡتُواْ ٱلۡبُيُوتَ مِنۡ أَبۡوَٰبِهَاۚ وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُفۡلِحُونَ ١٨٩

Yasʾalūnaka ʿanil-ahillah, qul hiya mawāqītu lin-nāsi wal-ḥajj, wa laysal-birru biʾan taʾtul-buyūta min ẓuhūrihā wa lākinnal-birra manittaqā, waʾtul-buyūta min abwābihā, wattaqullāha laʿallakum tufliḥūn.

They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the crescent moons. Say, "They are measurements of time for the people and for ḥajj [pilgrimage]." And it is not righteousness to enter houses from the back, but righteousness is [in] one who fears Allāh. And enter houses from their doors. And fear Allāh that you may succeed.

فَالِقُ ٱلۡإِصۡبَاحِ وَجَعَلَ ٱلَّيۡلَ سَكَنٗا وَٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَ حُسۡبَانٗاۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقۡدِيرُ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡعَلِيمِ ٩٦

Fāliqul-iṣbāḥi wa jaʿalal-layla sakanaw wash-shamsa wal-qamara ḥusbānā, dhālika taqdīrul-ʿazīzil-ʿalīm.

[He is] the cleaver of daybreak and has made the night for rest and the sun and moon for calculation.¹ That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

هُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ ضِيَآءٗ وَٱلۡقَمَرَ نُورٗا وَقَدَّرَهُۥ مَنَازِلَ لِتَعۡلَمُواْ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِينَ وَٱلۡحِسَابَۚ مَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ذَٰلِكَ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّۚ يُفَصِّلُ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لِقَوۡمٖ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٥

Huwal-ladhī jaʿalash-shamsa ḍiyāʾaw wal-qamara nūraw wa qaddarahū manāzila litaʿlamū ʿadadas-sinīna wal-ḥisāb, mā khalaqallāhu dhālika illā bil-ḥaqq, yufaṣṣilul-āyāti liqawmiy yaʿlamūn.

It is He who made the sun a shining light and the moon a derived light and determined for it phases - that you may know the number of years and account [of time]. Allāh has not created this except in truth. He details the signs for a people who know.

وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ ءَايَتَيۡنِۖ فَمَحَوۡنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَجَعَلۡنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلنَّهَارِ مُبۡصِرَةٗ لِّتَبۡتَغُواْ فَضۡلٗا مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ وَلِتَعۡلَمُواْ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِينَ وَٱلۡحِسَابَۚ وَكُلَّ شَيۡءٖ فَصَّلۡنَٰهُ تَفۡصِيلٗا ١٢

Wa jaʿalnal-layla wan-nahāra āyatayn, famaḥawnā āyatal-layli wa jaʿalnā āyatan-nahāri mubṣiratal litabtaghū faḍlam mir rabbikum walitaʿlamū ʿadadas-sinīna wal-ḥisāb, wa kulla shayʾin faṣṣalnāhu tafṣīlā.

And We have made the night and day two signs, and We erased the sign of the night and made the sign of the day visible¹ that you may seek bounty from your Lord and may know the number of years and the account [of time]. And everything We have set out in detail.

أَلَمۡ تَرَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَيۡفَ مَدَّ ٱلظِّلَّ وَلَوۡ شَآءَ لَجَعَلَهُۥ سَاكِنٗا ثُمَّ جَعَلۡنَا ٱلشَّمۡسَ عَلَيۡهِ دَلِيلٗا ٤٥

Alam tara ilā rabbika kayfa maddaẓ-ẓilla wa law shāʾa lajaʿalahū sākinan thumma jaʿalnash-shamsa ʿalayhi dalīlā.

Have you not considered your Lord - how He extends the shadow, and if He willed, He could have made it stationary? Then We made the sun for it an indication.¹

ثُمَّ قَبَضۡنَٰهُ إِلَيۡنَا قَبۡضٗا يَسِيرٗا ٤٦

Thumma qabaḍnāhu ilaynā qabḍay yasīrā.

Then We [retract and] hold it with Us for a brief grasp.¹

تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجٗا وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا سِرَٰجٗا وَقَمَرٗا مُّنِيرٗا ٦١

Tabārakal-ladhī jaʿala fis-samāʾi burūjaw wa jaʿala fīhā sirājaw wa qamaram munīrā.

Blessed is He who has placed in the sky great stars and placed therein a [burning] lamp and luminous moon.

وَجَعَلَ ٱلۡقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورٗا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ سِرَاجٗا ١٦

Wa jaʿalal-qamara fīhinna nūraw wa jaʿalash-shamsa sirājā.

And made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a burning lamp?

وَجَعَلۡنَا سِرَاجٗا وَهَّاجٗا ١٣

Wa jaʿalnā sirājaw wahhājā.

And made [therein] a burning lamp

تُولِجُ ٱلَّيۡلَ فِي ٱلنَّهَارِ وَتُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِي ٱلَّيۡلِۖ وَتُخۡرِجُ ٱلۡحَيَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمَيِّتِ وَتُخۡرِجُ ٱلۡمَيِّتَ مِنَ ٱلۡحَيِّۖ وَتَرۡزُقُ مَن تَشَآءُ بِغَيۡرِ حِسَابٖ ٢٧

Tūlijul-layla fin-nahāri wa tūlijun-nahāra fil-layl, wa tukhrijul-ḥayya minal-mayyiti wa tukhrijul-mayyita minal-ḥayy, wa tarzuqu man tashāʾu bighayri ḥisāb.

You cause the night to enter the day, and You cause the day to enter the night; and You bring the living out of the dead, and You bring the dead out of the living. And You give provision to whom You will without account [i.e., limit or measure]."

إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٖ ثُمَّ ٱسۡتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلۡعَرۡشِۖ يُغۡشِي ٱلَّيۡلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ يَطۡلُبُهُۥ حَثِيثٗا وَٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَ وَٱلنُّجُومَ مُسَخَّرَٰتِۭ بِأَمۡرِهِۦٓۗ أَلَا لَهُ ٱلۡخَلۡقُ وَٱلۡأَمۡرُۗ تَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٥٤

Inna rabbakumullāhul-ladhī khalaqas-samāwāti wal-arḍa fī sittati ayyāmin thummastawā ʿalal-ʿarsh, yughshil-laylan-nahāra yaṭlubuhū ḥathīthaw wash-shamsa wal-qamara wan-nujūma musakhkharātim biʾamrih, alā lahul-khalqu wal-amr, tabārakallāhu rabbul-ʿālamīn.

Indeed, your Lord is Allāh, who created the heavens and earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne.¹ He covers the night with the day, [another night] chasing it rapidly; and [He created] the sun, the moon, and the stars, subjected by His command. Unquestionably, His is the creation and the command; blessed is Allāh, Lord of the worlds.

هُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيۡلَ لِتَسۡكُنُواْ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبۡصِرًاۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَسۡمَعُونَ ٦٧

Huwal-ladhī jaʿala lakumul-layla litaskunū fīhi wan-nahāra mubṣirā, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil liqawmiy yasmaʿūn.

It is He who made for you the night to rest therein and the day, giving sight.¹ Indeed in that are signs for a people who listen.

يُقَلِّبُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّأُوْلِي ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرِ ٤٤

Yuqallibullāhul-layla wan-nahār, inna fī dhālika laʿibratal liʾulil-abṣār.

Allāh alternates the night and the day. Indeed in that is a lesson for those who have vision.

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيۡلَ لِبَاسٗا وَٱلنَّوۡمَ سُبَاتٗا وَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ نُشُورٗا ٤٧

Wa huwal-ladhī jaʿala lakumul-layla libāsaw wan-nawma subātaw wa jaʿalan-nahāra nushūrā.

And it is He who has made the night for you as clothing¹ and sleep [a means for] rest and has made the day a resurrection.²

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ خِلۡفَةٗ لِّمَنۡ أَرَادَ أَن يَذَّكَّرَ أَوۡ أَرَادَ شُكُورٗا ٦٢

Wa huwal-ladhī jaʿalal-layla wan-nahāra khilfatal liman arāda ay yadhdhakkara aw arāda shukūrā.

And it is He who has made the night and the day in succession for whoever desires to remember or desires gratitude.

قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ إِن جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلَّيۡلَ سَرۡمَدًا إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ مَنۡ إِلَٰهٌ غَيۡرُ ٱللَّهِ يَأۡتِيكُم بِضِيَآءٍۚ أَفَلَا تَسۡمَعُونَ ٧١

Qul araʾaytum in jaʿalallāhu ʿalaykumul-layla sarmadan ilā yawmil-qiyāmati man ilāhun ghayrullāhi yaʾtīkum biḍiyāʾ, afalā tasmaʿūn.

Say, "Have you considered:¹ if Allāh should make for you the night continuous until the Day of Resurrection, what deity other than Allāh could bring you light? Then will you not hear?"

قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ إِن جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلنَّهَارَ سَرۡمَدًا إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ مَنۡ إِلَٰهٌ غَيۡرُ ٱللَّهِ يَأۡتِيكُم بِلَيۡلٖ تَسۡكُنُونَ فِيهِۚ أَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ٧٢

Qul araʾaytum in jaʿalallāhu ʿalaykumun-nahāra sarmadan ilā yawmil-qiyāmati man ilāhun ghayrullāhi yaʾtīkum bilaylin taskunūna fīh, afalā tubṣirūn.

Say, "Have you considered: if Allāh should make for you the day continuous until the Day of Resurrection, what deity other than Allāh could bring you a night in which you may rest? Then will you not see?"

وَمِن رَّحۡمَتِهِۦ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ لِتَسۡكُنُواْ فِيهِ وَلِتَبۡتَغُواْ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ ٧٣

Wa mir raḥmatihī jaʿala lakumul-layla wan-nahāra litaskunū fīhi walitabtaghū min faḍlihī wa laʿallakum tashkurūn.

And out of His mercy He made for you the night and the day that you may rest therein and [by day] seek from His bounty and [that] perhaps you will be grateful.

وَءَايَةٞ لَّهُمُ ٱلَّيۡلُ نَسۡلَخُ مِنۡهُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فَإِذَا هُم مُّظۡلِمُونَ ٣٧

Wa āyatul lahumul-laylu naslakhu minhun-nahāra fa idhā hum muẓlimūn.

And a sign for them is the night. We remove¹ from it the [light of] day, so they are [left] in darkness.

وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلَّيۡلَ لِبَاسٗا ١٠

Wa jaʿalnal-layla libāsā.

And made the night as clothing¹

وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشٗا ١١

Wa jaʿalnan-nahāra maʿāshā.

And made the day for livelihood

فَلَمَّا جَنَّ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلَّيۡلُ رَءَا كَوۡكَبٗاۖ قَالَ هَٰذَا رَبِّيۖ فَلَمَّآ أَفَلَ قَالَ لَآ أُحِبُّ ٱلۡأٓفِلِينَ ٧٦

Falammā janna ʿalayhil-laylu raʾā kawkabā, qāla hādhā rabbī, falammā afala qāla lā uḥibbul-āfilīn.

So when the night covered him [with darkness], he saw a star. He said, "This is my lord."¹ But when it set, he said, "I like not those that set [i.e., disappear]."

فَلَمَّا رَءَا ٱلۡقَمَرَ بَازِغٗا قَالَ هَٰذَا رَبِّيۖ فَلَمَّآ أَفَلَ قَالَ لَئِن لَّمۡ يَهۡدِنِي رَبِّي لَأَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ٧٧

Falammā raʾal-qamara bāzighan qāla hādhā rabbī, falammā afala qāla laʾil lam yahdinī rabbī laʾakūnanna minal-qawmiḍ-ḍāllīn.

And when he saw the moon rising, he said, "This is my lord." But when it set, he said, "Unless my Lord guides me, I will surely be among the people gone astray."

فَلَمَّا رَءَا ٱلشَّمۡسَ بَازِغَةٗ قَالَ هَٰذَا رَبِّي هَٰذَآ أَكۡبَرُۖ فَلَمَّآ أَفَلَتۡ قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ إِنِّي بَرِيٓءٞ مِّمَّا تُشۡرِكُونَ ٧٨

Falammā raʾash-shamsa bāzighatan qāla hādhā rabbī hādhā akbar, falammā afalat qāla yāqawmi innī barīʾum mimmā tushrikūn.

And when he saw the sun rising, he said, "This is my lord; this is greater." But when it set, he said, "O my people, indeed I am free from what you associate with Allāh.

إِنِّي وَجَّهۡتُ وَجۡهِيَ لِلَّذِي فَطَرَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ حَنِيفٗاۖ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ ٧٩

Innī wajjahtu wajhiya lil-ladhī faṭaras-samāwāti wal-arḍa ḥanīfā, wa mā ana minal-mushrikīn.

Indeed, I have turned my face [i.e., self] toward He who created the heavens and the earth, inclining toward truth, and I am not of those who associate others with Allāh."

أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَسۡجُدُۤ لَهُۥۤ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ وَٱلنُّجُومُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ وَٱلدَّوَآبُّ وَكَثِيرٞ مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِۖ وَكَثِيرٌ حَقَّ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡعَذَابُۗ وَمَن يُهِنِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن مُّكۡرِمٍۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَفۡعَلُ مَا يَشَآءُ۩ ١٨

Alam tara annallāha yasjudu lahū man fis-samāwāti wa man fil-arḍi wash-shamsu wal-qamaru wan-nujūmu wal-jibālu wash-shajaru wad-dawābbu wa kathīrum minan-nās, wa kathīrun ḥaqqa ʿalayhil-ʿadhāb, wa may yuhinillāhu famā lahū mim mukrim, innallāha yafʿalu mā yashāʾ.

Do you not see [i.e., know] that to Allāh prostrates whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth and the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the trees, the moving creatures and many of the people? But upon many the punishment has been justified.¹ And he whom Allāh humiliates - for him there is no bestower of honor. Indeed, Allāh does what He wills.

وَجَدتُّهَا وَقَوۡمَهَا يَسۡجُدُونَ لِلشَّمۡسِ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ فَصَدَّهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ فَهُمۡ لَا يَهۡتَدُونَ ٢٤

Wajadttuhā wa qawmahā yasjudūna lish-shamsi min dūnillāhi wa zayyana lahumush-shayṭānu aʿmālahum faṣaddahum ʿanis-sabīli fahum lā yahtadūn.

I found her and her people prostrating to the sun instead of Allāh, and Satan has made their deeds pleasing to them and averted them from [His] way, so they are not guided,

وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِ ٱلَّيۡلُ وَٱلنَّهَارُ وَٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُۚ لَا تَسۡجُدُواْ لِلشَّمۡسِ وَلَا لِلۡقَمَرِ وَٱسۡجُدُواْۤ لِلَّهِۤ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَهُنَّ إِن كُنتُمۡ إِيَّاهُ تَعۡبُدُونَ ٣٧

Wa min āyātihil-laylu wan-nahāru wash-shamsu wal-qamar, lā tasjudū lish-shamsi wa lā lil-qamari wasjudū lillāhil-ladhī khalaqahunna in kuntum iyyāhu taʿbudūn.

And of His signs are the night and day and the sun and moon. Do not prostrate to the sun or to the moon, but prostrate to Allāh, who created them, if it should be Him that you worship.¹

ٱقۡتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ١

Iqtarabatis-sāʿatu wanshaqqal-qamar.

The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two].¹

وَخَسَفَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ٨

Wa khasafal-qamar.

And the moon darkens

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ ٩

Wa jumiʿash-shamsu wal-qamar.

And the sun and the moon are joined,

إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ ١

Idhash-shamsu kuwwirat.

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

كـَلَّا وَٱلۡقَمَرِ ٣٢

Kallā wal-qamar.

No! By the moon

وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ ١٨

Wal-qamari idhattasaq.

And [by] the moon when it becomes full

وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ١

Wash-shamsi wa ḍuḥāhā.

By the sun and its brightness

وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ٢

Wal-qamari idhā talāhā.

And [by] the moon when it follows it

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ٣

Wan-nahāri idhā jallāhā.

And [by] the day when it displays it¹

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا ٤

Wal-layli idhā yaghshāhā.

And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰ ١

Wal-layli idhā yaghshā.

By the night when it covers¹

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ ٢

Wan-nahāri idhā tajallā.

And [by] the day when it appears