Ya-Sin 36:37
Ya Sin · Juz 23 · Page 442
وَءَايَةٞ لَّهُمُ ٱلَّيۡلُ نَسۡلَخُ مِنۡهُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فَإِذَا هُم مُّظۡلِمُونَ ٣٧
And a sign for them is the night. We remove1 from it the [light of] day, so they are [left] in darkness.
1 translator’s note
- Literally, "strip" or "peel." Sunlight projected onto the earth is removed from it as the earth turns and night approaches. ↩
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سلخ جلد الشاة: إذا كشطه عنها وأزاله. ومنه: سلخ الحية لخرشائها [[قوله «ومنه سلخ الحية لخرشائها» في الصحاح «الخرشاء» : مثل الحرباء: جلد الحية. (ع)]] ، فاستعير لازالة الضوء وكشفه عن مكان الليل وملقى ظله مُظْلِمُونَ داخلون في الظلام، يقال: أظلمنا، كما تقول: أعتمنا وأدجينا [[قوله «أعتمنا وأدجينا» الدجى: وجع في حافر الفرس أو خف البعير. أفاده الصحاح وغيره. (ع)]] لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ لَها لحدّ لها مؤقت مقدّر تنتهي إليه من فلكها في آخر السنة، شبه بمستقر المسافر إذا قطع مسيره، أو لمنتهى لها من المشارق والمغارب، لأنها تتقصاها مشرقا مشرقا ومغربا مغربا حتى تبلغ أقصاها، ثم ترجع فذلك حدها ومستقرّها، لأنها لا تعدوه أو لحدّ لها من مسيرها كل يوم في مرأى عيوننا وهو المغرب. وقيل: مستقرّها: أجلها الذي أقر الله عليه أمرها في جريها، فاستقرت عليه وهو آخر السنة. وقيل: الوقت الذي تستقر فيه وينقطع جريها وهو يوم القيامة.
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36:28
۞ وَمَآ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦ مِن جُندٖ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا كُنَّا مُنزِلِينَ ٢٨
And We did not send down upon his people after him any soldiers from the heaven, nor would We have done so.
36:29
إِن كَانَتۡ إِلَّا صَيۡحَةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ فَإِذَا هُمۡ خَٰمِدُونَ ٢٩
It was not but one shout,1 and immediately they were extinguished.
1 translator’s note
- From Gabriel or a blast from the sky. ↩
36:30
يَٰحَسۡرَةً عَلَى ٱلۡعِبَادِۚ مَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ٣٠
How regretful for the servants. There did not come to them any messenger except that they used to ridicule him.
36:31
أَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ كَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا قَبۡلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمۡ إِلَيۡهِمۡ لَا يَرۡجِعُونَ ٣١
Have they not considered how many generations We destroyed before them - that they to them1 will not return?
1 translator’s note
- i.e., to those living presently in the world. ↩
36:32
وَإِن كُلّٞ لَّمَّا جَمِيعٞ لَّدَيۡنَا مُحۡضَرُونَ ٣٢
And indeed, all of them will yet be brought present before Us.
36:33
وَءَايَةٞ لَّهُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ ٱلۡمَيۡتَةُ أَحۡيَيۡنَٰهَا وَأَخۡرَجۡنَا مِنۡهَا حَبّٗا فَمِنۡهُ يَأۡكُلُونَ ٣٣
And a sign for them is the dead earth. We have brought it to life and brought forth from it grain, and from it they eat.
36:34
وَجَعَلۡنَا فِيهَا جَنَّٰتٖ مِّن نَّخِيلٖ وَأَعۡنَٰبٖ وَفَجَّرۡنَا فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلۡعُيُونِ ٣٤
And We placed therein gardens of palm trees and grapevines and caused to burst forth therefrom some springs -
36:35
لِيَأۡكُلُواْ مِن ثَمَرِهِۦ وَمَا عَمِلَتۡهُ أَيۡدِيهِمۡۚ أَفَلَا يَشۡكُرُونَ ٣٥
That they may eat of His fruit.1 And their hands have not produced it,2 so will they not be grateful?
36:36
سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلۡأَزۡوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا مِمَّا تُنۢبِتُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمِنۡ أَنفُسِهِمۡ وَمِمَّا لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٣٦
Exalted is He who created all pairs1 - from what the earth grows and from themselves and from that which they do not know.
1 translator’s note
- Or "all species." ↩
36:37
وَءَايَةٞ لَّهُمُ ٱلَّيۡلُ نَسۡلَخُ مِنۡهُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فَإِذَا هُم مُّظۡلِمُونَ ٣٧
And a sign for them is the night. We remove1 from it the [light of] day, so they are [left] in darkness.
1 translator’s note
- Literally, "strip" or "peel." Sunlight projected onto the earth is removed from it as the earth turns and night approaches. ↩
36:38
وَٱلشَّمۡسُ تَجۡرِي لِمُسۡتَقَرّٖ لَّهَاۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقۡدِيرُ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡعَلِيمِ ٣٨
And the sun runs [on course] toward its stopping point. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.
36:39
وَٱلۡقَمَرَ قَدَّرۡنَٰهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّىٰ عَادَ كَٱلۡعُرۡجُونِ ٱلۡقَدِيمِ ٣٩
And the moon - We have determined for it phases, until it returns [appearing] like the old date stalk.
36:40
لَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ يَنۢبَغِي لَهَآ أَن تُدۡرِكَ ٱلۡقَمَرَ وَلَا ٱلَّيۡلُ سَابِقُ ٱلنَّهَارِۚ وَكُلّٞ فِي فَلَكٖ يَسۡبَحُونَ ٤٠
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.