Al-Anbya Verse 33

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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