38 And the sun runneth on unto a resting-place for him. That is the measuring of the Mighty, the Wise.
Surah 36
YA SIN
36:38-42
The sun runs to its resting place. [1]
39 And for the moon We have appointed mansions till she return like an old shrivelled palm-leaf.
And we [Allah] have given the moon mansions to live in until she returns like an old shrivelled palm leaf.
40 It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor doth the night outstrip the day. They float each in an orbit.
It isn't the sun's job to overtake the moon, or the night to outstrip the day. They each float in an orbit.
41 And a token unto them is that We bear their offspring in the laden ship,
42 And have created for them of the like thereof whereon they ride.
It is a token for them that we bear their offspring in a ship. [2]
36:43-48
43 And if We will, We drown them, and there is no help for them, neither can they be saved;
44 Unless by mercy from Us and as comfort for a while.
45 When it is said unto them: Beware of that which is before you and that which is behind you, that haply ye may find mercy (they are heedless).
If we want to, we can drown them all.
46 Never came a token of the tokens of their Lord to them, but they did turn away from it!
47 And when it is said unto them: Spend of that wherewith Allah hath provided you, those who disbelieve say unto those who believe: Shall we feed those whom Allah, if He willed, would feed? Ye are in naught else than error manifest.
48 And they say: When will this promise be fulfilled, if ye are truthful?
There was never a token that they didn't reject.
36:49-58
49 They await but one Shout, which will surprise them while they are disputing.
50 Then they cannot make bequest, nor can they return to their own folk.
A single shout will surprise eveyone while they are arguing.
51 And the trumpet is blown and lo! from the graves they hie unto their Lord,
52 Crying: Woe upon us! Who hath raised us from our place of sleep? This is that which the Beneficent did promise, and the messengers spoke truth.
A trumpet will blow and all the dead bodies will rise from the graves, crying,
Woe upon us!
Who rasied us from our sleep?
53 It is but one Shout, and behold them brought together before Us!
54 This day no soul is wronged in aught; nor are ye requited aught save what ye used to do.
There will be just one shout,
and all the dead bodies will be brought to us.
55 Lo! those who merit paradise this day are happily employed,
The men in paradise will be happily employed
56 They and their wives, in pleasant shade, on thrones reclining;
57 Theirs the fruit (of their good deeds) and theirs (all) that they ask;
58 The word from a Merciful Lord (for them) is: Peace!
with their wives. [3]
36:49-58
59 But avaunt ye, O ye guilty, this day!
60 Did I not charge you, O ye sons of Adam, that ye worship not the devil - Lo! he is your open foe! -
61 But that ye worship Me? That was the right path.
62 Yet he hath led astray of you a great multitude. Had ye then no sense?
Then Allah will say to the guilty,
63 This is hell which ye were promised (if ye followed him).
64 Burn therein this day for that ye disbelieved.
65 This day We seal up their mouths, and their hands speak out to Us and their feet bear witness as to what they used to earn.
66 And had We willed, We verily could have quenched their eyesight so that they should struggle for the way. Then how could they have seen?
67 And had We willed, We verily could have fixed them in their place, making them powerless to go forward or turn back.
68 He whom we bring unto old age, We reverse him in creation (making him go back to weakness after strength). Have ye then no sense?
69 And We have not taught him (Muhammad) poetry, nor is it meet for him. This is naught else than a Reminder and a Lecture making plain,
70 To warn whosoever liveth, and that the word may be fulfilled against the disbelievers.
71 Have they not seen how We have created for them of Our handiwork the cattle, so that they are their owners,
72 And have subdued them unto them, so that some of them they have for riding, some for food?
73 Benefits and (divers) drinks have they from them. Will they not then give thanks?
74 And they have taken (other) gods beside Allah, in order that they may be helped.
75 It is not in their power to help them; but they (the worshippers) are unto them a host in arms.
76 So let not their speech grieve thee (O Muhammad). Lo! We know what they conceal and what proclaim.
This is hell,
where you will burn for disbelieiving.
77 Hath not man seen that We have created him from a drop of seed? Yet lo! he is an open opponent.
We created man from a drop of seed. [4]
78 And he hath coined for Us a similitude, and hath forgotten the fact of his creation, saying: Who will revive these bones when they have rotted away?
79 Say: He will revive them Who produced them at the first, for He is Knower of every creation,
80 Who hath appointed for you fire from the green tree, and behold! ye kindle from it.
81 Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth Able to create the like of them? Aye, that He is! for He is the All-Wise Creator,
82 But His command, when He intendeth a thing, is only that He saith unto it: Be! and it is.
83 Therefor Glory be to Him in Whose hand is the dominion over all things! Unto Him ye will be brought back.
Notes
- The sun runneth on unto a resting-place. (v.38)
Verses 38-40 seem to say that the sun and the moon travel around the earth in the same orbit, with the sun in following the moon which it never overtakes.
- A token unto them is that We bear their offspring in the laden ship (v.41)
It is a token for the sun and moon that Allah carries the offspring of the sun and the moon in a ship.
No one knows what this is supposed to mean, but some Muslim commentators say it refers to Noah's ark. Why this would be a sign to the sun and the moon, and how Noah's ark carried the sun and moon's offspring is one of the Quran's great mysteries.
- They and their wives (v.56)
- We have created him from a drop of seed. (v.77)