Surah Ya-Sin, Ayah 38 (36:38)

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وَٱلشَّمْسُ تَجْرِى لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ لَّهَا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ

Quran 36:38 is ayah 38 of Surah Ya-Sin (“Ya Sin”), a Meccan surah of 83 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 442 of the Madani Mushaf.

36:38
وَٱلشَّمْسُتَجْرِىلِمُسْتَقَرٍّلَّهَا ۚذَٰلِكَتَقْدِيرُٱلْعَزِيزِٱلْعَلِيمِ٣٨
wal-shamsu tajrī limus'taqarrin lahā dhālika taqdīru l-ʿazīzi l-ʿalīmi

And the sun runs [on course] toward its stopping point. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.(38)

Word by word

  1. وَٱلشَّمْسُwal-shamsuAnd the sun
  2. تَجْرِىtajrīruns
  3. لِمُسْتَقَرٍّlimus'taqarrinto a term appointed
  4. لَّهَا ۚlahāfor it
  5. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
  6. تَقْدِيرُtaqdīru(is the) Decree
  7. ٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīzi(of) the All-Mighty
  8. ٱلْعَلِيمِl-ʿalīmithe All-Knowing

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