وَآیَةٌ لَهُمُ الَّیْلُ نَسْلَخُ مِنْهُ النَّهَارَ فَإِذَا هُمْ مُظْلِمُونَ(( 37 ))
37- AND THE NIGHT IS A SIGN FOR THEM OF WHICH WE STRIP OUT THE DAY, AND THEY ARE PLUNGED IN DARKNESS.
وَالشَّمْسُ تَجْرِی لِمُسْتَقَرّ لَهَا ذَلِکَ تَقْدِیرُ الْعَزِیزِ الْعَلِیمِ(( 38 ))
38- AND THE SUN RUNS IN AN ORBIT ORDAINED FOR IT; THAT IS THE DISPOSAL OF THE EXALTED IN MIGHT, THE ALL-KNOWING.
وَالْقَمَرَ قَدَّرْنَاهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّى عَادَ کَالْعُرْجُونِ الْقَدِیمِ(( 39 ))
39- AND THE MOONِWE HAVE ORDAINED FOR IT PHASES, (UNDER GOES GRADUAL DIMINUTIONS AFTER BEING AT THE FULL) UNTIL IT APPEARS LIKE AN AGED PALM-BOUGH.
لاَ الشَّمْسُ یَنْبَغِی لَهَا أَنْ تُدْرِکَ الْقَمَرَ وَلاَ الَّیْلُ سَابِقُ النَّهَارِ وَکُلٌّ فِی فَلَک یَسْبَحُونَ(( 40 ))
40- NOR THE SUN IS IN A POSITION TO CATCH THE MOON NEITHER THE NIGHT CAN OUTSTRIP THE DAY, AND EACH OF THEM SWIMS IN AN ORBIT (OF THEIRS).