Quran with English_Maududi translation - Surah Ya-Sin ayat 40 - يسٓ - Page - Juz 23
﴿لَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ يَنۢبَغِي لَهَآ أَن تُدۡرِكَ ٱلۡقَمَرَ وَلَا ٱلَّيۡلُ سَابِقُ ٱلنَّهَارِۚ وَكُلّٞ فِي فَلَكٖ يَسۡبَحُونَ ﴾
[يسٓ: 40]
﴿لا الشمس ينبغي لها أن تدرك القمر ولا الليل سابق النهار وكل﴾ [يسٓ: 40]
| Abdel Haleem The sun cannot overtake the moon, nor can the night outrun the day: each floats in [its own] orbit |
| Abdul Hye The sun is neither permitted to overtake the moon nor does the night outstrip the day. They all each float in its own orbit |
| Abdullah Yusuf Ali It is not permitted to the Sun to catch up the Moon, nor can the Night outstrip the Day: Each (just) swims along in (its own) orbit (according to Law) |
| Abdul Majid Daryabadi It is not permitted to the sun that it should overtake the moon, nor can the night outstrip the day: each in an orbit, they float |
| Ahmed Ali Neither can the sun overtake the moon, nor the night outpace the day: Each of them keeps coursing in its orbit |
| Aisha Bewley It is not for the sun to overtake the moon nor for the night to outstrip the day; each one is swimming in a sphere |
| A. J. Arberry It behoves not the sun to overtake the moon, neither does the night outstrip the day, each swimming in a sky |
| Ali Quli Qarai Neither it behooves the sun to overtake the moon, nor may the night outrun the day, and each swims in an orbit |