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Ya-Sin 36:40

لَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ يَنۢبَغِي لَهَآ أَن تُدۡرِكَ ٱلۡقَمَرَ وَلَا ٱلَّيۡلُ سَابِقُ ٱلنَّهَارِۚ وَكُلّٞ فِي فَلَكٖ يَسۡبَحُونَ

It is not for the sun to catch up with the moon, nor does the night outrun the day. Each is travelling in an orbit of their own.

Word by word

لَا
lā
Not
Vocabulary
ٱلشَّمۡسُ
l-shamsu
the sun
Vocabulary
Root: شمس
يَنۢبَغِي
yanbaghī
is permitted
Vocabulary
Root: بغي
لَهَآ
lahā
for it
Vocabulary
أَن
an
that
Vocabulary
تُدۡرِكَ
tud'rika
it overtakes
Vocabulary
Root: درك
ٱلۡقَمَرَ
l-qamara
the moon
Vocabulary
Root: قمر
وَلَا
walā
and not
Vocabulary
ٱلَّيۡلُ
al-laylu
the night
Vocabulary
Root: ليل
سَابِقُ
sābiqu
(can) outstrip
Vocabulary
Root: سبق
ٱلنَّهَارِۚ
l-nahāri
the day
Vocabulary
Root: نهر
وَكُلّٞ
wakullun
but all
Vocabulary
Root: كلل
فِي
fī
in
Vocabulary
فَلَكٖ
falakin
an orbit
Vocabulary
Root: فلك
يَسۡبَحُونَ
yasbaḥūna
they are floating
Vocabulary
Root: سبح

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.