It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor doth the night outstrip the day. They float each in an orbit. — Yaseen 36:40 Pin
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لَا ٱلشَّمْسُ يَنۢبَغِى لَهَآ أَن تُدْرِكَ ٱلْقَمَرَ وَلَا ٱلَّيْلُ سَابِقُ ٱلنَّهَارِ ۚ وَكُلٌّۭ فِى فَلَكٍۢ يَسْبَحُونَ

It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor doth the night outstrip the day. They float each in an orbit.

Yaseen 36:40

PICKTHALL ENGLISH MEANING

“It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor doth the night outstrip the day. They float each in an orbit.”

Arabic Quran text from the Tanzil Project, reproduced verbatim. English meaning by Marmaduke Pickthall. Translation is not a replacement for the Arabic Quran.

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