لَا الشَّمْسُ يَنْبَغِي لَهَا أَنْ تُدْرِكَ الْقَمَرَ وَلَا اللَّيْلُ سَابِقُ النَّهَارِ ۚ وَكُلٌّ فِي فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Neither can the sun overtake the moon, nor the night outpace the day: Each of them keeps coursing in its orbit.
Ahmed Raza Khan
It is not for the sun to catch up with the moon, nor does the night surpass the day; and each one of them floats in its orbit.
Arberry
It behoves not the sun to overtake the moon, neither does the night outstrip the day, each swimming in a sky.
Asad
[and] neither may the sun overtake the moon, nor can the night usurp the time of day, since all of them float through space [in accordance with Our laws].
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.
Hilali & Khan
It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor does the night outstrip the day. They all float, each in an orbit.
ClearQuran - God
The sun is not to overtake the moon, nor is the night to outpace the day. Each floats in an orbit.
ClearQuran - Allah
The sun is not to overtake the moon, nor is the night to outpace the day. Each floats in an orbit.
Community - God
The sun is not to overtake the moon, nor is the night to outpace the day. Each glides in an orbit.
Community - Allah
The sun is not to overtake the moon, nor is the night to outpace the day. Each glides in an orbit.
Khattab
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.
Maududi
Neither does it lie in the sun's power to overtake the moon nor can the night outstrip the day. All glide along, each in its own orbit.
Mubarakpuri
It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor does the night outstrip the day. They all float, each in an orbit.
Pickthall
It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor doth the night outstrip the day. They float each in an orbit.
Qarai
Neither it behooves the sun to overtake the moon, nor may the night outrun the day, and each swims in an orbit.
Qaribullah & Darwish
The sun shall not outstrip the moon, nor shall the night outstrip the day. Each is floating in an orbit.
Saheeh International
It is not allowable for the sun to reach the moon, nor does the night overtake the day, but each, in an orbit, is swimming.
Sarwar
how the sun is not supposed to catch-up with the moon, nor is the night to precede the day. All of them are to float in a certain orbit;
Shakir
Neither is it allowable to the sun that it should overtake the moon, nor can the night outstrip the day; and all float on in a sphere.
Transliteration
La alshshamsu yanbaghee laha an tudrika alqamara wala allaylu sabiqu alnnahari wakullun fee falakin yasbahoona
Transliteration 2
lā l-shamsu yanbaghī lahā an tud'rika l-qamara walā al-laylu sābiqu l-nahāri wakullun fī falakin yasbaḥūna
Wahiduddin Khan
The sun cannot overtake the moon, nor can the night outpace the day: each floats in [its own] orbit.
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).
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