Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 33 (21:33)

ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ ۖ كُلٌّ فِى فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ

Quran 21:33 is ayah 33 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 324 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:33
وَهُوَٱلَّذِىخَلَقَٱلَّيْلَوَٱلنَّهَارَوَٱلشَّمْسَوَٱلْقَمَرَ ۖكُلٌّفِىفَلَكٍيَسْبَحُونَ٣٣
wahuwa alladhī khalaqa al-layla wal-nahāra wal-shamsa wal-qamara kullun fī falakin yasbaḥūna

And it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming.(33)

Word by word

  1. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
  2. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
  3. خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
  4. ٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe night
  5. وَٱلنَّهَارَwal-nahāraand the day
  6. وَٱلشَّمْسَwal-shamsaand the sun
  7. وَٱلْقَمَرَ ۖwal-qamaraand the moon
  8. كُلٌّkulluneach
  9. فِىfīin
  10. فَلَكٍfalakinan orbit
  11. يَسْبَحُونَyasbaḥūnafloating

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