Surah Ar-Rahman, Ayah 5 (55:5)

ٱلرَّحْمَٰن

ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ

Quran 55:5 is ayah 5 of Surah Ar-Rahman (“The Beneficent”), a Medinan surah of 78 ayahs. It is in Juz 27, on page 531 of the Madani Mushaf.

55:5
ٱلشَّمْسُوَٱلْقَمَرُبِحُسْبَانٍ٥
al-shamsu wal-qamaru biḥus'bānin

The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation,(5)

Word by word

  1. ٱلشَّمْسُal-shamsuThe sun
  2. وَٱلْقَمَرُwal-qamaruand the moon
  3. بِحُسْبَانٍbiḥus'bāninby (precise) calculation

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