سُبحانَ الَّذي خَلَقَ الأَزواجَ كُلَّها مِمّا تُنبِتُ الأَرضُ وَمِن أَنفُسِهِم وَمِمّا لا يَعلَمونَ

Exalted is He who created all pairs - from what the earth grows and from themselves and from that which they do not know.

وَآيَةٌ لَهُمُ اللَّيلُ نَسلَخُ مِنهُ النَّهارَ فَإِذا هُم مُظلِمونَ

And a sign for them is the night. We remove from it [the light of] day, so they are [left] in darkness.

وَالشَّمسُ تَجري لِمُستَقَرٍّ لَها ۚ ذٰلِكَ تَقديرُ العَزيزِ العَليمِ

And the sun runs [on course] toward its stopping point. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

وَالقَمَرَ قَدَّرناهُ مَنازِلَ حَتّىٰ عادَ كَالعُرجونِ القَديمِ

And the moon - We have determined for it phases, until it returns [appearing] like the old date stalk.

لَا الشَّمسُ يَنبَغي لَها أَن تُدرِكَ القَمَرَ وَلَا اللَّيلُ سابِقُ النَّهارِ ۚ وَكُلٌّ في فَلَكٍ يَسبَحونَ

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.

وَخَلَقنا لَهُم مِن مِثلِهِ ما يَركَبونَ

And We created for them from the likes of it that which they ride.

وَإِن نَشَأ نُغرِقهُم فَلا صَريخَ لَهُم وَلا هُم يُنقَذونَ

And if We should will, We could drown them; then no one responding to a cry would there be for them, nor would they be saved

إِلّا رَحمَةً مِنّا وَمَتاعًا إِلىٰ حينٍ

Except as a mercy from Us and provision for a time.

وَإِذا قيلَ لَهُمُ اتَّقوا ما بَينَ أَيديكُم وَما خَلفَكُم لَعَلَّكُم تُرحَمونَ

But when it is said to them, "Beware of what is before you and what is behind you; perhaps you will receive mercy... "

وَما تَأتيهِم مِن آيَةٍ مِن آياتِ رَبِّهِم إِلّا كانوا عَنها مُعرِضينَ

And no sign comes to them from the signs of their Lord except that they are from it turning away.