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Ya-Seen (Ya-sin)
Verse 38
Translation:
38. And the Sun runs his course for a period determined for him: that is the decree of (Him) the exalted in Might the All-Knowing.
Notes (Tafseer):
3983. Mustaqarr may mean: (1) a limit of time, a period determined, as in vi. 67, or (2) a place of rest or quiescence; or (3) a dwelling place, as in ii. 36. I think the first meaning is best applicable here; but some Commentators take the second meaning. In that case the simile would be that of the sun running a race while he is visible to us, and taking a rest during the night to prepare himself to renew his race the following day. His stay with the antipodes appears to us as his period of rest.
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