← Surah 36

36:39

وَٱلْقَمَرَ قَدَّرْنَـٰهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّىٰ عَادَ كَٱلْعُرْجُونِ ٱلْقَدِيمِ

Word by word

وَٱلْقَمَرَ
And the moon
Noun
Root: قمر
قَدَّرْنَٰهُ
We have ordained for it
Verb
Root: قدر
مَنَازِلَ
phases
Noun
Root: نزل
حَتَّىٰ
until
Preposition
عَادَ
it returns
Verb
Root: عود
كَٱلْعُرْجُونِ
like the date stalk
Noun
Root: عرجن
ٱلْقَدِيمِ
the old
Noun
Root: قدم

Translation

And the Moon,- We have measured for her mansions (to traverse) till she returns like the old (and withered) lower part of a date-stalk.

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

Ay'a gelince, ona menziller tayin ettik. Nihayet o eski hurma salkımının çöpü gibi (yay haline) dönmüştür.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

Aya da eski bir hurma dalı gibi oluncaya kadar birtakım evreler belirledik.

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

And for the moon We have appointed mansions till she return like an old shrivelled palm-leaf.

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain