He directs the matter from the heaven to the earth; then it rises to Him in a day the measure whereof is a thousand years of what you count.
| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yudabbiru | He regulates | دبر |
| 2 | l-amra | the affair | امر |
| 3 | mina | of | |
| 4 | l-samāi | the heaven | سمو |
| 5 | ilā | to | |
| 6 | l-arḍi | the earth | ارض |
| 7 | thumma | then | |
| 8 | yaʿruju | it will ascend | عرج |
| 9 | ilayhi | to Him | |
| 10 | fī | in | |
| 11 | yawmin | a Day | يوم |
| 12 | kāna | (the) measure of which is | كون |
| 13 | miq'dāruhu | (the) measure of which is | قدر |
| 14 | alfa | a thousand | الف |
| 15 | sanatin | years | سنو |
| 16 | mimmā | of what | |
| 17 | taʿuddūna | you count | عدد |
He directs the whole affair from heaven to earth. Then it will again ascend to Him on a Day whose length is a thousand years by the way you measure.
He arranges matters from the heaven to the Earth, then it ascends to Him in a day which is equivalent to one thousand of the years which you count.
He governs all that exists, from the celestial Highs to the Lows. And all things evolve higher to what they are meant to be in such stages where a single Day before Him equals a thousand years according to your count. (22:47, 35:10. And some of these stages span fifty thousand years each, of your count 70:4).
He directs the matter from the heaven to the earth; then it rises to Him in a day the measure whereof is a thousand years of what you count.
He arranges matters from the heaven to the earth, then it ascends to Him in a day which is equivalent to one thousand of the years which you count.
He arranges matters from the heaven to the earth, and then it ascends to Him in a day which is equivalent to one thousand of the years which you count.
All matters are controlled by Him from the heaven to the earth. To Him, the day is equivalent to one thousand of your years.
He regulates all affairs from high to low, then they rise to perfection step by step in a (heavenly) day whose measure is a thousand years of your reckoning.
He arranges matter from the heaven to the earth; then it will ascend to Him in a Day, the extent of which is a thousand years of those which you count.
He governs all that exists, from the celestial space to the earth; and in the end all shall ascend unto Him on a Day the length whereof will be a thousand years of your reckoning.
He directeth the ordinance from the heaven unto the earth; then it ascendeth unto Him in a Day, whereof the measure is a thousand years of that ye reckon.
He governs from the heaven to the earth and then the record (of this governance) goes up to Him in a day whose measure is a thousand years in your reckoning.*
He conducts all affairs and all matters of His created beings from the heavens above down to the earth below and the process bounds back to Him over a period of a day, determined by His own unit of time, amounting to one thousand years of those you -people- count according to your earthly calendar*.
Everything is controlled by God through His established administrative system. His orders are sent to the far most corner of the universe, and the response is beamed back to Him, in a day of His calendar which is equal to one thousand years of your calendar.
He manages and regulates (every) affair from the heavens to the earth; then it (affair) will go up to Him, in one Day, the space whereof is a thousand years of your reckoning (i.e. reckoning of our present world’s time).
He rules (all) affairs from the heavens to the earth: in the end will (all affairs) go up to Him, on a Day, the space whereof will be (as) a thousand years of your reckoning.
He conducts every affair from the heavens to the earth, then it all ascends to Him on a Day whose length is a thousand years by your counting.
He manages (every) matter from the sky to the earth, then it (every matter) will ascend to Him in a day the measure of which is one thousand years according to the way you count.
He runs everything, from the heavens to the earth, and everything will ascend to Him in the end, on a Day that will measure a thousand years in your reckoning.
He directs the affair from heaven to earth, then it goes up to Him in one day, whose measure is a thousand years of your counting.
He governs the affair from the heaven unto the earth; then shall it ascend to him in a day, the measure of which is as a thousand years of what ye number.
Allah is He Who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six Days (periods), and He mounted the Throne (of authority); you have not besides Him any guardian or any intercessor, will you not then remember?
He conducts the Command from the heaven to the earth; thereafter it winds up (i. e., to ascend with difficalty) to Him in (one) Day, whose determined (length) is a thousand years of what you number.
He governeth all things from heaven even to the earth: Hereafter shall they return unto Him, on the day whose length shall be a thousand years, of those which ye compute.
He (Allah) rules (over all) affairs from the heavens to the earth; Then in the end (all affairs) will go up to Him, in one Day, where the space will be a thousand years of your (worldly) understanding.
He plans the scheme from the heaven (and sends it) to the earth, then it shall ascend to Him in (the course of) a day the duration of which is a thousand years according to your computation (in this world).
He directs the command from the heaven to the earth; then it ascends toward Him in a day whose span is a thousand years by your reckoning.