71. Surah Nuh, Verse 16
And made the moon therein a light and made the sun a torch?
Translations
Notes
Aisha Bewley
and placed the moon as a light in them and made the sun a blazing lamp?
Progressive Muslims
"And He made the moon to illuminate in them, and He made the sun to be a lit flame"
Shabbir Ahmed
And made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a radiant lamp.
Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation
And made the moon therein a light and made the sun a torch?
The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation
"And He made the moon to illuminate in them, and He made the sun to be a lamp?"
Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament
He designed the moon therein to be a light, and placed the sun to be a lamp.
Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
And has placed the moon therein, an illumination, and has placed the sun, a lighted lamp?
Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)
And made the moon therein a light and made the sun a burning lamp?
Muhammad Asad
and has set up within them the moon as a light and set up the sun as a lamp?
Marmaduke Pickthall
And hath made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp?
Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary
and has placed the moon in them as a light, and the sun as a radiant lamp?
Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab
"How in all amid them stood the moon - the satellite of the earth dispensing light to dispel the darkness of the night, and He made the sun candescent and a body giving natural light "
Bijan Moeinian
How do you dare to rebel against the One who created the sun which sends out the light and the moon which reflects the light.
Al-Hilali & Khan
And has made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp?
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
"'And made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun as a (Glorious) Lamp?
Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran
placing the moon within them as a ˹reflected˺ light, and the sun as a ˹radiant˺ lamp?
Taqi Usmani
and has made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp?
Abdul Haleem
placed the moon as a light in them and the sun as a lamp,
Arthur John Arberry
and set the moon therein for a light and the sun for a lamp?
E. Henry Palmer
and has set the moon therein for a light, and set the sun for a lamp?
Hamid S. Aziz
"'And made the moon therein a light, and made the sun a lamp?
Mahmoud Ghali
And He has made the moon therein for a light, and He has made the sun for a luminary?
George Sale
and hath placed the moon therein for a light, and hath appointed the sun for a taper?
Syed Vickar Ahamed
" ‘And made the moon a light in the middle, and made the sun as a (glorious) lamp,
Amatul Rahman Omar
`And He has set the moon in their midst for light and the sun He has made as a glorious lamp.
Ali Quli Qarai
and has made therein the moon for a light, and the sun for a lamp?