Surah Yaseen (36) — Ayah 39
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
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➋ This is the third argument: like the sun, the moon does not always remain in one form, rather it waxes and wanes daily. Allah Almighty has fixed twenty-eight stages for it in which it appears. Then, after being hidden for one or two days, it rises again. On the first night, it is like a thin, crooked line whose light is also dim, then it increases until on the fourteenth night it becomes fully bright, then it decreases until on the twenty-eighth night it returns to the same state which Allah Almighty has likened to an old, crooked, lifeless stalk of a date palm. For millions of years, the waxing and waning and rising and setting of the moon has continued in this way. For One with such immense power and perfect knowledge, how difficult can it be to resurrect man?
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
39. 2 That is, when it reaches the last station, it becomes very thin and small, like an old date stalk that has dried and become bent. From these very cycles of the moon, people calculate their days, months, and years, and determine the timings of their acts of worship.
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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The Phases of the Moon and the Lunar Mansions:
The sun always rises from the east and sets in the west in the evening. Its shape also remains the same, so there is never any change in its routine. However, the matter of the moon is entirely different from this. At the beginning of any lunar month, it appears in the west and looks just like a thin crescent, which the Quran has likened to an old and dry date stalk, and it is called the hilal (crescent). On the second day, it becomes a bit thicker and appears shifted towards the east. In this way, it keeps getting thicker day by day and keeps changing its shapes, and the moon keeps forming until after seven days it rises directly overhead and takes the shape of a half-circle. Then, on the fourteenth day, it rises from the east and is completely round. Thus, every day it changes its shape and every day its mansion is different. Then it starts waning and again takes the shape of a crescent as before. These are the mansions appointed by Allah Almighty for the moon.
