Surah Yaseen · Ayah 40·Makkī

40

لَا لَهَآ أَن وَلَا فِى ﴿٤٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

It is not allowable for the sun to reach the moon, nor does the night overtake the day, but each, in an orbit, is swimming.

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 10 roots in 10 of 15 words

Recitation · 20 points across 7 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Lām shamsiyyah3
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Iqlāb4
  • Qalqalah1
  • Light rāʾ3
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

15 words · 57 letters · āyah 40 of 83

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ

    And [by] the night when it departs

  • وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ

    And the moon darkens

  • وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ فِى فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ

    And it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming.

  • وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

    By the sun and its brightness

  • إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

    When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

  • وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ

    And the sun and the moon are joined,

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:335 shared roots

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ فِى فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ

    ف-ل-كق-م-رش-م-سل-ي-لس-ب-ح

  • Fussilat 41:374 shared roots

    وَمِنْ ءَايَٰتِهِ ٱلَّيْلُ وَٱلنَّهَارُ وَٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ لَا تَسْجُدُوا۟ لِلشَّمْسِ وَلَا لِلْقَمَرِ وَٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَهُنَّ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ

    ق-م-رش-م-سل-ي-لن-ه-ر

  • Ibrahim 14:334 shared roots

    وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ دَآئِبَيْنِ وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ

    ق-م-رش-م-سل-ي-لن-ه-ر

  • Al-Qiyaama 75:92 shared roots

    وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ

    ق-م-رش-م-س

  • Ar-Rahmaan 55:52 shared roots

    ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ

    ق-م-رش-م-س

  • An-Nahl 16:124 shared roots

    وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ وَٱلنُّجُومُ مُسَخَّرَٰتٌۢ بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

    ق-م-رش-م-سل-ي-لن-ه-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 36:40?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 36:40 include Quran 74:33 (Surah Al-Muddaththir), Quran 75:8 (Surah Al-Qiyaama), Quran 21:33 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), and Quran 91:1 (Surah Ash-Shams). For example, 74:33 reads: “And [by] the night when it departs” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 36:40 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 36:40 (Surah Yaseen, Yaseen) reads: “It is not allowable for the sun to reach the moon, nor does the night overtake the day, but each, in an orbit, is swimming.”

Which surah is verse 36:40 in?

Quran 36:40 is āyah 40 of Surah Yaseen (Yaseen), chapter 36 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 83 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 36:40?

Tartīl presents Quran 36:40 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.