Ya-Sin 36:40

<h2>Among the Signs of the Might and Power of Allah are the Night and Day, and the Sun and Moon</h2><p>يُغْشِى الَّيْلَ النَّهَارَ يَطْلُبُهُ حَثِيثًا</p><p>(He brings the night as a cover over the day, seeking it rapidly) (7:54). Allah says here:</p><p>وَءَايَةٌ لَّهُمُ الَّيْلُ نَسْلَخُ مِنْهُ النَّهَارَ</p><p>(And a sign for them is the night. We withdraw therefrom the day,) meaning, `We take it away from it, so it goes away and the night comes.' Allah says:</p><p>فَإِذَا هُم مُّظْلِمُونَ</p><p>(and behold, they are in darkness.) As it says in the Hadith:</p><p>«إِذَا أَقْبَلَ اللَّيْلُ مِنْ ههُنَا، وَأَدْبَرَ النَّهَارُ مِنْ ههُنَا، وَغَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ، فَقَدْ أَفْطَرَ الصَّائِم»</p><p>(When the night comes from here, and the day departs from here, and the sun has set, then the fasting person should break his fast.) This is the apparent meaning of the Ayah. Allah's saying:</p><p>وَالشَّمْسُ تَجْرِى لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ لَّهَـا ذَلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَلِيمِ</p><p>(And the sun runs on its fixed course for a term (appointed). That is the decree of the Almighty, the All-Knowing) There are two views over the meaning of the phrase</p><p>لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ لَّهَـا</p><p>(on its fixed course for a term (appointed). ) (The first view) is that it refers to its fixed course of location, which is beneath the Throne, beyond the …

It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor doth the night outstrip the day. They float each in an orbit.

It is not permitted to the Sun to catch up the Moon, nor can the Night outstrip the Day: Each (just) swims along in (its own) orbit (according to Law).

It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor does the night outstrip the day. They all float, each in an orbit.

The sun is not to overtake the moon, nor is the night to outpace the day. Each floats in an orbit.