The Holy Quran 36:39 — Surah Ya-Sin

Arabic text

وَٱلْقَمَرَ قَدَّرْنَـٰهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّىٰ عَادَ كَٱلْعُرْجُونِ ٱلْقَدِيمِ

Translation

We have stipulated (determined) stations (phases) for the (waxing and waning of the) moon, until (after it passes the waning phase at the end of the month) it returns (to a state when it looks) like a branch of an old date palm.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The stations of the moon: unlike the sun, the moon does not always remain the same, but wanes and waxes daily. Allah has fixed twenty-eight stations for it. It passes through them stage by stage in a set order. In the first verse night and day were described; then the sun was mentioned, by which years and seasons are formed.

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