Celestial Signs

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.

وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ

By the star when it descends,

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلشِّعْرَىٰ

And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

So I swear by the retreating stars -

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ

By the sky and the night comer

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

And [by] the day when it displays it