The Quran

سورة القِیَامَة

Surah Al-Qiyâmah 75:9

The Resurrection · Verse 9 of 40

وَجُمِعَ الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And the sun and the moon will be brought together.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And the sun and moon are joined together,-

Ahmed Ali

And the sun and moon are conjoined,

12 more translations

Ali Unal

And the sun and the moon are joined together,

Daryabadi

And the sun and the moon shall be joined.

Faridul Haque

And the sun and the moon will be united.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the sun and the moon are brought together --

Maulvi Sher Ali

And the sun and the moon are brought together,

Muhammad Asad

and the sun and the moon are brought together -

Muhammad Musin Khan

And the sun and moon will be joined together (by going one into the other or folded up or deprived of their light, etc.)

Muhammad Pickthall

And sun and moon are united,

Muhammad Sarwar

and the sun and the moon are brought together,

Muhammed ali Shakir

And the sun and the moon are brought together,

Rashad Khalifa

And the sun and the moon crash into one another.

Shabbir Ahmed

And the sun and the moon are brought together.

Commentary 75:9 Metaphorically, the sun stands for Divine light and the moon for the Prophets. When the earth faces the moon and the moon faces the sun, the earth…

وَجُمِعَ الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ

75:9 Metaphorically, the sun stands for Divine light and the moon for the Prophets. When the earth faces the moon and the moon faces the sun, the earth receives the light. Similarly, Divine Light like the light of the sun sheds light on the moon and that moon in return shines on the earth at night. The light of the moon is not its own light, but borrowed light from the sun. The uniting of the sun and the moon may also be physical, thus bringing the life in the solar system to an end, heralding in the Day of Resurrection. The expression - the sun and the moon will be brought together also refers to the solar eclipse and the lunar eclipse occurring within a very short period of each other. Metaphorically, it may imply the coming together and uniting of nations with the moon as their symbol (on their banners and in their calendar - which are the Islamic nations), and of most non-Islamic countries with the sun as their symbol of power (on their banners and in their calendar).