And the sun hasteneth to her resting-place.—This is the ordinance of the Mighty, the Wise!—
And for the moon we have decreed his mansions, till he is wasted to the likeness of a withered palm-branch.
It is not meet that the sun should overtake the moon, nor the night outstrip the day; but each doth swim in its sphere.
And it is a sign for them that we carry their offspring in the burthened ship;
And that we create for them the like of it to ride on;
And if we please, we drown them, and there is no succour for them, nor are they delivered,
Save in our mercy, and for a transient joy.
And when it is said to them, “Fear what is before you and what is behind you; haply ye may obtain mercy:”
Thou bringest not one sign of the signs of their Lord but they turn away from it!
And when it is said to them, “Give alms of what God hath bestowed on you,” they who disbelieve say to those who believe, “Shall we feed him whom God can feed if He pleases? verily ye are only in manifest error.”