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Muhammad Asad   
and [fail to see that] it is He who has created the night and the day and the sun and the moon - all of them floating through space
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
And He is the One Who created the day and the night, the sun and the moon—each travelling in an orbit.
Safi Kaskas   
And It is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; each floating in its orbit.

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Arabic   
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِی خَلَقَ ٱلَّیۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَۖ كُلࣱّ فِی فَلَكࣲ یَسۡبَحُونَ ۝٣٣
Transliteration (2021)   
wahuwa alladhī khalaqa al-layla wal-nahāra wal-shamsa wal-qamara kullun fī falakin yasbaḥūn
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
And He (is) the One Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon; each in an orbit floating.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
and [fail to see that] it is He who has created the night and the day and the sun and the moon - all of them floating through space
M. M. Pickthall   
And He it is Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. They float, each in an orbit
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
It is He Who created the Night and the Day, and the sun and the moon: all (the celestial bodies) swim along, each in its rounded course
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
And He is the One Who created the day and the night, the sun and the moon—each travelling in an orbit.
Safi Kaskas   
And It is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; each floating in its orbit.
Wahiduddin Khan   
It is He who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each gliding in its orbit
Shakir   
And He it is Who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all (orbs) travel along swiftly in their celestial spheres
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
And it is He Who created the nighttime and the daytime, the sun and the moon, each swimming in orbit.
T.B.Irving   
He is the One Who has created night and daylight, and the sun and the moon; each floats along in an orbit.
Abdul Hye   
And it is He Who has created the night, the day, the sun, and the moon, each in a floating orbit (of their own).
The Study Quran   
He it is Who created the night and the day, the sun and the moon, each gliding in an orbit
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
It is He who created the night, the day, the sun, and the moon, each gliding in an orbit.
Talal Itani (2012)   
It is He who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon; each floating in an orbit
Dr. Kamal Omar   
And He it is Who created the night and the day; and the sun and the moon. All (these) move swiftly in an orbit (in space
M. Farook Malik   
He is the One Who has created the night and the day and the sun and the moon: all (the celestial bodies) move swiftly in an orbit of their own
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
And He (is) The One Who created the night and the daytime, and the sun and the moon, each swimming in an orbit
Muhammad Sarwar   
It is God who has created the night, the day, the Sun, and Moon and has made them swim in a certain orbit
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
He is the One who has created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each floating in an orbit
Shabbir Ahmed   
And He it is Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. They swim along each in an orbit
Dr. Munir Munshey   
And He is the One Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. Each is afloat in its orbit
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
And it is He Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon: All (the heavenly bodies) go along, each in its rounded path
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
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
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
He is the One who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each swimming in an orbit
Abdel Haleem   
It is He who created night and day, the sun and the moon, each floating in its orbit
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
And He it is Who hath created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each in an orb floating
Ahmed Ali   
It is He who created night and day, the sun and the moon, revolving on its orbit
Aisha Bewley   
It is He who created night and day and the sun and moon, each one swimming in a sphere.
Ali Ünal   
It is He Who has created the night and the day and the sun and the moon. Every one (of such celestial bodies) floats in its orbit
Ali Quli Qara'i   
It is He who created the night and the day, the sun and the moon, each swimming in an orbit
Hamid S. Aziz   
He it is who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, they float each in their orbit
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
And He is the One Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon each one floating (and moving) in an orbit.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
It is He Who created the night and the day, and the Sun and the Moon each float along in its orbit
Musharraf Hussain   
He created night and day, sun and moon, each one moving in its orbit.
Maududi   
It is He Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. Each of them is floating in its orbit
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
And He is the One who has created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each swimming in an orbit.
Mohammad Shafi   
And He it is Who created the night and the day, the sun and the moon. All in orbit float

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
And it is He Who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon. Each one is floating in a circumference.
Rashad Khalifa   
And He is the One who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon; each floating in its own orbit.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
It is He who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon; each floating in an orbit
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
And He it is Who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon. All float in orbits
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
And He is who created the night and the daytime, and the sun and the moon, every/all in (an) orbit/circuit floating
Bijan Moeinian   
He is the One Who has created the night and the day (by ordering the earth to turn around itself,) and the sun and the moon which turn on their orbit and float (in the space.
Faridul Haque   
And it is He Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon; each one floats in an orbit
Sher Ali   
And HE it is Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each gliding along smoothly in its orbit
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
And (Allah) is He Who created the night and the day, and (also) the sun and the moon. All (heavenly bodies) are continually floating fast in their respective orbits
Amatul Rahman Omar   
And it is He Who created the night and the day, the sun and the moon. They are all gliding along smoothly in (their respective) orbits
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
And He it is Who has created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each in an orbit floating

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
It is He who created the night and the day, the sun and the moon, each swimming in a sky
George Sale   
It is He who hath created the night, and the day, and the sun, and the moon; all the celestial bodies move swiftly, each in its respective orb
Edward Henry Palmer   
He it is who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each floating in a sky
John Medows Rodwell   
And He it is who hath created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each moving swiftly in its sphere
N J Dawood (2014)   
And He it is who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon: each moves swiftly in an orbit of its own

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
It is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon, each coursing in an orbit.
Munir Mezyed   
And He is the One Who created the night and day, the sun and the moon- each floating in its own orbit.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
And He is who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon, each travels in an orbit.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
And it is He who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each floating in an orbit.
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
He created the night and the day and the sun and the moon. They all swim, each to its own path.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
He is the One Who has created night and daylight, and the sun and the moon; each floats along in an orbit.
Samy Mahdy   
And We set up the sky as a preserved ceiling, while they are about Our verses averting.
Sayyid Qutb   
It is He who has created the night and the day and the sun and the moon: each moves swiftly in its own orbit.
Thomas Cleary   
And God it is who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each swimming in an orbit.
Ahmed Hulusi   
It is HU who has created the night, the day, the Sun and the Moon. Each traverses its own orbit (in the ocean of waves – energy)!
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
And He it is Who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon. They float, each in an orbit
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
And He is it Who created the night and the day, the sun and the moon, each describing its own orbit
Mir Aneesuddin   
And We made the sky a guarded roof elevated and inclined (spherical), yet they turn away from its signs.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
It is He Who created the Night and the Day, and the sun and the moon: all (the celestial bodies) swim along, each in its rounded course
OLD Literal Word for Word   
And He (is) the One Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon; each in an orbit floating
OLD Transliteration   
Wahuwa allathee khalaqa allayla waalnnahara waalshshamsa waalqamara kullun fee falakin yasbahoona