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Surah 21. Al-Anbiya, Ayah 33

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وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ ۖ كُلٌّ فِى فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ
Wahuwa alla th ee khalaqa allayla wa al nnah a ra wa al shshamsa wa a lqamara kullun fee falakin yasba h oon a
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!
  - Mohammad Asad
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 Farooq-i-Azam Malik
And He is the One Who created the day and the night, the sun and the moon- each travelling in an orbit.
  - Mustafa Khattab
And He it is Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. They float, each in an orbit.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
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. 2695
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

I have indicated, unlike most translators, the metaphor of swimming implied in the original words: how beautiful it is to contemplate the heavenly bodies swimming through space (or ether) in their rounded courses before our gaze!

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