Transliteration:( Wash-shamsu tajree limustaqarril lahaa; zaalika taqdeerul 'Azeezil Aleem )
55. This tells us that the heavens and the earth are anchored and the stars are floating in them. There is no established proof regarding the movement of the heavens and the earth. The movement of the sun, too, is until its appointed time, i.e. until the Day of Judgement.
56. By this permanence is meant the Day of Judgement or stages of the beginning and end of the sun.
57. In this calculation and estimation of Allah Almighty there are numerous wisdoms. Seasons, time, etc. are all established in this.
The tafsir of Surah Yaseen verse 38 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Yaseen ayat 37 which provides the complete commentary from verse 37 through 40.
33. “Place of rest” may either mean the place where the sun will ultimately come to a halt, or the time when it will come to a halt. The true meaning of this verse can be determined only when man has attained the full and exact knowledge of the realities of the universe. But man’s knowledge is such that it has been changing in every age and what he seems to know today might change tomorrow. The people of the ancient times on the basis of their observations of the sun believed that it was moving round the earth. Then after further research and observation the view became that the sun was stationary and all the planets of the solar system were revolving round it. But this theory also did not last long. The later observations revealed that not only the sun but all the stars are also moving in a particular direction, at speeds of 10 to 100 miles per second. About the sun the modern astronomers hold the view that it is moving at a speed of 20 kilometers (about 12 miles) per second along with its whole family of the planets. (See Star and Sun in Encyclopedia Britannica).
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