وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ ۖ كُلٌّ فِى فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ Qur’an Al-Anbiya (21:33)Wahuwa alla th ee khalaqa allayla wa al nnah a ra wa al shshamsa wa a lqamara kullun fee falakin yasba h oon a
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!