It was also said: Neither of them enters into the domain of the other: the sun does not rise at night, nor does the moon rise by day while it has light. When they come together and each catches up with the other, the Day of Resurrection will come to pass.

It was also said: “It is not for the sun to overtake the moon,” meaning, it does not join it in a single orbit; “nor does the night outstrip the day,” meaning, one night does not directly follow another without a separating day between them.

“Each floats in an orbit,” that is, they move along.