أرى الكون في الصورة.

A careful MSA reading is:

أَرَى الْكَوْنَ فِي الصُّورَةِ

A simple transliteration is arā al-kawna fī aṣ-ṣūrati.

A few pronunciation notes:

• أرى = arā
• الكون = al-kawn
• الصورة = aṣ-ṣūrah / aṣ-ṣūrati, because the ل of ال assimilates to ص

In everyday reading, many speakers do not fully pronounce case endings, so you may also hear something closer to arā al-kawn fī aṣ-ṣūrah.

Because أرى already means I see. In Arabic, the verb often includes the subject.

So:

• أرى = I see
• ترى = you see or she sees, depending on context
• يرى = he sees

You can add أنا for emphasis, but it is not necessary:

• أنا أرى الكون في الصورة = I see the universe in the picture

No. Here ى is alif maqṣūrah, and it usually represents a final long ā sound.

So أرى is pronounced arā, not aray or arī.

This spelling is common in words that end historically with a weak letter. It is something you will see often in Arabic.

It comes from the verb رأى, meaning to see.

This verb is somewhat irregular. One important thing learners notice is that the hamza behaves unusually:

• past: رأى = he saw
• present: يرى = he sees
• present, 1st person: أرى = I see

So even though the dictionary form has a hamza in the middle, the present-tense forms often look simpler.

Because it has الـ, the Arabic definite article, so الكون means the universe or the cosmos.

Without الـ, كون would be a universe or existence/being, depending on context. In this sentence, the definite form is the natural one.

Yes. In fully vocalized MSA, the direct object is accusative, so it would be:

الكونَ

That is why the fully vocalized sentence is:

أَرَى الْكَوْنَ فِي الصُّورَةِ

However, normal Arabic writing usually leaves off short vowels and case endings, so you commonly see simply الكون.

في is a preposition meaning in. After a preposition, the noun is normally in the genitive case.

So in fully vocalized Arabic:

• في الصورةِ

The kasrah at the end of الصورةِ marks the genitive. Again, in ordinary writing that ending is usually not written.

Because ص is a sun letter. With sun letters, the ل of الـ is not pronounced; instead, the next consonant is doubled.

So:

• written: الصورة
• pronounced: aṣ-ṣūrah

By contrast, ك in الكون is a moon letter, so the ل is pronounced:

• الكون = al-kawn

Yes, صورة is grammatically feminine. One common clue is the ending ة, called tāʾ marbūṭah.

That ending often marks feminine nouns, though not always. In pause, it is usually pronounced -ah, so صورة sounds like ṣūrah. When grammatical endings are added, the t sound appears, as in الصورةِ = aṣ-ṣūrati.

Yes. Arabic word order is more flexible than English word order.

The sentence أرى الكون في الصورة is a natural, neutral order: I see the universe in the picture.

You could also say:

• في الصورة أرى الكون

This puts more emphasis on in the picture. The meaning stays similar, but the focus changes.

In this sentence, it most naturally means that the universe is seen within the picture.

So the idea is: I see the universe in the picture.
This is very similar to how English works: the phrase in the picture attaches naturally to what is being seen.

Context can always affect interpretation, but this is the normal reading here.