Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And the night when it retreats,

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  • Aisha Bewley

    and the night when it withdraws

  • Progressive Muslims

    And by the night when it withdraws.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And the Night when it departs.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And the night when it retreats,

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    And by the night when it withdraws.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    By the night when it passes.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    And the night as it passes.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    And the night when on the wane,

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    And the night when it departs

  • Muhammad Asad

    Consider the night when it departs,

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And the night when it withdraweth

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    and by the night when it recedes,

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    and by the night as it retreats and falls into a swoon,

  • Bijan Moeinian

    And by the night that passes by.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And by the night when it withdraws.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    And by the Night as it retreateth,

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    and the night as it retreats,

  • Taqi Usmani

    and by the night when it goes back,

  • Abdul Haleem

    By the departing night!

  • Arthur John Arberry

    and the night when it retreats

  • E. Henry Palmer

    And the night when it retires!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And by the night when it departs,

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And the night as it with draws,

  • George Sale

    and the night when it retreateth,

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And by the night, as it leaves,

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    And also the night when it departs,

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    By the night when it recedes!