Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And the night when he departs!

وَالَّيْلِ اِذَا يَسْرِۚ
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  • Aisha Bewley

    and the night when it travels on,

  • Progressive Muslims

    And the night when it passes.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And Witness to the Truth is the departing of the Night of Ignorance.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And the night when he departs!

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    And the night when it passes.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    The night when it passes.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    By the night as it passes.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    The night as it advances,

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

    And the night when it passes,

  • Muhammad Asad

    Consider the night as it runs its course!

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And the night when it departeth,

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    and by the night when it departs.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    And by the night when it flows along its way, then it softly moves away;

  • Bijan Moeinian

    and by the night when it turns into the day.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And by the night when it departs.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    And by the Night when it passeth away;-

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    and the night when it passes!

  • Taqi Usmani

    and by the night when it moves away,

  • Abdul Haleem

    by the passing night––

  • Arthur John Arberry

    by the night when it journeys on!

  • E. Henry Palmer

    And the night when it travels on!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And the night when it passes on!

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And (by) the night when it departs, (Or: sets forth passing away).

  • George Sale

    and by the night when it cometh on:

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And by the night when it passes away; —

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    And the Night (- Lailatul-Qadr, the Blessed Night), when it moves on (to its close).

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    by the night when it departs!