Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And by the night and what it envelops!

وَالَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَۙ
Wallayli wama wasaq
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1wa-al-layliAnd the nightليل
2wamāand what
3wasaqait envelopsوسق
  • Aisha Bewley

    and the night and all it shrouds,

  • Progressive Muslims

    And the night and what it is driven on.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And the Night and all that it enshrouds.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And by the night and what it envelops!

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Andthe night and what it is driven on.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    The night and what it is driven on.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    And the night as it spreads.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    And the night and all it gathers,

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

    And the night and what it envelops

  • Muhammad Asad

    and the night, and what it unfolds,

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    and by the night and what it enfolds,

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    And by the night when life closes its lids and past events come to memory and the night-eyed can see and the night wanderer wanders about and the soul roves heaven’s realm,

  • Bijan Moeinian

    I (God) swear by the night which spreads over the earth.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    The Night and its Homing;

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    And by the night and whatever it envelops!

  • Taqi Usmani

    and by the night and what it envelops,

  • Abdul Haleem

    by the night and what it covers,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    and the night and what it envelops

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Or by the night, and what it drives together,

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Or the night, and its homing,

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And the night and whatever load it has,

  • George Sale

    and by the night, and the animals which it driveth together,

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    The night and its gathering (of nightly creatures);

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    And the night and (all) that it envelopes,

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    by the night and what it is fraught with,