Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

By the night when it covers!

وَالَّيْلِ اِذَا يَغْشٰىۙ
Wallayli itha yaghsha
#wordmeaningroot
1wa-al-layliBy the nightليل
2idhāwhen
3yaghshāit coversغشو
  • Aisha Bewley

    By the night when it conceals

  • Progressive Muslims

    By the night when it covers.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Witness is the Night as it cloaks in darkness.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    By the night when it covers!

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    By the night when it covers.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    By the night when it covers.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    By the night as it covers.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    I CALL THE night to witness when it covers over,

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

    By the night when it covers

  • Muhammad Asad

    CONSIDER the night as it veils in darkness,

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    By the night enshrouding

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    By the night when it enshrouds,

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    By the night when its shades of darkness serve as a veil,

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Hereby God swears by the night as it covers the earth.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    By the night as it envelops.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    By the Night as it conceals (the light);

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    By the night when it covers,

  • Taqi Usmani

    I swear by the night when it covers (the sun),

  • Abdul Haleem

    By the enshrouding night,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    By the night enshrouding

  • E. Henry Palmer

    By the night when it veils!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    By the night when it veils!

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And (by) the night when it envelops,

  • George Sale

    By the night, when it covereth all things with darkness;

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    By the night when it becomes dark;

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    I call to witness the night when it spreads (its) veil,

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    By the night when it envelops,