Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And by the night when it covers it!

وَالَّيْلِ اِذَا يَغْشٰيهَاۙۖ
Wallayli itha yaghshaha
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1wa-al-layliAnd the nightليل
2idhāwhen
3yaghshāhāit covers itغشو
  • Aisha Bewley

    and the night when it conceals it

  • Progressive Muslims

    And the night which covers.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And the night that cloaks it.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And by the night when it covers it!

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    And the night when it covers.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    The night which covers.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    The night that covers.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    The night when it covers him over,

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

    And the night when it covers it

  • Muhammad Asad

    and the night as it veils it darkly!

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And the night when it enshroudeth him,

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    and by the night as it envelopes the sun;

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    By the night which keeps the sun out of view and the earth veiled to sight,

  • Bijan Moeinian

    And by the night that takes over the day.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    By the night as it conceals it (the sun).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    By the Night as it conceals it;

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    and the night as it conceals it!

  • Taqi Usmani

    and by the night when it envelops him,

  • Abdul Haleem

    and by the night as it conceals it,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    and by the night when it enshrouds him!

  • E. Henry Palmer

    And the night when it covers him!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And the night when it covers him!

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And (by) the night when it envelops it,

  • George Sale

    by the night, when it covereth him with darkness;

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And by the night as it conceals it

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    And the night when it draws a veil over it,

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    by the night when it covers her,