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81. Surah At-Takwir, Verse 17

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وَالَّيْلِ اِذَا عَسْعَسَۙ

Wallayli itha AAasAAas

and by the night when it draws in,

  • Progressive Muslims

    And the night when it passes.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And the Night as it slowly closes upon.

  • Sam Gerrans

    And the night when it darkens!

  • The Monotheist Group

    And the night when it passes.

  • Edip-Layth

    The night when it passes.

  • Aisha Bewley

    and by the night when it draws in,

  • Rashad Khalifa

    By the night as it falls.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    The closing night,

  • Sahih International

    And by the night as it closes in

  • Muhammad Asad

    and the night as it darkly falls,

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And the close of night,

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat

    And by the night when she feels her way and then softly moves away,

  • Bijan Moeinian

    And the night as it disappears.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And by the night as it departs.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    And the Night as it dissipates;

  • Mustafa Khattab

    and the night as it falls

  • Taqi Usmani

    and by the night when it departs,

  • Abdul Haleem

    by the night that descends,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    by the night swarming,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Nor by the night when darkness draws on!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And the Night when it departs,

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And by the night when it darkens, (Or: swarms)

  • George Sale

    and by the night, when it cometh on;

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And the night as it comes to an end;

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    And (I call to witness) the night when its darkness begins to depart,

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    by the night as it approaches,