al-Layl 92:1

AYAH al-Layl 92:1	92:2 <= Next ayah Prev ayah => 91:15
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Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration

Arabic		وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى
Transliteration		Waallayli itha yaghsha
Transliteration-2		wa-al-layli idhā yaghsh
Word for Word Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more		By the night when it covers,

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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad		CONSIDER the night as it veils [the earth] in darkness
M. M. Pickthall		By the night enshroudin
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)		By the Night as it conceals (the light)
Shakir		I swear by the night when it draws a veil
Wahiduddin Khan		By the night as it veils [the earth] in darkness
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar		By the nighttime when it overcomes,
T.B.Irving		By night as it broods,
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab		By the night when it covers,
Safi Kaskas		By the night as it conceals,
Abdul Hye		By the night, when it covers (with darkness),
The Study Quran		By the night as it enshrouds
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)		By the night when it covers
Abdel Haleem		By the enshrouding night
Abdul Majid Daryabadi		By the night when it envelopeth
Ahmed Ali		I CALL THE night to witness when it covers over
Aisha Bewley		By the night when it conceals
Ali Ünal		By the night as it enshrouds (the earth in its darkness)
Ali Quli Qara'i		By the night when it envelops
Hamid S. Aziz		By the night when it veils
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali		And (by) the night when it envelops
Muhammad Sarwar		By the night when it covers the day
Muhammad Taqi Usmani		I swear by the night when it covers (the sun)
Shabbir Ahmed		Witness is the Night as it cloaks in darkness
Syed Vickar Ahamed		By the night when it becomes dark
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)		By the night when it cover
Farook Malik		By the night, when it covers with darkness
Dr. Munir Munshey		(I swear) by the night as it veils (the earth in darkness)
Dr. Kamal Omar		The night acts as a witness when it envelops (and conceals from view many things)
Talal A. Itani (new translation)		By the night as it covers
Maududi		By the night when it enshrouds
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad		By the night when it cover
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)		By the night as it conceals
Musharraf Hussain		By the night as it conceals;
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)		By the night when it covers.
Mohammad Shafi		By the night as it veils

Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
Bijan Moeinian		Hereby God swears by the night as it covers the earth
Faridul Haque		By oath of the night when it cover
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah		By the night, when it envelops
Maulana Muhammad Ali		By the night when it draws a veil
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira		And/by the night when/if it covers/darkens
Sher Ali		By the night when it covers up
Rashad Khalifa		By the night as it covers
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)		By the night when it overshadows.
Amatul Rahman Omar		I call to witness the night when it spreads (its) veil
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri		By the night when it covers up (and conceals everything in its darkness)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali		By the night as it envelops

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry		By the night enshroudin
Edward Henry Palmer		By the night when it veils
George Sale		By the night, when it covereth all things with darkness
John Medows Rodwell		BY the NIGHT when she spreads her veil
N J Dawood (2014)		BY THE night, when she lets fall her darkness

New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress
Linda “iLHam” Barto		Consider the night as it conceals!
Sayyid Qutb		By the night when she lets fall her darkness,
Ahmed Hulusi		I swear by the night when it covers over,
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)		"By the night when it veils (with darkness),"
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim		By the night when its shades of darkness serve as a veil
Mir Aneesuddin		By the night when it covers (the sun),

AYAH al-Layl 92:1

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