Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Consider the night as it runs its course
M. M. Pickthall
And the night when it departeth
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And by the Night when it passeth away;
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
and the night when it passes!
Wahiduddin Khan
and by the passing night
Safi Kaskas
and by the night as it recedes,
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
and at night when it sets out.
T.B.Irving
and night as it journeys on,
Shakir
And the night when it departs
Abdul Hye
and by the night when it departs!
The Study Quran
and by the night as it recedes
Talal Itani (2012)
And the night as it recedes
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
And the night as it passes.
Dr. Kamal Omar
and the (retreating) night when it departs
Dr. Munir Munshey
And the night as it passes
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And by the night when it passes away; —
And [by] the night when it passes
and the night when it departs
Muhammad Sarwar
and by the night when it moves on towards daybreak (reward and retribution in the next life is an absolute reality)
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
and by the night when it moves away
Shabbir Ahmed
And Witness to the Truth is the departing of the Night of Ignorance
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And (by) the night when it departs, (Or: sets forth passing away)
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
And the night when it passes
Abdel Haleem
by the passing night–&ndash
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And by the night when it departeth
Ahmed Ali
The night as it advances
Aisha Bewley
and the night when it travels on,
Ali Ünal
And the night as it journeys on (towards an end)
Ali Quli Qara'i
by the night when it departs
Hamid S. Aziz
And the night when it passes on
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
And by the night when it passes away
Musharraf Hussain
and by the night as it slips away!
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
and by the night when it goes away.
Maududi
and by the night when it departs
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
And the night when it passes.
Mohammad Shafi
And by the night as it passes
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And by the night when it departs,
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
by the night when it journeys on
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And the night when it departs
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And/by the night when (it) goes/departs
Bijan Moeinian
and by the night when it turns into the day
Faridul Haque
And by oath of the night when it recede
By the night as it passes
Sher Ali
And the night when it moves on to its close
Amatul Rahman Omar
And the Night (- Lailatul-Qadr, the Blessed Night), when it moves on (to its close)
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And by the night as it departs. (Every night or particularly the night of Muzdalifa or the night of Qadr.
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And by the night when it departs
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
and by the night when it has advanced
Munir Mezyed
And by the night when it passes away:
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And the night when it recedes,
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Consider the passing night.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
By the night as it passes—
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
and night as it journeys on,
Samy Mahdy
And by the night when it easily goes.
Sayyid Qutb
by the night as it journeys on!
Thomas Cleary
and the night when it passes:
Ahmed Hulusi
And by the night when it passes...
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
"and the night when it passes,"
Mir Aneesuddin
and the night when it travels.
And by the night when it flows along its way, then it softly moves away
The Wise Quran
By the night when it travels on.