Al-Qur'an Surah Ash-Shams Verse 4

Mufti Taqi Usmani

and by the night when it envelops him,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

and the night as it conceals it!

Ruwwad Translation Center

and by the night as it covers it,

A. J. Arberry

and by the night when it enshrouds him!

Abdul Haleem

and by the night as it conceals it,

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

By the night; when it envelopeth him,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

By the Night as it conceals it;

Abul Ala Maududi

and by the night as it envelopes the sun;

Ahmed Ali

The night when it covers him over,

Ahmed Raza Khan

And by oath of the night when it hides it

Ali Quli Qarai

by the night when it covers her,

Ali Ünal

And the night as it enshrouds it;

Amatul Rahman Omar

And the night when it draws a veil over it,

English Literal

And/by the night when/if it covers/darkens it .

Faridul Haque

And by oath of the night when it hides it

Hamid S. Aziz

And the night when it covers him!

Hilali & Khan

And by the night as it conceals it (the sun);

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And the heaven and its make!

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And the night when it draws a veil over it,

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And the night when it enshroudeth him,

Muhammad Sarwar

by the night when it covers the earth with darkness,

Qaribullah & Darwish

by the night, when it envelops it!

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

By the night as it Yaghshaha.

Wahiduddin Khan

and by the night when it draws a veil over it,

Talal Itani

And the night as it conceals it.

Tafsir jalalayn

and [by] the night when it enshrouds her, covering her up with its darkness (idh, `when', in all three instances is an absolute adverbial, operated by the verbal action of the oath).

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

By the night as it Yaghshaha.

meaning, when it covers the sun, which takes place when sun disappears and the horizons become dark.

Concerning Allah's statement,

وَالسَّمَأءِ وَمَا بَنَـهَا