Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Layl Verse 1

Mufti Taqi Usmani

I swear by the night when it covers (the sun),

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

By the night when it covers,

Ruwwad Translation Center

By the night when it covers,

A. J. Arberry

By the night enshrouding

Abdul Haleem

By the enshrouding night,

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

By the night when it envelopeth,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

By the Night as it conceals (the light);

Abul Ala Maududi

By the night when it enshrouds,

Ahmed Ali

I CALL THE night to witness when it covers over,

Ahmed Raza Khan

By oath of the night when it covers

Ali Quli Qarai

By the night when it envelops,

Ali Ünal

By the night as it enshrouds (the earth in its darkness);

Amatul Rahman Omar

I call to witness the night when it spreads (its) veil,

English Literal

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

Faridul Haque

By oath of the night when it covers

Hamid S. Aziz

By the night when it veils!

Hilali & Khan

By the night as it envelops;

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And the day when it shines!

Mohammad Habib Shakir

I swear by the night when it draws a veil,

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

By the night enshrouding

Muhammad Sarwar

By the night when it covers the day,

Qaribullah & Darwish

By the night, when it envelops,

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

By the night as it envelops.

Wahiduddin Khan

By the night as it veils [the earth] in darkness,

Talal Itani

By the night as it covers.

Tafsir jalalayn

By the night as it enshrouds, with its darkness all that is between the heaven and the earth,

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

Swearing by the Diversity of Mankind in Their Efforts and informing of the Different Results of that

Allah swears by saying;

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى




By the night as it envelops.

meaning, when it covers the creation with its darkness.

وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّى