Ayah al-Mudathir (The Cloaked One, The Man Wearing a Cloak, The Clothed One) 74:33

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Muhammad Asad

Consider the night when it departs

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And the night as it with draws

Safi Kaskas

and the night when it departs

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Arabic

وَٱلَّیۡلِ إِذۡ أَدۡبَرَ ۝٣٣

Transliteration (2021)

wa-al-layli idh adbar

Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more

And the night when it departs,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

Consider the night when it departs

M. M. Pickthall

And the night when it withdrawet

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And by the Night as it retreateth

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

and the night as it retreats,

Safi Kaskas

and the night when it departs

Wahiduddin Khan

By the night when it departs

Shakir

And the night when it departs

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

and the night when it drew back

T.B.Irving

and night as it retreats

Abdul Hye

and by the night when it withdraws

The Study Quran

by the night as it withdraws

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

And by the night, as it recedes.

Talal Itani (2012)

And the night as it retreats

Dr. Kamal Omar

The night is a witness when it retreated

M. Farook Malik

by the departing nigh

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And the night as it with draws

Muhammad Sarwar

by the retreating night

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

and by the night when it goes back

Shabbir Ahmed

And the Night when it departs

Dr. Munir Munshey

The night, as it retreats

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And by the night, as it leaves

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And [by] the night when it depart

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

And by the night when it withdraws.

Abdel Haleem

By the departing night

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

By the night when it with draweth

Ahmed Ali

And the night when on the wane

Aisha Bewley

and the night when it withdraws

Ali Ünal

And by the night when it retreats

Ali Quli Qara'i

By the night when it recedes

Hamid S. Aziz

And by the night when it departs

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

and the night when it retreats,

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

And by the night as it retreats

Musharraf Hussain

by the night as it fades away,

Maududi

and by the night when it recedes

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And by the night when it withdraws.

Mohammad Shafi

And by the Night as it recedes

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And the night when it retreats.

Rashad Khalifa

And the night as it passes.

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

By the receding nigh

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the night when it departs

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

And/by the night when it ended/passed

Bijan Moeinian

And by the night that passes by

Faridul Haque

And by oath of the night when it turns back

Sher Ali

And by the night when it departs

Edip Yuksel

By the night when it passes.

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And by the night when it backs away to depart

Amatul Rahman Omar

And also the night when it departs

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And by the night when it withdraws

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

Arthur John Arberry

and the night when it retreat

George Sale

and the night when it retreateth

Edward Henry Palmer

And the night when it retires

John Medows Rodwell

By the Night when it retreateth

N J Dawood (2014)

By the departing nigh

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Saeed Malik

And the night when it retreats

Shuaib Abdullahi

and (Wa) the night (Ellai'li) when (Iz') it escapes (Ad'bar),

Fode Drame

And by the night when it had departed.

Munir Mezyed

By the night when it retreats,

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And the night when it recedes,

Linda “iLHam” Barto

Consider the night as it retreats.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

By the night as it retreated.

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

and night as it retreats

Samy Mahdy

And by the night when it departed.

Ali Quli Qarai

By the night when it recedes!

Ahmed Hulusi

And the night, when it returns,

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

And by the night when it withdraws.

Mir Aneesuddin

and the night when it retreats,

Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim

and by the night as it retreats and falls into a swoon

The Wise Quran

By the night when it turns back.

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And by the Night as it retreateth

OLD Literal Word for Word

And the night when it departs

OLD Transliteration

Waallayli ith adbara

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