Quran Ayah an-Naba` (The Tidings, The Announcement) 78:10 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

and made the night [its] cloak

Arthur John Arberry

and We appointed night for a garment

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And made the night as a covering

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Arabic

وَجَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا

Arabic

وَجَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا

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wajaʿalnā al-layla libāsan

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and We made the night as a covering

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

And We made the night (as) covering,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

and made the night [its] cloak

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And made the night as a covering

M. M. Pickthall

And have appointed the night as a cloak

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

and made the night as a cover,

Wahiduddin Khan

and the night as a cover

Safi Kaskas

And made the night a cover?

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And We made the nighttime as a garment.

T.B.Irving

and granted night as a garment,

Shakir

And We made the night to be a covering

Abdul Hye

made the night as a covering,

Saeed Malik

And WE rendered the night as a cloak

The Study Quran

and make the night a garment

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

And We made the night a covering.

Talal Itani (2012)

And made the night a cover

M. Farook Malik

made the night a mantle

Dr. Kamal Omar

And We made the night as a raiment

Dr. Munir Munshey

We made the night (dark as) a cloak (that conceals and covers)

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And made the night as an umbrella of peace

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And made the night as clothin

Muhammad Sarwar

made the night as a covering

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

and made the night a covering

Shabbir Ahmed

And We have made the night as a cloak

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And We have made the night for a garment

Hamid S. Aziz

And made the night to be a covering

Abdel Haleem

the night as a cover

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And We have made the night a covering

Ahmed Ali

The night a covering

Aisha Bewley

We made the night a cloak.

Ali Ünal

And We have made the night as a cloak (covering both you and the world)

Ali Quli Qara'i

and make the night a covering

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

And We made the night as a covering?

Musharraf Hussain

made the night a covering,

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

And made the night as a covering

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

And We made the night as a cover.

Maududi

and made the night a covering

Mohammad Shafi

And We made the night as cover

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And We have made the night a covering.

Rashad Khalifa

We made the night a cover

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

and We made the night a mantle

Faridul Haque

And made the night a cover

Bijan Moeinian

And made the night a cove

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And made the night a covering

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

And We made the night a cover

Sher Ali

And have made the night as a covering

Edip Yuksel

We made the night as a covering?

Amatul Rahman Omar

And We have made the night as a covering

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And We (have) made the night a covering (by virtue of its darkness)

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And have made the night as a covering (through its darkness)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

We made the night a mantle

Arthur John Arberry

and We appointed night for a garment

Edward Henry Palmer

and made the night a garment

George Sale

and made the night a garment to cover you

John Medows Rodwell

And ordained the night as a mantle

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

And (Wa) We made (Jaäl'naa) the night (Ellai'la) a covering (Libaasaa)?!

Fode Drame

And We made the night a cover.

Munir Mezyed

And made the night as raiment

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And made the night a cover,

Linda “iLHam” Barto

[We made] the night as a quilt.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

and made the night a garment,

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

and granted night as a garment,

Samy Mahdy

And We set up the night as apparel?

Sayyid Qutb

We made the night a mantle,

Ali Quli Qarai

and make the night a covering?

Ahmed Hulusi

And the night a blanket.

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

And We have made the night as a covering,

A. S. Mohamed

and rendered the night a covering,

Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)

"and have made the night as a cloak,"

Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli

And We made the night as a coverin

Mir Aneesuddin

And We made the night a covering.

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

and the night a vestment and black was the colour chosen to absorb all light emanating from the cosmic sources of illumination

The Wise Quran Project

And We made the night a garment,

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And made the night as a covering

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And We made the night as a covering

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

And We made the night as a coverin

OLD Literal Word for Word

And We made the night (as) covering

OLD Transliteration

WajaAAalna allayla libasan

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