Ayah at-Takwir (The Overthrowing, The Cessation) 81:18

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Muhammad Asad

and the morn as it softly breathes

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And by the morning when it breathes

Safi Kaskas

and the dawn when it breathes,

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وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

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وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

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wal-ṣub’ḥi idhā tanaffasa

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and ˹by˺ the morning as it breathes

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

And the dawn when it breathes

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

and the morn as it softly breathes

M. M. Pickthall

And the breath of morning

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness;

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

and the day as it breaks!

Safi Kaskas

and the dawn when it breathes,

Wahiduddin Khan

and the first breath of morning

Shakir

And the morning when it brightens

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

and by the morning, when it sighed,

T.B.Irving

and morn when it breathes again,

Abdul Hye

and by the dawn as it brightens;

The Study Quran

and by the morning as it breathes

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

And by the dawn as it breathes.

Talal Itani (2012)

And by the morn as it breathes

Dr. Kamal Omar

and the day when it started (its) breath

M. Farook Malik

by the morning when it breaths again

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And by the morning when it breathes

Muhammad Sarwar

and brightening morning

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

and the morning when it starts breathing

Shabbir Ahmed

And the fresh breath of the morning

Dr. Munir Munshey

And the dawn that breathes (anew)

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And the (glorious) morning as it moves away the darkness

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And by the dawn when it breathe

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

And the morning when it breathes.

Abdel Haleem

by the dawn that softly breathes

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And by the morning when it shineth forth

Ahmed Ali

The rising dawn

Aisha Bewley

and by the dawn when it exhales,

Ali Ünal

And the morning as it breathes

Ali Quli Qara'i

by the dawn as it breathes

Hamid S. Aziz

And the Dawn when it breaths away the darkness

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

and by the morning when it breathes (and lights up),

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

And the dawn as it breathes away the darkness

Musharraf Hussain

by the morning breeze.

Maududi

and the morn as it breathes

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And the morning when it breathes.

Mohammad Shafi

And the morning as it breathes

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And by the morning when it breathes.

Rashad Khalifa

And the morn as it breathes

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

and the morning when it extends

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the morning when it brightens

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

And the morning/daybreak when/if (it) breathed in or out (began)

Bijan Moeinian

And the breath of the dawn

Faridul Haque

And by oath of the morning when it takes birth

Sher Ali

And the dawn as it begins to breathe

Edip Yuksel

The morning when it breathes.

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And by the morning when its light dawns

Amatul Rahman Omar

And the dawn as it begins to breathe (and brightens up)

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And by the dawn as it brightens

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

Arthur John Arberry

by the dawn sighing

George Sale

and by the morning, when it appeareth

Edward Henry Palmer

Nor by the morn when it first breathes up

John Medows Rodwell

And by the dawn when it brighteneth

N J Dawood (2014)

and the first breath of morning

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Saeed Malik

And by the dawn when it unfolds

Shuaib Abdullahi

and (Wa) the morning (Es'Sub'hi) when (Izaa) it breathes (Tanaffas).

Fode Drame

And by the dawn when it breathes out.

Munir Mezyed

And by the morning when it breathes:

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And the morning when it gains strength,

Linda “iLHam” Barto

…and the dawn as it breathes.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

By the morn as it breathes—

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

and morning when it breathes again,

Samy Mahdy

And by the morning as it breathes.

Sayyid Qutb

and by the dawn as it starts to breathe,

Ali Quli Qarai

by the dawn as it breathes:

Ahmed Hulusi

And by the morning that you breathe in,

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

And by the day when it Tanaffas.

Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)

"and the dawn as it breathes (away the darkness),"

Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli

And (by) the morning when it breathes

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

And by the morn when it draws the breath of relief and heyday

Mir Aneesuddin

and the morning when it breathes (and makes us conscious),

The Wise Quran

By the morning when it breathes.

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness;

OLD Literal Word for Word

And the dawn when it breathe

OLD Transliteration

Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

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