Quran Ayah al-Fajr (The Dawn, Daybreak) 89:4 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

Consider the night as it runs its course

Arthur John Arberry

by the night when it journeys on

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And by the Night when it passeth away;

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Arabic

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

Arabic

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

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wa-al-layli idhā yasri

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and ˹by˺ the night when it passes

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

And the night when it passes.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

Consider the night as it runs its course

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And by the Night when it passeth away;

M. M. Pickthall

And the night when it departeth

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

and the night when it passes!

Wahiduddin Khan

and by the passing night

Safi Kaskas

and by the night as it recedes,

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

and at night when it sets out.

T.B.Irving

and night as it journeys on,

Shakir

And the night when it departs

Abdul Hye

and by the night when it departs!

Saeed Malik

By the night as it traverses

The Study Quran

and by the night as it recedes

Talal Itani (2012)

And the night as it recedes

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

By the night as it slips away.

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

And the night when it passes.

M. Farook Malik

and the night when it departs

Dr. Kamal Omar

and the (retreating) night when it departs

Dr. Munir Munshey

And the night as it passes

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And by the night when it passes away; —

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And [by] the night when it passes

Muhammad Sarwar

and by the night when it moves on towards daybreak (reward and retribution in the next life is an absolute reality)

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

and by the night when it moves away

Shabbir Ahmed

And Witness to the Truth is the departing of the Night of Ignorance

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And (by) the night when it departs, (Or: sets forth passing away)

Hamid S. Aziz

And the night when it passes on

Abdel Haleem

by the passing night––

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And by the night when it departeth

Ahmed Ali

The night as it advances

Aisha Bewley

and the night when it travels on,

Ali Ünal

And the night as it journeys on (towards an end)

Ali Quli Qara'i

by the night when it departs

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

And by the night when it passes away

Musharraf Hussain

and by the night as it slips away!

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

and by the night when it goes away.

Maududi

and by the night when it departs

Mohammad Shafi

And by the night as it passes

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And by the night when it departs,

Rashad Khalifa

By the night as it passes

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

by the night when it journeys on

Faridul Haque

And by oath of the night when it recede

Bijan Moeinian

and by the night when it turns into the day

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the night when it departs

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

And/by the night when (it) goes/departs

Sher Ali

And the night when it moves on to its close

Edip Yuksel

The night when it passes.

Amatul Rahman Omar

And the Night (- Lailatul-Qadr, the Blessed Night), when it moves on (to its close)

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And by the night as it departs. (Every night or particularly the night of Muzdalifa or the night of Qadr.

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And by the night when it departs

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

by the night, as it journeys on

Arthur John Arberry

by the night when it journeys on

Edward Henry Palmer

And the night when it travels on

George Sale

and by the night when it cometh on

John Medows Rodwell

By the night when it pursues its course

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

and (Wa) the night (Ellai'li) when (Izaa) it circulates (Yas'r).

Fode Drame

and by the night when it has advanced

Munir Mezyed

And by the night when it passes away:

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And the night when it recedes,

Linda “iLHam” Barto

Consider the passing night.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

By the night as it passes—

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

and night as it journeys on,

Samy Mahdy

And by the night when it easily goes.

Sayyid Qutb

by the night as it journeys on!

Ali Quli Qarai

by the night when it departs!

Thomas Cleary

and the night when it passes:

Ahmed Hulusi

And by the night when it passes...

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

And by the night when it departs.

A. S. Mohamed

and the night as it passes:

Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)

"and the night when it passes,"

Mir Aneesuddin

and the night when it travels.

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

And by the night when it flows along its way, then it softly moves away

The Wise Quran Project

By the night when it spreads.

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And by the Night when it passeth away;

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And the night when it passes.

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

And the night when it passes

OLD Literal Word for Word

And the night when it passes

OLD Transliteration

Waallayli itha yasri

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