Surah Al-Hajj — Verse 61

The Pilgrimage · 22:61 · 61/78

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُولِجُ ٱلَّيْلَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِى ٱلَّيْلِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌۢ بَصِيرٌ

Thalika bi-anna Allaha yoolijuallayla fee annahari wayooliju annaharafee allayli waanna Allaha sameeAAun baseer

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

That is because Allāh causes the night to enter the day and causes the day to enter the night and because Allāh is Hearing and Seeing.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

So it will be, because God makes night pass into day, and day into night, and He is all hearing and all seeing.

Marmaduke Pickthall

That is because Allah maketh the night to pass into the day and maketh the day to pass into the night, and because Allah is Hearer, Seer.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

That is because Allah merges night into day, and He merges day into night, and verily it is Allah Who hears and sees (all things).

Mufti Taqi Usmani

That is because Allah makes night enter into the day and makes day enter into the night and that Allah is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.

Al-Hilali & Khan

That is because Allâh merges the night into the day, and He merges the day into the night. And verily, Allâh is All-Hearer, All-Seer.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

So shall it be because it is Allah Who causes the night to emerge out of the day and causes the day to emerge out of the night and Allah is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

Thus it is, because God [is almighty the One who] makes the night grow longer by shortening the day, and makes the day grow longer by shortening the night; and because God is all-hearing, all-seeing.

Rowwad · source edition

That is[32] because it is Allah Who causes the night to merge into the day, and causes the day to merge into the night. And Allah is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.

Notes

[32] i.e., Allah's capability to give assistance or victory to the oppressed.

Noor International · source edition

(61) That[938] is because Allāh causes the night to enter the day and causes the day to enter the night and because Allāh is Hearing and Seeing.

Notes

[938]- i.e., Allāh's capability to give assistance or victory to the oppressed.

Hilali and Khan · source edition

61. That is because Allâh merges the night into the day, and He merges the day into the night. And verily, Allâh is All-Hearer, All-Seer.