Surah At-Takwir — Verse 17

The Overthrowing · 81:17 · 17/29

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

Wallayli itha AAasAAas

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And by the night as it closes in

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

by the night that descends,

Marmaduke Pickthall

And the close of night,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And the Night as it dissipates;

Mufti Taqi Usmani

and by the night when it departs,

Al-Hilali & Khan

And by the night as it departs.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

and by the night as it recedes,

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

and the night as it darkly falls,