Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
and the night as it darkly falls
M. M. Pickthall
And the close of night
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And the Night as it dissipates
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
and the night as it falls
Safi Kaskas
and by the night as it recedes
Wahiduddin Khan
and the night that falls
Shakir
And the night when it departs
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
and by the night when it swarmed
T.B.Irving
and night as it draws on,
Abdul Hye
and by the night as it departs;
The Study Quran
by the night as it approaches
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
And by the night as it settles.
Talal Itani (2012)
And by the night as it recedes
Dr. Kamal Omar
and the night when it departed
by the night as it dissipates
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And by the night when it darkens, (Or: swarms
Muhammad Sarwar
and sit during the day, or by the darkening nigh
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
and by the night when it departs
Shabbir Ahmed
And the Night as it slowly closes upon
Dr. Munir Munshey
And the night as it departs
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And the night as it comes to an end
And by the night as it closes i
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
And the night when it passes
Abdel Haleem
by the night that descends
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And by the night when it departeth
Ahmed Ali
The closing night
Aisha Bewley
and by the night when it draws in,
Ali Ünal
And by the night as it inclines to depart
Ali Quli Qara'i
by the night as it approaches
Hamid S. Aziz
And the Night when it departs
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
and by the night when it turns dark
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
And the night as it disappears
Musharraf Hussain
by the fall of the night,
Maududi
and by the night as it recedes
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
And the night when it passes.
Mohammad Shafi
And by the night as it moves
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And by the night when its darkness comes along.
Munir Mezyed
By the night when it departs:
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And the night when it darkens,
Linda “iLHam” Barto
[I attest by] the night as it dissipates…
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
By the night as its darkness comes and goes.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
and night as it draws on,
Samy Mahdy
And by the night as it darkens.
Sayyid Qutb
and by the night as it comes darkening on,
Ahmed Hulusi
And by the night as it closes in,
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
"and the night as it darkens,"
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
And (by) the night when it ends
And by the night when she feels her way and then softly moves away
Mir Aneesuddin
and the night when it comes (and goes),
The Wise Quran
By the night when it comes on.