Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
and the night as it veils it darkly
M. M. Pickthall
And the night when it enshroudeth him
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
By the Night as it conceals it
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
and the night as it conceals it!
Safi Kaskas
and the night when it conceals it,
Wahiduddin Khan
and by the night when it draws a veil over it
Shakir
And the night when it draws a veil over it
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
and by the nighttime when it overcomes it
T.B.Irving
and night when it covers things up,
Abdul Hye
by the night as it conceals it (the sun),
The Study Quran
by the night when enshrouding it
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
And the night, as it covers it.
Talal Itani (2012)
And the night as it conceals it
Dr. Kamal Omar
and the night when it conceals it (i.e., the sun)
by the night, which draws a veil over it
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And (by) the night when it envelops it
Muhammad Sarwar
by the night when it covers the earth with darkness
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
and by the night when it envelops him
Shabbir Ahmed
And the night that cloaks it
Dr. Munir Munshey
And the night that veils it
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And by the night as it conceals i
And [by] the night when it covers i
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
And the night which covers
Abdel Haleem
and by the night as it conceals it
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
By the night; when it envelopeth him
Ahmed Ali
The night when it covers him over
Aisha Bewley
and the night when it conceals it
Ali Ünal
And the night as it enshrouds it
Ali Quli Qara'i
by the night when it covers her
Hamid S. Aziz
And the night when it covers him
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
and by the night when it covers it,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
By the night as it conceals it
Musharraf Hussain
by the night that covers it.
Maududi
and by the night as it envelopes the sun
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
And the night when it covers.
Mohammad Shafi
And by the night, when it veils it [brightness of the Sun]
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And by ' the night when it covers it.
The night that covers
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
by the night, when it envelops it
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And the night when it draws a veil over it
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And/by the night when/if it covers/darkens it
Bijan Moeinian
And by the night that takes over the day
Faridul Haque
And by oath of the night when it hides i
Sher Ali
And by the night when it draws a veil over the light of the sun
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And by the night when it draws a veil over the sun (from one of the hemispheres of the earth)
Amatul Rahman Omar
And the night when it draws a veil over it
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And by the night as it conceals it (the sun)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
and by the night as it covers it,
Munir Mezyed
By the night when it blurs it:
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And the night when it hides it,
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Consider the night as it conceals.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
and the night as it conceals her.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
and night when it covers things up,
Samy Mahdy
And by the night when it, over-covers, it.
Sayyid Qutb
by the night, which veils him.
Ahmed Hulusi
And by the night that covers it,
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
and the night when it hides it
By the night which keeps the sun out of view and the earth veiled to sight
Mir Aneesuddin
and the night when it covers it,
The Wise Quran
By the night when it covers it.