The Quran

سورة الطّارق

Surah Al-Târiq 86:11

The Night Visitant · Verse 11 of 17

وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ

Abdul Mannan Omar

I call to witness the clouds that rain over and over again,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

By the Firmament which returns (in its round),

Ahmed Ali

So I call to witness the rain-producing sky,

12 more translations

Ali Unal

I swear by the heaven ever-revolving (with whatever is in it and recurring patterns of rainfall),

Daryabadi

By the heaven which returneth,

Faridul Haque

By oath of the sky from which comes down the rain.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

By the cloud giving rain,

Maulvi Sher Ali

By the cloud which gives rain repeatedly,

Muhammad Asad

Consider the heavens, ever-revolving,

Muhammad Musin Khan

By the sky (having rain clouds) which gives rain, again and again.

Muhammad Pickthall

By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,

Muhammad Sarwar

By the rotating heavens

Muhammed ali Shakir

I swear by the raingiving heavens,

Rashad Khalifa

By the sky that returns (the water).

Shabbir Ahmed

Witness is the high atmosphere that keeps returning (its water, gases and other composition.)