سورة الفَجر
Surah Al-Fajr 89:4
The Dawn · Verse 4 of 30
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
Abdul Mannan Omar
And the Night (- Lailatul-Qadr, the Blessed Night), when it moves on (to its close).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
And by the Night when it passeth away;-
Ahmed Ali
The night as it advances,
12 more translations
Ali Unal
And the night as it journeys on (towards an end).
Daryabadi
And by the night when it departeth,
Faridul Haque
And by oath of the night when it recedes
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And the night when it departs!
Maulvi Sher Ali
And the night when it moves on to its close,
Muhammad Asad
Consider the night as it runs its course!
Muhammad Musin Khan
And by the night when it departs.
Muhammad Pickthall
And the night when it departeth,
Muhammad Sarwar
and by the night when it moves on towards daybreak (reward and retribution in the next life is an absolute reality).
Muhammed ali Shakir
And the night when it departs.
Rashad Khalifa
By the night as it passes.
Shabbir Ahmed
And Witness to the truth is the departing of the Night of Ignorance.
Commentary 89:1-5 The introductory five verses specify the times that are particularly suited for the offering of prayers and for remembrance of our Lord. It is the…
On 89:1–5
وَالْفَجْرِ﴿١﴾ وَلَيَالٍ عَشْر﴿٢﴾ وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ﴿٣﴾ وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ﴿٤﴾ هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِي حِجْرٍ
89:1-5 The introductory five verses specify the times that are particularly suited for the offering of prayers and for remembrance of our Lord. It is the prayer at the time of the daybreak (Salât al-Fajr), then the last ten nights of the month of fasting (لَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ ) that is the starting time of the observance of I‘tikâf when a Muslim may spend day and night in a mosque in seclusion. Then an even and odd number of prayers are mentioned, which are performed before sleep and during the ten nights of seclusion in the mosque. The ten nights are also in reference to the last ten nights of the month of Ramadzân. “And the Night when it moves on” refers to the Night of Majesty – Lailah-tul-Qadr. Ibn ‘Abbâs supported this interpretation on the authority of the Holy Prophet (pbuh). Tabriz has gone so far as to say that the aforementioned interpretation of the ten nights has been confirmed by consensus. When the Holy Prophet (pbuh) was requested to comment upon the significance of the “even and odd” - he is reported to have said that by this expression is meant the prayer, which consists of both even and odd rak‘ats (cf. 44:89).