سورة الشّمس
Surah Al-Shams 91:4
The Sun · Verse 4 of 15
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا
Abdul Mannan Omar
And the night when it draws a veil over it,
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
By the Night as it conceals it;
Ahmed Ali
The night when it covers him over,
12 more translations
Ali Unal
And the night as it enshrouds it;
Daryabadi
By the night; when it envelopeth him,
Faridul Haque
And by oath of the night when it hides it
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And the night when it draws a veil over it!
Maulvi Sher Ali
And by the night when it draws a veil over the light of the sun.
Muhammad Asad
and the night as it veils it darkly!
Muhammad Musin Khan
And by the night as it conceals it (the sun);
Muhammad Pickthall
And the night when it enshroudeth him,
Muhammad Sarwar
by the night when it covers the earth with darkness,
Muhammed ali Shakir
And the night when it draws a veil over it,
Rashad Khalifa
The night that covers.
Shabbir Ahmed
And the night that cloaks it.
Commentary 91:3-4 The signs of night (اللَّيْلِ) and day (النَّهَار ) explain that one who purifies his soul is like the day (cf. 91:9), whose brightness makes things…
On 91:3–4
وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا ﴿٣﴾وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا
91:3-4 The signs of night (اللَّيْلِ) and day (النَّهَار ) explain that one who purifies his soul is like the day (cf. 91:9), whose brightness makes things manifest and thus enables human beings to carry on their struggle enlightened by Revelation. On the other hand are those who plunge their souls into the darkness of low desires and therefore, cannot benefit from the light of the sun.