سورة الضّحیٰ

Surah Al-Dzuhâ 93:2

The Forenoon Brightness · Verse 2 of 11

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And the night when it becomes still,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And by the Night when it is still,-

Ahmed Ali

And the night when dark and still,

12 more translations

Ali Unal

And the night when it has grown dark and most still,

Daryabadi

By the night when it darkeneth,

Faridul Haque

And by oath of the night when it covers,

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the night when it is still! --

Maulvi Sher Ali

And by the night when its darkness spreads out,

Muhammad Asad

and the night when it grows still and dark.

Muhammad Musin Khan

And by the night when it is still (or darkens);

Muhammad Pickthall

And by the night when it is stillest,

Muhammad Sarwar

and by the calm of night,

Muhammed ali Shakir

And the night when it covers with darkness.

Rashad Khalifa

By the night as it falls.

Shabbir Ahmed

And the night when it is still with its darkness prevailing.

Commentary 93:2 Just as Moses success was a time of dawn for the Jews, so would the advent of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) – bearing a similitude with Moses – be the time of…

وَالضُّحَىٰ وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ

93:2 Just as Moses success was a time of dawn for the Jews, so would the advent of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) – bearing a similitude with Moses – be the time of dawn for the Muslims. After this dawn, which signifies the advent of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) and the Holy Qur’ân, the world will be overtaken by a period of spiritual darkness. This darkness was named Fajj-i-Awaj in the words of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) and is expressed in the words “the night” (اللَّيْلِ) in this verse. In this period, the situation for Muslims will be so miserable it will seem as though Allâh has forsaken them.