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Surah At-Takwir, Verse 17

سورة التكوير، الآية ١٧

81:17 Juz 30 Hizb 59 Page 586 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 81:17

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ ۝١٧

Transliteration

wa-al-layli idhā ʿasʿasa

Translation

And by the night as it closes in¹⁸⁷⁰

Notes

[1870] An alternative meaning is "as it departs."

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Verse 17 of Surah At-Takwir (81:17), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 586 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 17

Al-Mukhtasar

He took an oath by the first part of the night when it approaches, and the last part when it recedes.

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Other translations of verse 17

and by the night as it departs,

And by the night as it departs.

And the close of night,

And the Night as it dissipates;

And the night when it departs,

And by the night when it darkens, (Or: swarms)

Verse 17 word by word

وَٱلَّيْلِ wa-al-layli And the night ل ي ل
إِذَا idhā when
عَسْعَسَ ʿasʿasa it departs ع س ع س

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Sahih Muslim 456

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recite in the morning prayer" Wa'l-lail-i-idhd 'As'asa" (ixxxi. 17).

يَقْرَأُ فِي الْفَجْرِ ‏‏{‏ وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ‏}‏

Narrated by Amr ibn Hurayth + 2 other versions

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Verses related to verse 17

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

Al-Layl 92:1–2
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ …

By the night when it covers …
Ad-Duhaa 93:1–2
وَٱلضُّحَىٰ …

By the morning brightness …
Al-An’am 6:96
فَالِقُ ٱلْإِصْبَاحِ وَجَعَلَ ٱلَّيْلَ سَكَنًا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ حُسْبَانًا ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ

[He is] the cleaver of daybreak and has made the night for rest and the sun and moon for calculation. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

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