The Sundering, Splitting Open — Verse 17
84:17 · al-Inshiqaq
The Sundering, Splitting Open 84:17
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وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
Waallayli wama wasaqa
by the night and what it covers
and by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness;
And by the night and that which it driveth together
And the night and all it gathers
And by the night and what it carries,
and the night and all it shrouds,
by the night and what it is fraught with
And the night, and all that it enshrouds (by degrees)
And the night and (all) that it envelopes
and the night and what it envelop
and the night and what it gathers/covers
I (God) swear by the night which spreads over the earth
The night and its homing
By the night and what it covers.
Or by the night, and what it drives together
And by oath of the night and all that gathers in it
and by the night and by all that it enfolds,
and by the night, and the animals which it driveth together
Or the night, and its homing
by the night and all that it envelops
And by the night and its gatherings
and (I bring to witness) the night and whatever it enveloped and hid
and by the night and whatever it enveloped
…the night and all it gathers,…
by the night and all that it gathers together
and by the night and what it enfolds
And the night and that which it drives on
and the night and that which it gathers,
And by the night, and what it veils in its darkness
And by the night and all that it envelops (under its embrace)
And the night and what it is driven on
Andthe night and what it is driven on.
And the night and what it is driven on.
And the night, and what carried/gathered/loaded
and the night, and what it [step by step] unfolds
And the night and whatever load it has
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth
or by the night in which things all come together to rest
and by the night and what it envelops
By the night and all that it assembles in its darkness.
And the night, and everything it enshrouds
By the night and all the creatures it envelops:
And by the night when life closes its lids and past events come to memory and the night-eyed can see and the night wanderer wanders about and the soul roves heaven’s realm
and by the night and all that it covers up,
And by the night and whatever it envelops!
And the night and what it covers,
by the night, and all that it envelops
And the night as it spreads
and the night and all it gathers,
and the night and all it gathers,
And by the night, and what it enshrouded.
And by the night and that which it gathers together (in one herd
and by the night and what it envelops,
And the Night and all that it enshrouds
And the night and that which it drives on
And the night and all that it envelops
by the night and what it enshrouds
The night and its gathering (of nightly creatures)
And by the night, and all it encloses.
And by the night, and what it covers
"and the night and all that it enfolds,"
And [by] the night and what it envelop
By the night, and what it drove on
The Night and its Homing
The Night and its Homing