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Qur’an 81:17 At-Takwir, verse 17
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And by the night as it closes in
Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.
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- At-Takwir (81)
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Word by word
| Arabic | Transliteration | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| وَٱلَّيْلِ | wa-al-layli | And the night | ل ي ل |
| إِذَا | idhā | when | |
| عَسْعَسَ | ʿasʿasa | it departs | ع س ع س |
Tap a root to see every word built from it. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources.
In context
The verses around 81:17 in At-Takwir.
- 81:15فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِSo I swear by the retreating stars -
- 81:16ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِThose that run [their courses] and disappear -
- 81:18وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَAnd by the dawn when it breathes
- 81:19إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
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