Quran 92:1: The Last Testament

By the night when it covers.

Translation endnotes

[92:1] See 89:5.

92:1Verse 6147 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

وَالَّيْلِ

wa-al-layli

By the night

General Arabic dictionary

Corpus form ليل. Dictionary lookup may use a verified citation form when the corpus form is inflected.

Meaning in this ayah

By the night

Letter-by-letter reading

وَwaاāلَّllaيْyلِli

Read the sounds from right to left. Written letters and spoken sound may differ where Arabic pronunciation rules apply.

ROOTل ي ل

WHAT THIS ISA naming word (a noun) with 2 attached parts

“وَ” (wa)means “and.” It is a preposition: it links this word to the next word or phrase.Corpus grammarP — prefixed preposition.

“الَّ” (alla)the Arabic equivalent of “the.” It makes the following noun specific.Corpus grammarDET — prefixed definite article.

“يْلِ” (yli)means “By the night” in this verse. It is a noun. a naming word. Here it is masculine, genitive.Corpus grammarN — genitive noun.