Surah Ash-Shams, Ayah 4 (91:4)

ٱلشَّمْس

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا

Quran 91:4 is ayah 4 of Surah Ash-Shams (“The Sun”), a Meccan surah of 15 ayahs. It is in Juz 30, on page 595 of the Madani Mushaf.

91:4
وَٱلَّيْلِإِذَايَغْشَىٰهَا٤
wa-al-layli idhā yaghshāhā

And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it(4)

Word by word

  1. وَٱلَّيْلِwa-al-layliAnd the night
  2. إِذَاidhāwhen
  3. يَغْشَىٰهَاyaghshāhāit covers it

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