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Ya-Sin 37

Ayah 37 of 83 · Meccan

وَءَايَةٞ لَّهُمُ ٱلَّيۡلُ نَسۡلَخُ مِنۡهُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فَإِذَا هُم مُّظۡلِمُونَ ٣٧

And a sign for them is the night. We remove1 from it the [light of] day, so they are [left] in darkness.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Literally, "strip" or "peel." Sunlight projected onto the earth is removed from it as the earth turns and night approaches.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَءَايَةٞAnd a Signwaāyatun
  2. لَّهُمُfor themlahumu
  3. ٱلَّيۡلُ(is) the nightal-laylu
  4. نَسۡلَخُWe withdrawnaslakhu
  5. مِنۡهُfrom itmin'hu
  6. ٱلنَّهَارَthe dayl-nahāra
  7. فَإِذَاThen beholdfa-idhā
  8. هُمTheyhum
  9. مُّظۡلِمُونَ(are) those in darknessmuẓ'limūna

Tafsir

An indication for people of Allah’s Oneness is that I take away the daylight as the day draws to an end, bringing the night, as the day withdraws from it, until the people are in complete darkness.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran