Translations of the Qur - Yusufali - 97. Sayfa

Translations of the Qur'an, Chapter 97:

AL-QADR (POWER, FATE)

Total Verses: 5

Revealed At: MAKKA

Maududi's introduction

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In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

097.001

YUSUFALI: We have indeed revealed this (Message) in the Night of Power:

PICKTHAL: Lo! We revealed it on the Night of Predestination.

SHAKIR: Surely We revealed it on the grand night.

097.002

YUSUFALI: And what will explain to thee what the night of power is?

PICKTHAL: Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Night of Power is!

SHAKIR: And what will make you comprehend what the grand night

097.003

YUSUFALI: The Night of Power is better than a thousand months.

PICKTHAL: The Night of Power is better than a thousand months.

SHAKIR: The grand night is better than a thousand months.

097.004

YUSUFALI: Therein come down the angels and the Spirit by Allah's permission, on every errand:

PICKTHAL: The angels and the Spirit descend therein, by the permission of their Lord, with all decrees.

SHAKIR: The angels and Gibreel descend in it by the permission of their Lord for every affair,

097.005

YUSUFALI: Peace!...This until the rise of morn!

PICKTHAL: (The night is) Peace until the rising of the dawn.

SHAKIR: Peace! it is till the break of the morning.

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