Surah 092 - AL-LAYL (THE NIGHT) - سورة الليل

Name Why the name Al-Baqarah? Al-Baqarah (the Cow) has been so named from the story of the Cow occurring in this Surah (vv. 67-73). It has not, however, been used as a title to indicate the subject of the Surah. It will, therefore, be as wrong to translate the name Al-Baqarah ...  Show more

Name This Surah takes its name from v.33. Al-i-Imran, like the names of many other surahs, is merely a name to distinguish it from other surahs and does not imply that the family of Imran has been discussed in it. The Period of Revelation This Surah consists of four discours ...  Show more

(92:1) By the night when it enshrouds, (92:2) and by the day when it breaks in its glory, (92:3) and by Him Who created the male and the female: (92:4) surely your strivings are divergent. (92:5) As for him who gave out his wealth (for Allah's sake) and abstained (from disobey ...

Verses 1 – 3 Three oathsBy the night when it descends and covers everything with darkness, and by the appearance of the bright and radiant day, and by He who created both the male and the female. God begins this chapter with a series of three oaths. God swears by both the day and ...  Show more

Surah Al-Lail (The Night) by Abdullah Ali Jabir 

This chapter is one of the longer chapters found at the beginning of the Quran. It is generally accepted that it was revealed in Mecca. It is named after the height of the barrier that will divide the saved and the damned on the Day of Judgement. It begins by reassuring Prophet M ...  Show more