Quran 57:6 — Al-Hadid, verse 6
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He makes night merge into day and day into night. He knows what is in every heart.
يُولِجُ اللَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي اللَّيْلِ ۚ وَهُوَ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ
yūliju al-layla fī l-nahāri wayūliju l-nahāra fī al-layli wahuwa ʿalīmun bidhāti l-ṣudūri
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He makes the night to enter into the day and makes the day to enter into the night. He knows the thoughts within the breasts.
- Muhammad Asad
- He makes the night grow longer by shortening the day, and makes the day grow longer by shortening the night; and He has full knowledge of what is in the hearts [of men].
- Sahih International
- He causes the night to enter the day and causes the day to enter the night, and He is Knowing of that within the breasts.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يُولِجُyūliju | He merges | ولج |
| 2 | ٱلَّيْلَal-layla | the night | ليل |
| 3 | فِىfī | into | — |
| 4 | ٱلنَّهَارِl-nahāri | the day | نهر |
| 5 | وَيُولِجُwayūliju | and He merges | ولج |
| 6 | ٱلنَّهَارَl-nahāra | the day | نهر |
| 7 | فِىfī | into | — |
| 8 | ٱلَّيْلِ ۚal-layli | the night | ليل |
| 9 | وَهُوَwahuwa | and He | — |
| 10 | عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun | (is) All-Knower | علم |
| 11 | بِذَاتِbidhāti | of what is in the breasts | — |
| 12 | ٱلصُّدُورِl-ṣudūri | of what is in the breasts | صدر |