Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
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]
M. M. Pickthall
He causeth the night to pass into the day, and He causeth the day to pass into the night, and He is knower of all that is in the breasts
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
He merges Night into Day, and He merges Day into Night; and He has full knowledge of the secrets of (all) hearts
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
He merges the night into day and the day into night. And He knows best what is ˹hidden˺ in the heart.
Safi Kaskas
He merges the night into the day and merges the day into the night. He knows what is in your hearts.
Wahiduddin Khan
He causes the night to pass into the day and the day to pass into the night. And He knows all that is in the hearts of men
Shakir
He causes the night to enter in upon the day, and causes the day to enter in upon the night, and He is Cognizant of what is in the hearts
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
He causes the nighttime to be interposed into the daytime and causes the daytime to be interposed into the nighttime. And He is Knowing of whatever is in the breasts.
T.B.Irving
He wraps night up in daytime; and wraps daytime up in night. He is Aware of whatever is on our minds.
Abdul Hye
He causes the night to pass into the day and the day to pass into the night, and He has full knowledge of whatever is in the hearts.
The Study Quran
He makes the night pass into the day and makes the day pass into the night, and He knows what lies within breasts
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
He merges night into day, day into night; He is fully aware of the innermost secrets of the hearts.
Talal Itani (2012)
He merges the night into the day, and He merges the day into the night; and He knows what the hearts contains
Dr. Kamal Omar
He enters the night into the day; and He enters the day into the night. And He is All-Aware about the state of (the hearts in) the chests
He causes the night to pass into the day and the day to pass into the night, and He has knowledge of the inmost secrets of your hearts
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
He inserts the night into the daytime, and He inserts the daytime into the night; and He is Ever-Knowing of the inmost (thoughts within) the breasts (Literally: what the breasts own)
Muhammad Sarwar
He causes night to enter into day and day into night. He knows best what all hearts contain
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
He makes the night enter into the day, and makes the day enter into the night, and He is All-Knowing about whatever lies in the hearts
Shabbir Ahmed
He merges the night into the day, and merges the day into the night. He is Knower of all that is in the hearts
Dr. Munir Munshey
He causes the night to settle over the day, and He causes the day to rise over the night. And He is fully Aware of everything, (even the innermost thoughts) that exists in the heart
Syed Vickar Ahamed
He merges night into day and He merges day into night; And He has complete knowledge of the secrets in the breasts (in the hearts of humans)
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
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
He merges the night into the day, and merges the day into the night. He is fully aware of what is inside the chests
Abdel Haleem
He makes night merge into day and day into night. He knows what is in every heart
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
He plungeth the night into the day, and plungeth the day into the night, and He is the Knower of whatsoever is in the breasts
Ahmed Ali
He turns night into day, and turns day into night; and He knows whatsoever is in your hearts
Aisha Bewley
He makes night merge into day and day merge into night. He knows what the heart contains.
Ali Ünal
He makes the night pass into the day and He makes the day pass into the night (and so makes each grow longer or shorter). And He has full knowledge of whatever lies (hidden) in the bosoms
Ali Quli Qara'i
He makes the night pass into the day and makes the day pass into the night, and He knows best what is in the breasts
Hamid S. Aziz
He causes the night to enter in upon the day, and causes the day to enter in upon the night, and He is Aware of what is in the heart
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
He makes the night pass through the day and makes the day pass through the night. And He knows what is inside the chests/minds.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
He merges night into day, and He merges day into night, and He has full knowledge of the secrets of all hearts
Musharraf Hussain
He extends the night into the day, and the day into the night, so varying the length of day and night . He is the Knower of the secrets of the mind
Maududi
He causes the night to pass into the day, and causes the day to pass into the night, and He fully knows all that is hidden in the breasts of people
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
He merges the night into the day, and He merges the day into the night. He is fully aware of what is in the chests
Mohammad Shafi
He passes the night into the day and the day into the night. And He knows all that is in the minds
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
He brings the night into the day and brings the day into the night. And He knows the toughts of the hearts.
He merges the night into the day, and merges the day into the night. He is fully aware of the innermost thoughts.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
He causes the night to enter into the day and the day to enter into the night. He has knowledge of the thoughts of the innermost of the chests
Maulana Muhammad Ali
He causes the night to pass into the day, and causes the day to pass into the night. And He is Knower of what is in the hearts
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
He makes the night to enter/penetrate in the daytime, and He makes the daytime to enter/penetrate in the night, and He is knowledgeable with of the chests (innermosts)
Bijan Moeinian
God turns the earth so that the day appear after the night and the night succeed the day. God is fully aware of everyone’s innermost thoughts
Faridul Haque
He brings the night in a part of the day, and brings the day in a part of the night; and He knows what lies within the hearts
Sher Ali
HE causes the night to pass into the day and causes the day to pass into the night; And HE knows well all that is in the breasts
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
He is the One Who makes the night pass into the day and the day pass into the night. And He is also Well Aware of the (hidden) contents of the hearts
Amatul Rahman Omar
He causes the night to gain on the day (in one season) and He causes the day to gain on the night (in the other season). He has full knowledge of the inmost secrets of hearts
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
He merges night into day (i.e. the decrease in the hours of the night is added into the hours of the day), and merges day into night (i.e. the decrease in the hours of the day is added into the hours of the night), and He has full knowledge of whatsoever is in the breasts
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
He makes the night to penetrate into the day and He makes the day to penetrate into the night and He is All-knowing about the essence of the bosoms.
Munir Mezyed
He lets the night pass into the day, and lets the day pass into the night. He has full knowledge of whatever is stored up in the hearts.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
He blends the night into the day and blends the day into the night, and He knows what is kept inside.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
He causes the night to penetrate the day and He causes the day to penetrate the night, and He is All-Knowing of what lies within the chests.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
He merges night into day, and day into night, and He has full knowledge of the secrets of hearts.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
He wraps night up in daytime; and wraps daytime up in night. He is Aware of whatever is on our minds.
Samy Mahdy
He logs the night into the day, and He logs the day into the night; and He is Knowledgeable with the chest's ego.
Thomas Cleary
God makes night enter day. and day enter night; and God knows what is \n all hearts.
Ahmed Hulusi
He transforms the night into the day and the day into the night! He, as their absolute essence (with His Names), knows what is in the hearts!
Mir Aneesuddin
He causes the night to enter into the day and He causes the day to enter into the night, and He is the Knower of what the bosoms (hearts) possess.
He causes the night** to lose its character and identity by absorption into the day and He causes the day** to lose its character and identity by absorption into the night irrespective of the nature of the day, solar, civil, or sidereal, or the period of the year. And He is well acquainted with what the breasts forge that the tongues must vent, and with what the breasts hide in store for future conditions and events