Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:78

17:78

أَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ لِدُلُوكِ ٱلشَّمْسِ إِلَىٰ غَسَقِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَقُرْءَانَ ٱلْفَجْرِ ۖ إِنَّ قُرْءَانَ ٱلْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُودًا

aqimi l-ṣalata lidulūki l-shamsi ilā ghasaqi al-layli waqur'āna l-fajri inna qur'āna l-fajri kāna mashhūdan

Establish prayer at the decline of the sun [from its meridian] until the darkness of the night and [also] the Qur’ān [i.e., recitation] of dawn. Indeed, the recitation of dawn is ever witnessed.

— Saheeh International

So perform the regular prayers in the period from the time the sun is past its zenith till the darkness of the night, and [recite] the Quran at dawn- dawn recitation is always witnessed––

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Perform As-Salât (Iqamât-as-Salât) from mid-day till the darkness of the night (i.e. the Zuhr, ‘Asr, Maghrib and ‘Ishâ’ prayers), and recite the Qur’ân in the early dawn (i.e. the morning prayer). Verily, the recitation of the Qur’ân in the early dawn is ever witnessed (attended by the angels in charge of mankind of the day and the night).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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أَقِمِaqimiEstablish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
لِدُلُوكِlidulūkiat the decline
ٱلشَّمْسِl-shamsi(of) the sun
إِلَىٰilātill
غَسَقِghasaqi(the) darkness
ٱلَّيْلِal-layli(of) the night
وَقُرْءَانَwaqur'ānaand Quran
ٱلْفَجْرِۖl-fajriat dawn
إِنَّinnaindeed
قُرْءَانَqur'ānathe Quran
ٱلْفَجْرِl-fajri(at) the dawn
كَانَkānais
مَشْهُودًۭاmashhūdanever witnessed