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74:33
والليل اذ ادبر ٣٣
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ ٣٣
ﲷ
ﲸ
ﲹ
ﲺ
and the night as it retreats,
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اذ ادبر
Readers
Abū Jaʿfar
Madinah
Ibn ʿĀmir
Damascus
Nāfiʿ
Madinah
Ḥamzah
Kufah
Ibn Kathīr
Makkah
Khalaf
Kufah
Abū ʿAmr
Basrah
al-Kisāʾī
Kufah
Yaʿqūb
Basrah
ʿĀṣim
Kufah
Readings
إِذۡ أَدۡبَرَ
idh adbara
“when it has departed”
This reading has a form IV verb preceded by the time adverb idh (for past tense).
إِذَا دَبَرَ
idhā dabara
“when it departs” OR “when it succeeds (the day)”
This reading has a form I verb preceded by the time adverb idhā, which tends to describe a future conditional.

Explanation

These readings convey similar or complementary meanings [al-Mahdawi]. NB: they accord with the same skeletal text: in the original codices, the alif may be read as part of the word preceding or following.

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