In these readings, the act of covering is ascribed to God, as in the following phrase. The verb forms (II and IV, respectively) represent linguistic options in this verb.

يُغَشِّيْكُمُ النُّعَاسَ

يُغْشِيْكُمُ النُّعَاسَ

In this reading, the ‘drowsiness’ is the subject, i.e. it covers them (by God’s command).

يَغْشَاكُمُ النُّعَاسُ

Abū Jaʿfar al-Madanī

Ibn ʿĀmir al-Shāmī

Nāfiʿ al-Madanī

Ḥamzah al-Zayyāt

Ibn Kathīr al-Makkī

Khalaf al-Bazzār

Abū ʿAmr al-Baṣrī

al-Kisāʾī

Yaʿqūb al-Ḥaḍramī

ʿĀṣim al-Kūfī

Ibn Wardan

Ibn Jammaz

Hishām

Ibn Dhakwān

Warsh

Qalun

Khalaf

Khallad

Al-Bazzi

Qunbul

Isḥaq

Idrīs

Ad-Duri

As-Susi

Abu al-Harith

Ruwais

Rawḥ

Shuʿbah

Ḥafṣ

إِذْ يُغَشِّيكُمُ ٱلنُّعَاسَ أَمَنَةً مِّنْهُ وَيُنَزِّلُ عَلَيْكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً لِّيُطَهِّرَكُم بِهِۦ وَيُذْهِبَ عَنكُمْ رِجْزَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ وَلِيَرْبِطَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِكُمْ وَيُثَبِّتَ بِهِ ٱلْأَقْدَامَ