What does Quran 74:33 mean?

Quran 74:33 (Surah Al-Muddaththir, Ayah 33) translates to: "And [by] the night when it departs"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 74:33 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-Muddaththir (The Cloaked One), the 74th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 29.

Yes — there are 3 hadiths related to this ayah from Sahih Muslim, Sunan an-Nasa'i, Sunan Ibn Majah.

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Kathir, Al-Jalalayn, Ibn Abbas — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Creation, Nature References, Divine Signs, Divine Power.

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ

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And [by] the night when it departs

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3 other themes with weak connections

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Signs in creation

74:33Ayah 156

3 ayahs in Al-Muddaththir are strongly about signs in creation. This is one of them.

Scholars offer complementary perspectives

And by the night when it returns! if read as idhā dabara when it comes back after day a variant reading has idh adbara meaning ‘when it has receded’.

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