The Night (Al-Layl)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
By the night when it envelopeth, 1 And the day when it shines in brightness, 2 By (the mystery of) the creation of male and female;- 3 your striving is indeed to different ends! 4 So for one who gave and practised piety 5 and confirms the reward most fair, 6 We shall facilitate for him the Way to Bliss. 7 And as for him who is niggardly and considers himself free from need (of Allah), 8 And rejects goodness, 9 For him We shall ease the way of adversity, 10 And his riches will not avail him when he falls headlong (into the Abyss). 11 Surely it is for Us to show the Right Way, 12 and to Us belongs the Hereafter as well as the present world -- 13 I have now warned you of the Blazing Fire, 14 None shall enter it save the most wretched, 15 He who denieth and turneth away. 16 and from which the most godfearing shall be removed, 17 one who gives his wealth to become purified, 18 and confers no favour on any man for recompense, 19 acting only for the sake of his Lord the Most High -- 20 And he is going to be satisfied. 21