The Night (Al-Layl)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
I CALL THE night to witness when it covers over, 1 by the day when it appears radiant, 2 And Him who created the male and female, 3 your striving is indeed to different ends! 4 Then as for him who giveths and feareth Him. 5 And accepts the best, 6 We will make smooth for him the path of ease (goodness). 7 But as for one who is miserly and unheeding, 8 And disbelieveth in goodness; 9 We will facilitate for him the difficult end. 10 And his substance will avail him not when he perisheth. 11 Verify on us is the guidance 12 And verily unto Us (belong) the End and the Beginning. 13 Therefore I have warned you of a Fire blazing fiercely (Hell); 14 Which only the most wretched must endure, 15 who have rejected the (Truth) and have turned away from it. 16 and from which the cautious shall be distanced. 17 who spend for the cause of God and purify themselves. 18 They do not expect any reward 19 except the pleasure of their Lord, the Most High 20 and he shall surely be satisfied. 21