The Night (Al-Layl)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
By the night as it envelops; 1 And [by] the day when it appears 2 And the creating of the male and the female, 3 surely your strivings are divergent. 4 Then as for him who gives away and guards (against evil), 5 And accepts the best, 6 We will pave his way to ease. 7 As for him who was a miser and behaved with aversion (to Allah), 8 and denied the Truth of goodness: 9 We shall facilitate for him the way to Hardship, 10 And his substance will avail him not when he perisheth. 11 Indeed, Guidance is Ours, 12 And indeed, to Us belongs the Hereafter and the first [life]. 13 So, I warn you of the blazing Fire. 14 none shall enter it but the most wicked, 15 Who had denied and turned away. 16 One who fears God shall be kept away from it -- 17 He who spends his wealth for increase in self-purification, 18 And who hath no favour from anyone to recompense. 19 Other than seeking the glory of his Lord, most high, 20 and before long he will be well satisfied. 21