The Night (Al-Layl)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the night as it veils [the earth] in darkness, 1 and the day as it rises bright! 2 Consider the creation of the male and the female! 3 Verily, [O men,] you aim at most divergent ends! 4 Thus, as for him who gives [to others] and is conscious of God, 5 and believes in the truth of what is right, 6 We shall ease the way of fortune for him. 7 And as for him who stinteth and is heedless, 8 And rejects goodness, 9 We shall pave his way to hardship, 10 and what will his wealth avail him when he goes down [to his grave]? 11 Lo! Ours it is (to give) the guidance 12 and to Us belong the Next Life and the present. 13 Therefore do I warn you of a Fire blazing fiercely; 14 None except the most wicked will enter it. 15 who gives the lie to the truth and turns away [from it]. 16 And avoid it shall the most pious, 17 He who gives his wealth to be purified, 18 not as payment for favours received, 19 but only to seek the good pleasure of his Lord Most High. 20 And he shall soon be well-pleased. 21