The Night (Al-Layl)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
I swear by the night when it draws a veil, 1 And the day resplendent 2 And [by] He who created the male and female, 3 Indeed, your efforts are diverse. 4 Yet he who gives to others and has fear, 5 and believes in the finest, 6 We will pave his way to ease. 7 But as for him who is niggardly, and thinks that he is self-sufficient, 8 and he belied the finest 9 We will ease him toward difficulty. 10 and his wealth shall be of no avail to him when he perishes. 11 It is indeed for Us to show the way, 12 And to Us belong the End and the Beginning. 13 I have warned you then about a raging Fire: 14 None except the most wicked will enter it. 15 who gives the lie to the truth and turns away [from it]. 16 But save him who fears 17 Who giveth away his substance that he may be cleansed, 18 And who hath no favour from anyone to recompense. 19 He desires only to please his Lord, the Supreme. 20 He surely will be pleased (when he will enter Paradise). 21