The Night (Al-Layl)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
By the night, when 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 For him that gives and fears (Allah) 5 And (in all sincerity) testifies to the best,- 6 We will pave his way to ease. 7 But as for one who is miserly and unheeding, 8 and calls the ultimate good a lie 9 We shall pave his way to hardship, 10 His wealth will not avail him when he falls into ruin. 11 It is indeed for Us to show the way, 12 And truly, unto Us (belong) the last (Hereafter) and the first (this world). 13 Therefore I have warned you of a Fire blazing fiercely (Hell); 14 None except the most wicked will enter it. 15 who denied [the truth], and turned away. 16 But save him who fears 17 the Godfearing who spends his wealth to purify himself; 18 and confers no favor upon anyone for recompense 19 But only the desire to seek for the Countenance of their Lord Most High; 20 and such, indeed, shall in time be well-pleased. 21