The Night (Al-Layl)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
I CALL THE night to witness when it covers over, 1 And the day when it shines in all its glory, 2 And Him who created the male and female, 3 surely your strivings are divergent. 4 Yet he who gives to others and has fear, 5 And affirms goodness, 6 So We will very soon provide him ease. 7 As for him who was a miser and behaved with aversion (to Allah), 8 and rejects what is right, 9 So We will very soon provide him hardship. 10 When he falls (into Hell), his wealth will not help him. 11 Indeed guiding is upon Us. 12 and to Us belong the Last and the First. 13 Now I have warned you of a Fire that flames, 14 None shall enter it save the most wretched, 15 who have rejected the (Truth) and have turned away from it. 16 And away from it shall be kept the one who guards most (against evil), 17 He who gives his wealth to be purified, 18 And not [giving] for anyone who has [done him] a favor to be rewarded 19 seeking only the Face of his Lord, the Most High, 20 and before long he will be well satisfied. 21