The Night (Al-Layl)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
By oath of the night when it covers 1 and by the day when it breaks in its glory, 2 and by Him Who created the male and the female: 3 That your endeavour is for different ends. 4 So for one who gave and practised piety 5 And accepts the best, 6 We will ease him toward ease. 7 As for him who was a miser and behaved with aversion (to Allah), 8 And disbelieveth in goodness; 9 We shall surely ease him to the Hardship; 10 His riches will not save him when he perisheth. 11 Indeed guiding is upon Us. 12 and to Us belong the Last and the First. 13 I therefore warn you of the fire that is ablaze. 14 where none shall burn except the most wicked, 15 who have rejected the (Truth) and have turned away from it. 16 And avoid it shall the most pious, 17 who spend for the cause of God and purify themselves. 18 And who hath no favour from anyone to recompense. 19 but only to seek the good pleasure of his Lord Most High. 20 He surely will be pleased (when he will enter Paradise). 21