The Night (Al-Layl)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
By the night when it covers the day, 1 And by the day as it appears in brightness; 2 And by Who created the male and female, 3 surely your strivings are divergent. 4 We shall facilitate the path to bliss 5 for those who spend for the cause of God, 6 Surely We will ease his way unto the state of ease. 7 And as for him who stinteth and is heedless, 8 And denies the best [reward], 9 We shall facilitate the path to affliction 10 And his wealth will not avail him when he perishes. 11 Indeed, [incumbent] upon Us is guidance. 12 and to Us belong the Next Life and the present. 13 I have now warned you of the Blazing Fire, 14 Which only the most wretched must endure, 15 He who denieth and turneth away. 16 But the God-fearing shall be kept away from it, 17 one who gives his wealth to become purified, 18 And no one has with him any boon for which he should be rewarded, 19 Other than seeking the glory of his Lord, most high, 20 He surely will be pleased (when he will enter Paradise). 21