The Night (Al-Layl)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
By the night enshrouding 1 And the day resplendent 2 and That which created the male and the female, 3 Indeed your efforts differ. 4 Then as for him who gives away and guards (against evil), 5 And believes in the best [reward], 6 observe piety, and believe in receiving rewards from God. 7 But as for him who is a miser, and self-sufficient, 8 and denied the Truth of goodness: 9 We will indeed make smooth for him the path to Misery; 10 And what will his wealth benefit him when he goes down (in destruction). 11 Surely upon Us rests the guidance, 12 and to Us belong the hereafter and the worldly life. 13 So I have warned you of a Fire which is blazing. 14 Which only the most wretched must endure, 15 The one who denied and turned away. 16 Far removed from it will be the righteous 17 He who spends his wealth for increase in self-purification, 18 and confers no favor upon anyone for recompense 19 Except only the desire to seek the Countenance of his Lord, the Most High; 20 surely, he shall be satisfied. 21