The Night (Al-Layl)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the night when it envelopeth, 1 By the Day as it appears in glory; 2 and by Him Who created the male and the female: 3 surely your striving is to diverse ends. 4 We shall facilitate the path to bliss 5 And believes in the best [reward], 6 Unto him therefore We shall indeed make easy the path to ease. 7 But for those who are niggardly, horde their wealth, 8 and he belied the finest 9 We shall facilitate for him the way to Hardship, 10 And his riches will not avail him when he falls headlong (into the Abyss). 11 Surely, in Our hands is guidance, 12 and to Us belong the hereafter and the worldly life. 13 Now I have warned you of a Fire that flames, 14 No one will burn in it but the most wretched, 15 Who denies and turns away. 16 Far removed from it will be the righteous 17 [He] who gives [from] his wealth to purify himself 18 And have in their minds no favour from anyone for which a reward is expected in return, 19 except the pleasure of their Lord, the Most High 20 And he shall soon be well-pleased. 21