The Night (Al-Layl)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
By the night, when it envelops, 1 And by oath of the day when it shines 2 And the creating of the male and the female, 3 your striving is indeed to different ends! 4 So he who gives (in charity) and fears (Allah), 5 And believes in Al-Husna. 6 We shall facilitate for him the Way to Bliss. 7 And as for him who stinteth and is heedless, 8 And disbelieveth in goodness; 9 We shall surely ease for him the Path of Hardship (the Fire). 10 Nor will his wealth profit him when he falls headlong (into the Pit). 11 Surely Ours is it to show the way, 12 and to Us belong the hereafter and the worldly life. 13 I have now warned you of a Blazing Fire, 14 None except the most wicked will enter it. 15 who have rejected the (Truth) and have turned away from it. 16 And avoid it shall the most pious, 17 And gives of his wealth that he may grow in virtue, 18 not as payment for favours received, 19 but only out of a longing for the countenance of his Sustainer, the All-Highest: 20 And presently he shall become well pleased. 21