The Night (Al-Layl)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the night, when it envelops, 1 And the day when it shines in brightness, 2 And by Him Who created male and female; 3 Lo! your effort is dispersed (toward divers ends). 4 We shall facilitate the path to bliss 5 And believed the best matter to be true 6 We will make smooth for him the path of ease (goodness). 7 And as for him who is niggardly and considers himself free from need (of Allah), 8 and rejects what is right, 9 For him We shall ease the way of adversity, 10 his wealth shall not avail him when he perishes. 11 Verify on us is the guidance 12 and to Us belong the Last and the First. 13 I have warned you then about a raging Fire: 14 None shall enter it but the most unhappy, 15 even he who cried lies, and turned away; 16 But the righteous one will avoid it - 17 And gives of his wealth that he may grow in virtue, 18 not as payment for any favours that he received, 19 only seeking the Face of his Lord the Most High; 20 He verily will be content. 21