The Night (Al-Layl)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
By the Night as it conceals (the light); 1 By the day when it appeareth in glory, 2 By (the mystery of) the creation of male and female;- 3 Certainly, your efforts and deeds are diverse (different in aims and purposes); 4 As for him who gives and is godfearing 5 And believes in Al-Husna. 6 So We will very soon provide him ease. 7 But he who is a greedy miser and thinks himself self-sufficient, 8 And rejects goodness, 9 for him shall We make easy the path towards hardship: 10 And what will his wealth avail him when he falls? 11 BEHOLD, it is indeed for Us to grace [you] with guidance; 12 And to Us belong the End and the Beginning. 13 I therefore warn you of the fire that is ablaze. 14 None shall enter it but the most unhappy, 15 Who gives the lie (to the truth) and turns (his) back. 16 And avoid it shall the most pious, 17 He who spends his wealth for increase in self-purification, 18 and confers no favour on any man for recompense, 19 He desires only to please his Lord, the Supreme. 20 And indeed, soon he will be very pleased. 21