The Night (Al-Layl)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the night when it covers 1 And the day when it shines in brightness, 2 And Him Who hath created male and female, 3 Indeed, your efforts are diverse. 4 As for one who gives [to others] and fears [God], 5 And believed the best matter to be true 6 Unto him therefore We shall indeed make easy the path to ease. 7 And as for him who stinteth and is heedless, 8 And rejects goodness, 9 We will ease him toward difficulty. 10 Nor will his wealth profit him when he falls headlong (into the Pit). 11 Surely it is for Us to show the Right Way, 12 and to Us belong the Last and the First. 13 Now I have warned you of a Fire that flames, 14 No one will burn in it but the most wretched, 15 Who had denied and turned away. 16 For, distant from it shall remain he who is truly conscious of God: 17 Those who spend their wealth for increase in self-purification, 18 not as payment for favours received, 19 only seeking the Face of his Lord the Most High; 20 And he shall soon be well-pleased. 21