The Night (Al-Layl)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
By the night when it enshrouds, 1 And the day when it shines in all its glory, 2 By Him Who hath created the male and the female, 3 Verily your endeavour is diverse. 4 We shall facilitate the path to bliss 5 and confirms the reward most fair, 6 We will ease him toward ease. 7 But as for him who is a miser, and self-sufficient, 8 and he belied the finest 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, in Our hands is guidance, 12 and to Us belong the Last and the First. 13 I have now warned you of a Blazing Fire, 14 in which none shall be roasted except the most wretched sinner, 15 who rejected the Truth, calling it falsehood and turned his back on it. 16 and from which the most godfearing shall be removed, 17 one who gives his wealth to become purified, 18 not as payment for favours received, 19 Except the seeking of the pleasure of his Lord, the Most High. 20 He surely will be pleased (when he will enter Paradise). 21