The Night (Al-Layl)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
By the night when it envelopeth, 1 And the day when it shines in brightness, 2 And the creating of the male and the female, 3 O men, you truly strive towards the most diverse ends! 4 As for him who gives and is godfearing 5 And believeth in goodness; 6 We shall facilitate for him the Way to Bliss. 7 but for him that is a miser, and sufficed, 8 and denied the Truth of goodness: 9 For him We shall ease the way of adversity, 10 and his wealth shall be of no avail to him when he perishes. 11 Surely Ours is it to show the way, 12 and, behold, Ours is [the dominion over] the life to come as well as [over] this earlier part [of your life]: 13 I therefore warn you of the fire that is ablaze. 14 No one will burn in it but the most wretched, 15 Who give the lie to Truth and turn their backs. 16 And away from it shall be kept the one who guards most (against evil), 17 [He] who gives [from] his wealth to purify himself 18 not as payment for any favours that he received, 19 seeking only the Face of his Lord, the Most High, 20 and he shall surely be satisfied. 21