The Night (Al-Layl)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the night, when it envelops, 1 And the day resplendent 2 And Him who created the male and female, 3 Verily, [O men,] you aim at most divergent ends! 4 So for one who gave and practised piety 5 and confirms the reward most fair, 6 We shall ease the way of fortune for him. 7 And as for him who is niggardly and considers himself free from need (of Allah), 8 and rejects what is right, 9 We will indeed make smooth for him the path to Misery; 10 nor will his wealth profit him when he falls [into the pit]. 11 Verify on us is the guidance 12 and to Us belongs the Hereafter as well as the present world -- 13 Therefore do I warn you of a Fire blazing fiercely; 14 Which only the most wretched must endure, 15 He who denieth and turneth away. 16 For, distant from it shall remain he who is truly conscious of God: 17 he that spends his possessions [on others] so that he might grow in purity 18 And is under no one's obligation to return his favour, 19 But only seeking the countenance of his Lord, Most High. 20 And he shall soon be well-pleased. 21