The Night (Al-Layl)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
By the Night as it conceals (the light); 1 And [by] the day when it appears 2 By Him Who hath created the male and the female, 3 Verily your endeavour is diverse. 4 For him that gives and fears (Allah) 5 and believes in the truth of what is right, 6 We shall facilitate for him the Way to Bliss. 7 But as for him who is niggardly, and thinks that he is self-sufficient, 8 And rejects goodness, 9 for him shall We make easy the path towards hardship: 10 And his substance will avail him not when he perisheth. 11 Indeed guiding is upon Us. 12 and to Us belong the hereafter and the worldly life. 13 So, I warn you of the blazing Fire. 14 Which only the most wretched must endure, 15 who rejected the Truth, calling it falsehood and turned his back on it. 16 But save him who fears 17 He who spends his wealth for increase in self-purification, 18 not as payment for any favours that he received, 19 Except as seeking (to fulfil) the purpose of his Lord Most High. 20 And he is going to be satisfied. 21