The Night (Al-Layl)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
By the night as it envelops; 1 And by oath of the day when it shines 2 And by Him Who created male and female; 3 O men, you truly strive towards the most diverse ends! 4 Thus, as for him who gives [to others] and is conscious of God, 5 and believes in the truth of what is right, 6 We shall facilitate for him the Way to Bliss. 7 But as for he who withholds and considers himself free of need 8 and calls the ultimate good a lie 9 We shall pave his way to hardship, 10 nor will his wealth profit him when he falls [into the pit]. 11 Indeed, Guidance is Ours, 12 and to Us belong the Last and the First. 13 I have now warned you of a Blazing Fire, 14 None except the most wicked will enter it. 15 He who denieth and turneth away. 16 But the righteous one will avoid it - 17 Who giveth away his substance that he may be cleansed, 18 And have in their minds no favour from anyone for which a reward is expected in return, 19 seeking only the Face of his Lord, the Most High, 20 He surely will be pleased (when he will enter Paradise). 21