The Night (Al-Layl)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
By the night when it envelopeth, 1 and by the day when it breaks in its glory, 2 and by Him Who created the male and the female: 3 Certainly, your efforts and deeds are diverse (different in aims and purposes); 4 Then as for him who gives away and guards (against evil), 5 and believes in the truth of the ultimate good 6 We shall ease the way of fortune for him. 7 But he who is a greedy miser and thinks himself self-sufficient, 8 and he belied the finest 9 We shall surely ease for him the Path of Hardship (the Fire). 10 When he falls (into Hell), his wealth will not help him. 11 Verify on us is the guidance 12 and to Us belong the Last and the First. 13 Therefore I have warned you of a Fire blazing fiercely (Hell); 14 in which none shall be roasted except the most wretched sinner, 15 He who denieth and turneth away. 16 But the God-fearing shall be kept away from it, 17 He who spends his wealth for increase in self-purification, 18 And none hath with him any favour for reward, 19 But only seeking the countenance of his Lord, Most High. 20 And he is going to be satisfied. 21