The Night (Al-Layl)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the night enshrouding 1 and the day in splendour 2 By Him Who hath created the male and the female, 3 surely your strivings are divergent. 4 As for him who gives and is godfearing 5 And affirms goodness, 6 for him shall We make easy the path towards [ultimate] ease. 7 But as for him who hoardeth and deemeth himself independent, 8 and rejects what is right, 9 We shall facilitate for him the way to Hardship, 10 His riches will not save him when he perisheth. 11 Indeed guiding is upon Us. 12 And verily unto Us (belong) the End and the Beginning. 13 I have warned you about the fierce blazing fire 14 None shall enter it but the most unhappy, 15 Who belieth and turneth away. 16 But the God-fearing shall be kept away from it, 17 [He] who gives [from] his wealth to purify himself 18 And no one has with him any boon for which he should be rewarded, 19 only seeking the Face of his Lord the Most High; 20 And he shall soon be well-pleased. 21