The Night (Al-Layl)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
By the Night as it conceals (the light); 1 By the Day as it appears in glory; 2 And Him Who hath created male and female, 3 you strive in various ways. 4 As for him who giveth and is dutiful (toward Allah) 5 And accepts the best, 6 We will facilitate for him the easy end. 7 But as for him who is niggardly, and thinks that he is self-sufficient, 8 and rejects what is right, 9 We shall pave his way to hardship, 10 When he falls (into Hell), his wealth will not help him. 11 It is indeed for Us to show the way, 12 And to Us belong the End and the Beginning. 13 I have warned you then about a raging Fire: 14 None shall roast therein but the most wretched, 15 who denied [the truth], and turned away. 16 But the righteous one will avoid it - 17 Who gives his wealth in order to be pure. 18 and confers no favour on any man for recompense, 19 But only seeking the Countenance of his Lord the Most High. 20 and such, indeed, shall in time be well-pleased. 21