The Night (Al-Layl)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
By the night, when it envelops, 1 By the day when it appeareth in glory, 2 And the creating of the male and the female, 3 Verily, [O men,] you aim at most divergent ends! 4 So for one who gave and practised piety 5 And believed the best matter to be true 6 We will facilitate for him the easy end. 7 And as for him who stinteth and is heedless, 8 and rejects what is right, 9 So We will very soon provide him hardship. 10 His wealth will not avail him when he falls into ruin. 11 It is indeed for Us to show the way, 12 And verify Ours is both the Hereafter and the life present. 13 I have now warned you of a Blazing Fire, 14 in which no one will suffer forever except the wicked ones 15 Who denies and turns away. 16 For, distant from it shall remain he who is truly conscious of God: 17 He who spends his wealth for increase in self-purification, 18 They do not expect any reward 19 But only the desire to seek for the Countenance of their Lord Most High; 20 He will surely be well-pleased (with him). 21