The Night (Al-Layl)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
By the night, when it envelops, 1 and by the day when it unveils. 2 Consider the creation of the male and the female! 3 Indeed your efforts differ. 4 Yet he who gives to others and has fear, 5 And testifieth to the Good, 6 We shall facilitate for him the Way to Bliss. 7 but for him that is a miser, and sufficed, 8 and denied the Truth of goodness: 9 We shall facilitate the path to affliction 10 and his wealth shall be of no avail to him when he perishes. 11 Truly! Ours it is (to give) guidance, 12 And most surely Ours is the hereafter and the former. 13 I therefore warn you of the fire that is ablaze. 14 None shall enter it save the most wretched, 15 who denied [the truth], and turned away. 16 But the righteous one will avoid it - 17 Those who spend their wealth for increase in self-purification, 18 not as payment for favours received, 19 But only seeking the Countenance of his Lord the Most High. 20 And indeed, soon he will be very pleased. 21