The Night (Al-Layl)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
By the Night as it conceals (the light); 1 and the day as it rises bright! 2 And by Who created the male and female, 3 surely your strivings are divergent. 4 As for him who gave out his wealth (for Allah's sake) and abstained (from disobeying Him), 5 And accepts the best, 6 We will pave his way to ease. 7 And for him who hoarded wealth and remained carefree, 8 And rejects the best, 9 We will make smooth for him the path for evil; 10 And what will his wealth avail him when he falls? 11 Verily We take upon Ourselves to guide, 12 and to Us belongs the Hereafter as well as the present world -- 13 I have now warned you of the Blazing Fire, 14 None shall enter it save the most wretched, 15 The one who denied and turned away. 16 But the righteous one will avoid it - 17 who spend for the cause of God and purify themselves. 18 and owes no favour to anyone, which is to be repaid, 19 only seeking the Face of his Lord the Most High; 20 surely, he shall be satisfied. 21