The Night (Al-Layl)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
I CALL THE night to witness when it covers over, 1 And by oath of the day when it shines 2 By Him Who hath created the male and the female, 3 That your endeavour is for different ends. 4 Then as for him who gives away and guards (against evil), 5 for those who spend for the cause of God, 6 We shall facilitate for him the Way to Bliss. 7 And as for him who stinteth and is heedless, 8 And denies the best [reward], 9 So We will very soon provide him hardship. 10 and what will his wealth avail him when he goes down [to his grave]? 11 Indeed guiding is upon Us. 12 And verily unto Us (belong) the End and the Beginning. 13 So I have warned you of a Fire which is blazing. 14 None shall enter it save the most wretched, 15 Who denies and turns away. 16 But the God-fearing shall be kept away from it, 17 He who spends his wealth for increase in self-purification, 18 And no one has with him any boon for which he should be rewarded, 19 But only seeking the Countenance of his Lord the Most High. 20 surely, he shall be satisfied. 21