The Night (Al-Layl)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
By the night when it envelopeth, 1 And [by] the day when it appears 2 And by oath of the One Who created the male and the female. 3 O men, you truly strive towards the most diverse ends! 4 Then as for him who giveths and feareth Him. 5 and believes in the finest, 6 We will facilitate for him the easy end. 7 And for him who hoarded wealth and remained carefree, 8 And denies the best [reward], 9 Unto him therefore We shall Indeed make easy the path to hardship. 10 His riches will not save him when he perisheth. 11 Surely, in Our hands is guidance, 12 And truly, unto Us (belong) the last (Hereafter) and the first (this world). 13 I therefore warn you of the fire that is ablaze. 14 in which none shall be roasted except the most wretched sinner, 15 who rejected the Truth, calling it falsehood and turned his back on it. 16 But those most devoted to Allah shall be removed far from it,- 17 one who gives his wealth to become purified, 18 And none hath with him any favour for reward, 19 But only the desire to seek for the Countenance of their Lord Most High; 20 He surely will be pleased (when he will enter Paradise). 21