The Night (Al-Layl)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
I CALL THE night to witness when it covers over, 1 And [by] the day when it appears 2 By Him Who hath created the male and the female, 3 Indeed your efforts differ. 4 Then as for him who gives away and guards (against evil), 5 and believes in the finest, 6 for him shall We make easy the path towards [ultimate] ease. 7 And as for him who stinteth and is heedless, 8 And denied the best matter, 9 We shall surely ease for him the Path of Hardship (the Fire). 10 and what will his wealth avail him when he goes down [to his grave]? 11 Truly! Ours it is (to give) guidance, 12 and to Us belong the Last and the First. 13 Therefore do I warn you of a Fire blazing fiercely; 14 None will [enter to] burn therein except the most wretched one. 15 even he who cried lies, and turned away; 16 But those most devoted to Allah shall be removed far from it,- 17 He who spends his wealth for increase in self-purification, 18 And is under no one's obligation to return his favour, 19 seeking only the Face of his Lord, the Most High, 20 He verily will be content. 21