The Night (Al-Layl)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
By the night enshrouding 1 By the Day as it appears in glory; 2 and by Him Who created the male and the female: 3 That your endeavour is for different ends. 4 As for he who gives and fears Allah 5 and confirms the reward most fair, 6 We will make smooth for him the path of ease (goodness). 7 But he who is a greedy miser and thinks himself self-sufficient, 8 And gives the lie to the best,- 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 truly, unto Us (belong) the last (Hereafter) and the first (this world). 13 Therefore do I warn you of a Fire blazing fiercely; 14 None shall roast therein but the most wretched, 15 who have rejected the (Truth) and have turned away from it. 16 One who fears God shall be kept away from it -- 17 [He] who gives [from] his wealth to purify himself 18 not as payment for any favours that he received, 19 but only out of a longing for the countenance of his Sustainer, the All-Highest: 20 and he shall surely be satisfied. 21