The Night (Al-Layl)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
By the night when it envelopeth, 1 And the day when it shines in all its glory, 2 And by oath of the One Who created the male and the female. 3 Lo! your effort is dispersed (toward divers ends). 4 As for one who gives [to others] and fears [God], 5 And accepts the best, 6 We shall facilitate for him the Way to Bliss. 7 but for him that is a miser, and sufficed, 8 And rejects the best, 9 We will indeed make smooth for him the path to Misery; 10 nor will his wealth profit him when he falls [into the pit]. 11 Verily We take upon Ourselves to guide, 12 And to Us belong the End and the Beginning. 13 Therefore do I warn you of a Fire blazing fiercely; 14 [the fire] which none shall have to endure but that most hapless wretch 15 Who denied (the truth) and turned away. 16 But save him who fears 17 he that spends his possessions [on others] so that he might grow in purity 18 and confers no favour on any man for recompense, 19 He desires only to please his Lord, the Supreme. 20 And soon will they attain (complete) satisfaction. 21