The Night (Al-Layl)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
CONSIDER the night as it veils [the earth] in darkness, 1 And by oath of the day when it shines 2 And the creating of the male and the female, 3 your striving is indeed to different ends! 4 Yet he who gives to others and has fear, 5 and believes in the truth of what is right, 6 We will make smooth for him the path of ease (goodness). 7 But as for one who is miserly and unheeding, 8 and denied the Truth of goodness: 9 We shall facilitate for him the way to Hardship, 10 And his substance will avail him not when he perisheth. 11 Indeed, Guidance is Ours, 12 and to Us belong the Last and the First. 13 I have now warned you of the Blazing Fire, 14 None shall enter it save the most wretched, 15 Who denies and turns away. 16 And Al-Muttaqun (the pious and righteous - see V. 2:2) will be far removed from it (Hell). 17 Who gives his wealth in order to be pure. 18 They do not expect any reward 19 but only out of a longing for the countenance of his Sustainer, the All-Highest: 20 surely, he shall be satisfied. 21