The Night (Al-Layl)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
By the night, when it envelops, 1 And by oath of the day when it shines 2 and by the creation of the male and the female. 3 That your endeavour is for different ends. 4 As for him who gave out his wealth (for Allah's sake) and abstained (from disobeying Him), 5 and confirms the reward most fair, 6 observe piety, and believe in receiving rewards from God. 7 but for him that is a miser, and sufficed, 8 and rejects what is right, 9 Surely We will ease his way unto adversity. 10 and his wealth shall be of no avail to him when he perishes. 11 Surely, in Our hands is guidance, 12 and to Us belong the Next Life and the present. 13 I therefore warn you of the fire that is ablaze. 14 None shall enter it save the most wretched, 15 who gives the lie to the truth and turns away [from it]. 16 And away from it shall be kept the one who guards most (against evil), 17 Those who spend their wealth for increase in self-purification, 18 And none hath with him any favour for reward, 19 seeking only the Face of his Lord, the Most High, 20 and he shall surely be satisfied. 21