The Night (Al-Layl)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
By oath of the night when it covers 1 And [by] the day when it appears 2 And by Who created the male and female, 3 surely your strivings are divergent. 4 Yet he who gives to others and has fear, 5 And believeth in goodness; 6 We will make smooth for him the path of ease (goodness). 7 but for him that is a miser, and sufficed, 8 And disbelieveth in goodness; 9 We shall facilitate for him the way to Hardship, 10 And what will his wealth avail him when he falls? 11 Surely it is for Us to show the Right Way, 12 And to Us belong the End and the Beginning. 13 Therefore do I warn you of a Fire blazing fiercely; 14 No one will burn in it but the most wretched, 15 who belied and turned away, 16 But save him who fears 17 He who spends his wealth for increase in self-purification, 18 And no one has done a favour to him, for which he should be compensated. 19 except the pleasure of their Lord, the Most High 20 And presently he shall become well pleased. 21