The Night (Al-Layl)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
I CALL THE night to witness when it covers over, 1 and the day as it rises bright! 2 and That which created the male and the female, 3 Verily, [O men,] you aim at most divergent ends! 4 As for him who gives and is godfearing 5 And affirms goodness, 6 We shall facilitate for him the Way to Bliss. 7 And as for him who stinteth and is heedless, 8 and cries lies to the reward most fair, 9 We shall pave his way to hardship, 10 and his wealth shall be of no avail to him when he perishes. 11 Surely upon Us rests the guidance, 12 and, behold, Ours is [the dominion over] the life to come as well as [over] this earlier part [of your life]: 13 So, I warn you of the blazing Fire. 14 None shall enter it but the most unhappy, 15 who rejected the Truth, calling it falsehood and turned his back on it. 16 For, distant from it shall remain he who is truly conscious of God: 17 Who giveth away his substance that he may be cleansed, 18 And no one has with him any boon for which he should be rewarded, 19 only seeking the Face of his Lord the Most High; 20 surely, he shall be satisfied. 21