The Night (Al-Layl)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By oath of the night when it covers 1 and the day as it rises bright! 2 Consider the creation of the male and the female! 3 That your endeavour is for different ends. 4 Then as for him who giveths and feareth Him. 5 And testifieth to the Good, 6 We will facilitate for him the easy end. 7 But he who is a greedy miser and thinks himself self-sufficient, 8 And disbelieveth in goodness; 9 We shall facilitate the path to affliction 10 And his substance will avail him not when he perisheth. 11 Indeed guiding is upon Us. 12 And verily unto Us (belong) the End and the Beginning. 13 Therefore I have warned you of a Fire blazing fiercely (Hell); 14 None will [enter to] burn therein except the most wretched one. 15 who belied and turned away, 16 And away from it shall be kept the one who guards most (against evil), 17 Who gives his wealth in order to be pure. 18 not as payment for any favours that he received, 19 acting only for the sake of his Lord the Most High -- 20 And he shall soon be well-pleased. 21