The Night (Al-Layl)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
By the night when it envelopeth, 1 and by the day as it appears radiantly, 2 and That which created the male and the female, 3 you strive in various ways. 4 As for he who gives and fears Allah 5 for those who spend for the cause of God, 6 Surely We will ease his way unto the state of ease. 7 but for him that is a miser, and sufficed, 8 And rejects the best, 9 Unto him therefore We shall Indeed make easy the path to hardship. 10 his wealth shall not avail him when he perishes. 11 Indeed, [incumbent] upon Us is guidance. 12 And to Us belong the End and the Beginning. 13 and so I warn you of the raging fire 14 where none shall burn except the most wicked, 15 who gives the lie to the truth and turns away [from it]. 16 For, distant from it shall remain he who is truly conscious of God: 17 one who gives his wealth to become purified, 18 and confers no favour on any man for recompense, 19 seeking only the Face of his Lord, the Most High, 20 and before long he will be well satisfied. 21