The Night (Al-Layl)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
By the night when it covers 1 And [by] the day when it appears 2 By Him Who hath created the male and the female, 3 Your striving is most surely (directed to) various (ends). 4 As for he who gives and fears Allah 5 And (in all sincerity) testifies to the best,- 6 We will ease him toward ease. 7 But he who is greedy miser and thinks himself self-sufficient. 8 and rejects what is right, 9 We shall pave his way to hardship, 10 And what will his wealth benefit him when he goes down (in destruction). 11 Lo! Ours it is (to give) the guidance 12 And to Us belong the End and the Beginning. 13 So I have warned you of a Fire which is blazing. 14 whereat none but the most wretched shall be roasted, 15 Who belieth and turneth away. 16 and from which the most godfearing shall be removed, 17 he that spends his possessions [on others] so that he might grow in purity 18 not as payment for favours received, 19 but only out of a longing for the countenance of his Sustainer, the All-Highest: 20 And soon will they attain (complete) satisfaction. 21