The Night (Al-Layl)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
By the night, when it envelops, 1 and the day as it rises bright! 2 and That which created the male and the female, 3 Verily, (the ends) ye strive for are diverse. 4 As for he who gives and fears Allah 5 And believed the best matter to be true 6 We shall ease the way of fortune for him. 7 And as for him who stinteth and is heedless, 8 And rejects the best, 9 We shall facilitate for him the way to Hardship, 10 And what will his wealth avail him when he falls? 11 BEHOLD, it is indeed for Us to grace [you] with guidance; 12 And truly, unto Us (belong) the last (Hereafter) and the first (this world). 13 I have now warned you of the Blazing Fire, 14 [the fire] which none shall have to endure but that most hapless wretch 15 who denied [the truth], and turned away. 16 Far removed from it will be the righteous 17 who spend for the cause of God and purify themselves. 18 And no one has with him any boon for which he should be rewarded, 19 He desires only to please his Lord, the Supreme. 20 And he is going to be satisfied. 21