Surah Al-Layl · The Night

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ ۝١

wa-al-layli idhā yaghshā

By the night when it covers

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ ۝٢

wal-nahāri idhā tajallā

And [by] the day when it appears

وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ ۝٣

wamā khalaqa l-dhakara wal-unthā

And [by] He who created the male and female,

إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ ۝٤

inna saʿyakum lashattā

Indeed, your efforts are diverse.

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ ۝٥

fa-ammā man aʿṭā wa-ittaqā

As for he who gives and fears Allāh

وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۝٦

waṣaddaqa bil-ḥus'nā

And believes in the best [reward],

فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ ۝٧

fasanuyassiruhu lil'yus'rā

We will ease him toward ease.

وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَىٰ ۝٨

wa-ammā man bakhila wa-is'taghnā

But as for he who withholds and considers himself free of need

وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۝٩

wakadhaba bil-ḥus'nā

And denies the best [reward],

فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ ۝١٠

fasanuyassiruhu lil'ʿus'rā

We will ease him toward difficulty.

وَمَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ ۝١١

wamā yugh'nī ʿanhu māluhu idhā taraddā

And what will his wealth avail him when he falls?

إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا لَلْهُدَىٰ ۝١٢

inna ʿalaynā lalhudā

Indeed, [incumbent] upon Us is guidance.

وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْـَٔاخِرَةَ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ ۝١٣

wa-inna lanā lalākhirata wal-ūlā

And indeed, to us belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].

فَأَنذَرْتُكُمْ نَارًا تَلَظَّىٰ ۝١٤

fa-andhartukum nāran talaẓẓā

So I have warned you of a Fire which is blazing.

لَا يَصْلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْأَشْقَى ۝١٥

lā yaṣlāhā illā l-ashqā

None will [enter to] burn therein except the most wretched one

ٱلَّذِى كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ۝١٦

alladhī kadhaba watawallā

Who had denied and turned away.

وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَتْقَى ۝١٧

wasayujannabuhā l-atqā

But the righteous one will avoid it

ٱلَّذِى يُؤْتِى مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ ۝١٨

alladhī yu'tī mālahu yatazakkā

[He] who gives [from] his wealth to purify himself

وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعْمَةٍ تُجْزَىٰٓ ۝١٩

wamā li-aḥadin ʿindahu min niʿ'matin tuj'zā

And not [giving] for anyone who has [done him] a favor to be rewarded

إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ۝٢٠

illā ib'tighāa wajhi rabbihi l-aʿlā

But only seeking the face [i.e., acceptance] of his Lord, Most High.

وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَىٰ ۝٢١

walasawfa yarḍā

And he is going to be satisfied.