الليل
Al-Lail
The Night
Meccan - 21 verses
1
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ ۝١
By the night when it envelops,
2
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ ۝٢
by the day when it brightens,
3
وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ ۝٣
by Him who created the male and the female:
4
إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ ۝٤
your endeavours are indeed diverse.
5
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ ۝٥
As for him who gives and is Godwary
6
وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۝٦
and confirms the best promise,
7
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ ۝٧
We will surely ease him toward facility.
8
وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَىٰ ۝٨
But as for him, who is stingy and self-complacent,
9
وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۝٩
and denies the best promise,
10
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ ۝١٠
We will surely ease him toward hardship.
11
وَمَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ ۝١١
His wealth will not avail him when he perishes.
12
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا لَلْهُدَىٰ ۝١٢
Indeed guidance rests with Us,
13
وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْـَٔاخِرَةَ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ ۝١٣
and to Us belong the world and the Hereafter.
14
فَأَنذَرْتُكُمْ نَارًا تَلَظَّىٰ ۝١٤
So I warn you of a blazing fire,
15
لَا يَصْلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْأَشْقَى ۝١٥
which none shall enter except the most wretched [of persons]
16
ٱلَّذِى كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ۝١٦
—he who impugns [God’s prophets] and turns his back.
17
وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَتْقَى ۝١٧
The Godwary [person] will be spared of that
18
ٱلَّذِى يُؤْتِى مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ ۝١٨
—he who gives his wealth to purify himself
19
وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعْمَةٍ تُجْزَىٰٓ ۝١٩
and does not expect any reward from anyone,
20
إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ۝٢٠
but seek only the pleasure of their Lord, the Most Exalted,
21
وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَىٰ ۝٢١
and, surely, soon they will be well-pleased.