Surah Al-Lail

وَٱلَّيْلِإِذَايَغْشَىٰ

CONSIDER the night as it veils [the earth] in darkness,

وَٱلنَّهَارِإِذَاتَجَلَّىٰ

and the day as it rises bright!

وَمَاخَلَقَٱلذَّكَرَوَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

Consider the creation of the male and the female!

إِنَّسَعْيَكُمْلَشَتَّىٰ

Verily, [O men,] you aim at most divergent ends!

فَأَمَّامَنْأَعْطَىٰوَٱتَّقَىٰ

Thus, as for him who gives [to others] and is conscious of God,

وَصَدَّقَبِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ

and believes in the truth of the ultimate good

فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥلِلْيُسْرَىٰ

for him shall We make easy the path towards [ultimate] ease.

وَأَمَّامَنۢبَخِلَوَٱسْتَغْنَىٰ

But as for him who is niggardly, and thinks that he is self-sufficient,

وَكَذَّبَبِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ

and calls the ultimate good a lie –

فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥلِلْعُسْرَىٰ

for him shall We make easy the path towards hardship:

وَمَايُغْنِىعَنْهُمَالُهُۥٓإِذَاتَرَدَّىٰٓ

and what will his wealth avail him when he goes down [to his grave]?

إِنَّعَلَيْنَالَلْهُدَىٰ

BEHOLD, it is indeed for Us to grace [you] with guidance;

وَإِنَّلَنَالَلْءَاخِرَةَوَٱلْأُولَىٰ

and, behold, Ours is [the dominion over] the life to come as well as [over] this earlier part [of your life]:

فَأَنذَرْتُكُمْنَارًۭاتَلَظَّىٰ

and so I warn you of the raging fire -

لَايَصْلَىٰهَآإِلَّاٱلْأَشْقَى

[the fire] which none shall have to endure but that most hapless wretch

ٱلَّذِىكَذَّبَوَتَوَلَّىٰ

who gives the lie to the truth and turns away [from it].

وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَاٱلْأَتْقَى

For, distant from it shall remain he who is truly conscious of God:

ٱلَّذِىيُؤْتِىمَالَهُۥيَتَزَكَّىٰ

he that spends his possessions [on others] so that he might grow in purity –

وَمَالِأَحَدٍعِندَهُۥمِننِّعْمَةٍۢتُجْزَىٰٓ

not as payment for favours received,

إِلَّاٱبْتِغَآءَوَجْهِرَبِّهِٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

but only out of a longing for the countenance of his Sustainer, the All-Highest: