| Surah Al-Lail | |||
| In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. | |||
| 1 | By the night as it envelops; | ||
| 2 | And by the day as it appears in brightness; | ||
| 3 | And by Him Who created male and female; | ||
| 4 | Certainly, your efforts and deeds are diverse ( different in aims and purposes ); | ||
| 5 | As for him who gives ( in charity ) and keeps his duty to Allâh and fears Him, | ||
| 6 | And believes in Al-Husna. | ||
| 7 | We will make smooth for him the path of ease ( goodness ). | ||
| 8 | But he who is greedy miser and thinks himself self-sufficient. | ||
| 9 | And gives the lie to Al-Husna ( see Verse No: 6 footnote ); | ||
| 10 | We will make smooth for him the path for evil; | ||
| 11 | And what will his wealth benefit him when he goes down ( in destruction ). | ||
| 12 | Truly! Ours it is ( to give ) guidance, | ||
| 13 | And truly, unto Us ( belong ) the last ( Hereafter ) and the first ( this world ). | ||
| 14 | Therefore I have warned you of a Fire blazing fiercely ( Hell ); | ||
| 15 | None shall enter it save the most wretched, | ||
| 16 | Who denies and turns away. | ||
| 17 | And Al-Muttaqûn ( the pious and righteous - see V. 2: 2 ) will be far removed from it ( Hell ). | ||
| 18 | He who spends his wealth for increase in self-purification, | ||
| 19 | And have in his mind no favour from anyone for which a reward is expected in return, | ||
| 20 | Except only the desire to seek the Countenance of his Lord, the Most High; | ||
| 21 | He surely will be pleased ( when he will enter Paradise ). | ||