092. The Night – Al-Lail

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ﴿٠﴾
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ ﴿١﴾
I swear by the night when it draws a veil,
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ ﴿٢﴾
And the day when it shines in brightness,
وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ ﴿٣﴾
And the creating of the male and the female,
إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ ﴿٤﴾
Your striving is most surely (directed to) various (ends).
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ ﴿٥﴾
Then as for him who gives away and guards (against evil),
وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ﴿٦﴾
And accepts the best,
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ ﴿٧﴾
We will facilitate for him the easy end.
وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَىٰ ﴿٨﴾
And as for him who is niggardly and considers himself free from need (of Allah),
وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ﴿٩﴾
And rejects the best,
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ ﴿١٠﴾
We will facilitate for him the difficult end.
وَمَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ ﴿١١﴾
And his wealth will not avail him when he perishes.
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا لَلْهُدَىٰ ﴿١٢﴾
Surely Ours is it to show the way,
وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْءَاخِرَةَ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ ﴿١٣﴾
And most surely Ours is the hereafter and the former.
فَأَنذَرْتُكُمْ نَارًا تَلَظَّىٰ ﴿١٤﴾
Therefore I warn you of the fire that flames:
لَا يَصْلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْأَشْقَى ﴿١٥﴾
None shall enter it but the most unhappy,
ٱلَّذِى كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ﴿١٦﴾
Who gives the lie (to the truth) and turns (his) back.
وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَتْقَى ﴿١٧﴾
And away from it shall be kept the one who guards most (against evil),
ٱلَّذِى يُؤْتِى مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ ﴿١٨﴾
Who gives away his wealth, purifying himself
وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعْمَةٍ تُجْزَىٰٓ ﴿١٩﴾
And no one has with him any boon for which he should be rewarded,
إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ﴿٢٠﴾
Except the seeking of the pleasure of his Lord, the Most High.
وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَىٰ ﴿٢١﴾
And he shall soon be well-pleased.