اللـيـل

1 I swear by the night when it draws a veil,

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the night as it envelops.

1 By the night when it covers

2 And the day when it shines in brightness,

2 By the day as it appears in brightness.

2 And [by] the day when it appears

3 And the creating of the male and the female,

3 By Him Who created male and female.

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

4 Your striving is most surely (directed to) various (ends).

4 Certainly, your efforts and deeds are diverse (different in aims and purposes);

4 Indeed, your efforts are diverse.

5 Then as for him who gives away and guards (against evil),

5 As for him who gives (in charity) and keeps his duty to Allah and fears Him,

5 As for he who gives and fears Allah

6 And accepts the best,

6 And believes in Al-Husna.

6 And believes in the best [reward],

7 We will facilitate for him the easy end.

7 We will make smooth for him the path of ease (goodness).

7 We will ease him toward ease.

8 And as for him who is niggardly and considers himself free from need (of Allah),

8 But he who is greedy miser and thinks himself self-sufficient.

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

9 And rejects the best,

9 And belies Al-Husna (See the footnote of the Verse No.6)

9 And denies the best [reward],

10 We will facilitate for him the difficult end.

10 We will make smooth for him the path for evil.

10 We will ease him toward difficulty.

11 And his wealth will not avail him when he perishes.

11 And what will his wealth avail him when he goes down (in destruction)?.

11 And what will his wealth avail him when he falls?

12 Surely Ours is it to show the way,

12 Truly! On Us is (to give) guidance.

12 Indeed, [incumbent] upon Us is guidance.

13 And most surely Ours is the hereafter and the former.

13 And truly, unto Us (belong) the last (Hereafter) and the first (this world).

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

14 Therefore I warn you of the fire that flames:

14 Therefore I have warned you of a blazing Fire (Hell).

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

15 None shall enter it but the most unhappy,

15 None shall enter it save the most wretched.

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

16 Who gives the lie (to the truth) and turns (his) back.

16 Who denies and turns away.

16 Who had denied and turned away.

17 And away from it shall be kept the one who guards most (against evil),

17 And Al-Muttaqun (the pious - See V.2:2) will be far removed from it (Hell).

17 But the righteous one will avoid it -

18 Who gives away his wealth, purifying himself

18 He who spends his wealth for increase in self-purification,

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

19 And no one has with him any boon for which he should be rewarded,

19 And who has (in mind) no favour from anyone to be paid back,

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

20 Except the seeking of the pleasure of his Lord, the Most High.

20 Except to seek the Countenance of his Lord, the Most High.

20 But only seeking the countenance of his Lord, Most High.

21 And he shall soon be well - pleased.

21 He surely will be pleased (when he enters Paradise).

21 And he is going to be satisfied.