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.

2 And the day when it shines in brightness,

2 By the day as it appears in brightness.

3 And the creating of the male and the female,

3 By Him Who created 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);

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,

6 And accepts the best,

6 And believes in Al-Husna.

7 We will facilitate for him the easy end.

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

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.

9 And rejects the best,

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

10 We will facilitate for him the difficult end.

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

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)?.

12 Surely Ours is it to show the way,

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

14 Therefore I warn you of the fire that flames:

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

15 None shall enter it but the most unhappy,

15 None shall enter it save the most wretched.

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

16 Who denies and turns 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).

18 Who gives away his wealth, purifying himself

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

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,

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.

21 And he shall soon be well - pleased.

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