اللـيـل

1 Waallayli itha yaghsha

1 By the night when it covers

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

2 Waalnnahari itha tajalla

2 And [by] the day when it appears

2 By the day as it appears in brightness.

3 Wama khalaqa alththakara waalontha

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

3 By Him Who created male and female.

4 Inna saAAyakum lashatta

4 Indeed, your efforts are diverse.

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

5 Faamma man aAAta waittaqa

5 As for he who gives and fears Allah

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

6 Wasaddaqa bialhusna

6 And believes in the best [reward],

6 And believes in Al-Husna.

7 Fasanuyassiruhu lilyusra

7 We will ease him toward ease.

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

8 Waamma man bakhila waistaghna

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

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

9 Wakaththaba bialhusna

9 And denies the best [reward],

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

10 Fasanuyassiruhu lilAAusra

10 We will ease him toward difficulty.

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

11 Wama yughnee AAanhu maluhu itha taradda

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

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

12 Inna AAalayna lalhuda

12 Indeed, [incumbent] upon Us is guidance.

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

13 Wainna lana lalakhirata waaloola

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

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

14 Faanthartukum naran talaththa

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

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

15 La yaslaha illa alashqa

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

15 None shall enter it save the most wretched.

16 Allathee kaththaba watawalla

16 Who had denied and turned away.

16 Who denies and turns away.

17 Wasayujannabuha alatqa

17 But the righteous one will avoid it -

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

18 Allathee yutee malahu yatazakka

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

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

19 Wama liahadin AAindahu min niAAmatin tujza

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

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

20 Illa ibtighaa wajhi rabbihi alaAAla

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

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

21 Walasawfa yarda

21 And he is going to be satisfied.

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