Chapter 92, 21 verses
I swear by the night when it draws a veil,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والليل إذا يغشى
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the night as it envelops.
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ
And the day when it shines in brightness,
والنهار إذا تجلى
By the day as it appears in brightness.
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ
And the creating of the male and the female,
وما خلق الذكر والأنثى
By Him Who created male and female.
وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ
Your striving is most surely (directed to) various (ends).
إن سعيكم لشتى
Certainly, your efforts and deeds are diverse (different in aims and purposes);
إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ
Then as for him who gives away and guards (against evil),
فأما من أعطى واتقى
As for him who gives (in charity) and keeps his duty to Allah and fears Him,
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ
And accepts the best,
وصدق بالحسنى
And believes in Al-Husna.
وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ
We will facilitate for him the easy end.
فسنيسره لليسرى
We will make smooth for him the path of ease (goodness).
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
And as for him who is niggardly and considers himself free from need (of Allah),
وأما من بخل واستغنى
But he who is greedy miser and thinks himself self-sufficient.
وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
And rejects the best,
وكذب بالحسنى
And belies Al-Husna (See the footnote of the Verse No.6)
وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ
We will facilitate for him the difficult end.
فسنيسره للعسرى
We will make smooth for him the path for evil.
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ
And his wealth will not avail him when he perishes.
وما يغني عنه ماله إذا تردى
And what will his wealth avail him when he goes down (in destruction)?.
وَمَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ
Surely Ours is it to show the way,
إن علينا للهدى
Truly! On Us is (to give) guidance.
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا لَلْهُدَىٰ
And most surely Ours is the hereafter and the former.
وإن لنا للآخرة والأولى
And truly, unto Us (belong) the last (Hereafter) and the first (this world).
وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْءَاخِرَةَ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ
Therefore I warn you of the fire that flames:
فأنذرتكم نارا تلظى
Therefore I have warned you of a blazing Fire (Hell).
فَأَنذَرْتُكُمْ نَارًا تَلَظَّىٰ
None shall enter it but the most unhappy,
لا يصلاها إلا الأشقى
None shall enter it save the most wretched.
لَا يَصْلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْأَشْقَى
Who gives the lie (to the truth) and turns (his) back.
الذي كذب وتولى
Who denies and turns away.
ٱلَّذِى كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
And away from it shall be kept the one who guards most (against evil),
وسيجنبها الأتقى
And Al-Muttaqun (the pious - See V.2:2) will be far removed from it (Hell).
وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَتْقَى
Who gives away his wealth, purifying himself
الذي يؤتي ماله يتزكى
He who spends his wealth for increase in self-purification,
ٱلَّذِى يُؤْتِى مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ
And no one has with him any boon for which he should be rewarded,
وما لأحد عنده من نعمة تجزى
And who has (in mind) no favour from anyone to be paid back,
وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعْمَةٍ تُجْزَىٰٓ
Except the seeking of the pleasure of his Lord, the Most High.
إلا ابتغاء وجه ربه الأعلى
Except to seek the Countenance of his Lord, the Most High.
إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
And he shall soon be well - pleased.
ولسوف يرضى
He surely will be pleased (when he enters Paradise).
وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَىٰ