Chapter 92, 21 verses
Waallayli itha yaghsha
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والليل إذا يغشى
I swear by the night when it draws a veil,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the night as it envelops.
Waalnnahari itha tajalla
والنهار إذا تجلى
And the day when it shines in brightness,
By the day as it appears in brightness.
Wama khalaqa alththakara waalontha
وما خلق الذكر والأنثى
And the creating of the male and the female,
By Him Who created male and female.
Inna saAAyakum lashatta
إن سعيكم لشتى
Your striving is most surely (directed to) various (ends).
Certainly, your efforts and deeds are diverse (different in aims and purposes);
Faamma man aAAta waittaqa
فأما من أعطى واتقى
Then as for him who gives away and guards (against evil),
As for him who gives (in charity) and keeps his duty to Allah and fears Him,
Wasaddaqa bialhusna
وصدق بالحسنى
And accepts the best,
And believes in Al-Husna.
Fasanuyassiruhu lilyusra
فسنيسره لليسرى
We will facilitate for him the easy end.
We will make smooth for him the path of ease (goodness).
Waamma man bakhila waistaghna
وأما من بخل واستغنى
And as for him who is niggardly and considers himself free from need (of Allah),
But he who is greedy miser and thinks himself self-sufficient.
Wakaththaba bialhusna
وكذب بالحسنى
And rejects the best,
And belies Al-Husna (See the footnote of the Verse No.6)
Fasanuyassiruhu lilAAusra
فسنيسره للعسرى
We will facilitate for him the difficult end.
We will make smooth for him the path for evil.
Wama yughnee AAanhu maluhu itha taradda
وما يغني عنه ماله إذا تردى
And his wealth will not avail him when he perishes.
And what will his wealth avail him when he goes down (in destruction)?.
Inna AAalayna lalhuda
إن علينا للهدى
Surely Ours is it to show the way,
Truly! On Us is (to give) guidance.
Wainna lana lalakhirata waaloola
وإن لنا للآخرة والأولى
And most surely Ours is the hereafter and the former.
And truly, unto Us (belong) the last (Hereafter) and the first (this world).
Faanthartukum naran talaththa
فأنذرتكم نارا تلظى
Therefore I warn you of the fire that flames:
Therefore I have warned you of a blazing Fire (Hell).
La yaslaha illa alashqa
لا يصلاها إلا الأشقى
None shall enter it but the most unhappy,
None shall enter it save the most wretched.
Allathee kaththaba watawalla
الذي كذب وتولى
Who gives the lie (to the truth) and turns (his) back.
Who denies and turns away.
Wasayujannabuha alatqa
وسيجنبها الأتقى
And away from it shall be kept the one who guards most (against evil),
And Al-Muttaqun (the pious - See V.2:2) will be far removed from it (Hell).
Allathee yutee malahu yatazakka
الذي يؤتي ماله يتزكى
Who gives away his wealth, purifying himself
He who spends his wealth for increase in self-purification,
Wama liahadin AAindahu min niAAmatin tujza
وما لأحد عنده من نعمة تجزى
And no one has with him any boon for which he should be rewarded,
And who has (in mind) no favour from anyone to be paid back,
Illa ibtighaa wajhi rabbihi alaAAla
إلا ابتغاء وجه ربه الأعلى
Except the seeking of the pleasure of his Lord, the Most High.
Except to seek the Countenance of his Lord, the Most High.
Walasawfa yarda
ولسوف يرضى
And he shall soon be well - pleased.
He surely will be pleased (when he enters Paradise).