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