Al Lail

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

1 I swear by the night when it draws a veil,

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1 By the night when it covers

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2 By the day as it appears in brightness.

Shakir

2 And the day when it shines in brightness,

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2 And [by] the day when it appears

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3 By Him Who created male and female.

Shakir

3 And the creating of the male and the female,

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

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

Shakir

4 Your striving is most surely (directed to) various (ends).

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4 Indeed, your efforts are diverse.

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

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5 Then as for him who gives away and guards (against evil),

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5 As for he who gives and fears Allah

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6 And believes in Al-Husna.

Shakir

6 And accepts the best,

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6 And believes in the best [reward],

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

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7 We will facilitate for him the easy end.

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7 We will ease him toward ease.

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

Shakir

8 And as for him who is niggardly and considers himself free from need (of Allah),

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

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

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9 And rejects the best,

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9 And denies the best [reward],

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

Shakir

10 We will facilitate for him the difficult end.

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10 We will ease him toward difficulty.

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

Shakir

11 And his wealth will not avail him when he perishes.

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

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

Shakir

12 Surely Ours is it to show the way,

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12 Indeed, [incumbent] upon Us is guidance.

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

Shakir

13 And most surely Ours is the hereafter and the former.

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

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

Shakir

14 Therefore I warn you of the fire that flames:

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

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15 None shall enter it save the most wretched.

Shakir

15 None shall enter it but the most unhappy,

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

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16 Who denies and turns away.

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

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16 Who had denied and turned away.

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

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17 And away from it shall be kept the one who guards most (against evil),

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17 But the righteous one will avoid it -

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

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18 Who gives away his wealth, purifying himself

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

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

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19 And no one has with him any boon for which he should be rewarded,

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

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

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20 Except the seeking of the pleasure of his Lord, the Most High.

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

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

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21 And he shall soon be well - pleased.

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21 And he is going to be satisfied.