Chapter 92, 21 verses
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,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والليل إذا يغشى
By the day as it appears in brightness.
And the day when it shines in brightness,
والنهار إذا تجلى
By Him Who created male and female.
And the creating of the male and the female,
وما خلق الذكر والأنثى
Certainly, your efforts and deeds are diverse (different in aims and purposes);
Your striving is most surely (directed to) various (ends).
إن سعيكم لشتى
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),
فأما من أعطى واتقى
And believes in Al-Husna.
And accepts the best,
وصدق بالحسنى
We will make smooth for him the path of ease (goodness).
We will facilitate for him the easy end.
فسنيسره لليسرى
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),
وأما من بخل واستغنى
And belies Al-Husna (See the footnote of the Verse No.6)
And rejects the best,
وكذب بالحسنى
We will make smooth for him the path for evil.
We will facilitate for him the difficult end.
فسنيسره للعسرى
And what will his wealth avail him when he goes down (in destruction)?.
And his wealth will not avail him when he perishes.
وما يغني عنه ماله إذا تردى
Truly! On Us is (to give) guidance.
Surely Ours is it to show the way,
إن علينا للهدى
And truly, unto Us (belong) the last (Hereafter) and the first (this world).
And most surely Ours is the hereafter and the former.
وإن لنا للآخرة والأولى
Therefore I have warned you of a blazing Fire (Hell).
Therefore I warn you of the fire that flames:
فأنذرتكم نارا تلظى
None shall enter it save the most wretched.
None shall enter it but the most unhappy,
لا يصلاها إلا الأشقى
Who denies and turns away.
Who gives the lie (to the truth) and turns (his) back.
الذي كذب وتولى
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),
وسيجنبها الأتقى
He who spends his wealth for increase in self-purification,
Who gives away his wealth, purifying himself
الذي يؤتي ماله يتزكى
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,
وما لأحد عنده من نعمة تجزى
Except to seek the Countenance of his Lord, the Most High.
Except the seeking of the pleasure of his Lord, the Most High.
إلا ابتغاء وجه ربه الأعلى
He surely will be pleased (when he enters Paradise).
And he shall soon be well - pleased.
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