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,
Waallayli itha yaghsha
By the day as it appears in brightness.
And the day when it shines in brightness,
Waalnnahari itha tajalla
By Him Who created male and female.
And the creating of the male and the female,
Wama khalaqa alththakara waalontha
Certainly, your efforts and deeds are diverse (different in aims and purposes);
Your striving is most surely (directed to) various (ends).
Inna saAAyakum lashatta
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),
Faamma man aAAta waittaqa
And believes in Al-Husna.
And accepts the best,
Wasaddaqa bialhusna
We will make smooth for him the path of ease (goodness).
We will facilitate for him the easy end.
Fasanuyassiruhu lilyusra
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),
Waamma man bakhila waistaghna
And belies Al-Husna (See the footnote of the Verse No.6)
And rejects the best,
Wakaththaba bialhusna
We will make smooth for him the path for evil.
We will facilitate for him the difficult end.
Fasanuyassiruhu lilAAusra
And what will his wealth avail him when he goes down (in destruction)?.
And his wealth will not avail him when he perishes.
Wama yughnee AAanhu maluhu itha taradda
Truly! On Us is (to give) guidance.
Surely Ours is it to show the way,
Inna AAalayna lalhuda
And truly, unto Us (belong) the last (Hereafter) and the first (this world).
And most surely Ours is the hereafter and the former.
Wainna lana lalakhirata waaloola
Therefore I have warned you of a blazing Fire (Hell).
Therefore I warn you of the fire that flames:
Faanthartukum naran talaththa
None shall enter it save the most wretched.
None shall enter it but the most unhappy,
La yaslaha illa alashqa
Who denies and turns away.
Who gives the lie (to the truth) and turns (his) back.
Allathee kaththaba watawalla
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),
Wasayujannabuha alatqa
He who spends his wealth for increase in self-purification,
Who gives away his wealth, purifying himself
Allathee yutee malahu yatazakka
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,
Wama liahadin AAindahu min niAAmatin tujza
Except to seek the Countenance of his Lord, the Most High.
Except the seeking of the pleasure of his Lord, the Most High.
Illa ibtighaa wajhi rabbihi alaAAla
He surely will be pleased (when he enters Paradise).
And he shall soon be well - pleased.
Walasawfa yarda