Chapter 92, 21 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ
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.
وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ
And the day when it shines in brightness,
By the day as it appears in brightness.
وَمَا خَلَقَ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنثَىٰ
And the creating of the male and the female,
By Him Who created male and female.
إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ
Your striving is most surely (directed to) various (ends).
Certainly, your efforts and deeds are diverse (different in aims and purposes);
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَاتَّقَىٰ
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,
وَصَدَّقَ بِالْحُسْنَىٰ
And accepts the best,
And believes in Al-Husna.
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
We will facilitate for him the easy end.
We will make smooth for him the path of ease (goodness).
وَأَمَّا مَن بَخِلَ وَاسْتَغْنَىٰ
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.
وَكَذَّبَ بِالْحُسْنَىٰ
And rejects the best,
And belies Al-Husna (See the footnote of the Verse No.6)
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ
We will facilitate for him the difficult end.
We will make smooth for him the path for evil.
وَمَا يُغْنِي عَنْهُ مَالُهُ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰ
And his wealth will not avail him when he perishes.
And what will his wealth avail him when he goes down (in destruction)?.
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا لَلْهُدَىٰ
Surely Ours is it to show the way,
Truly! On Us is (to give) guidance.
وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْآخِرَةَ وَالْأُولَىٰ
And most surely Ours is the hereafter and the former.
And truly, unto Us (belong) the last (Hereafter) and the first (this world).
فَأَنذَرْتُكُمْ نَارًا تَلَظَّىٰ
Therefore I warn you of the fire that flames:
Therefore I have warned you of a blazing Fire (Hell).
لَا يَصْلَاهَا إِلَّا الْأَشْقَى
None shall enter it but the most unhappy,
None shall enter it save the most wretched.
الَّذِي كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Who gives the lie (to the truth) and turns (his) back.
Who denies and turns away.
وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا الْأَتْقَى
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).
الَّذِي يُؤْتِي مَالَهُ يَتَزَكَّىٰ
Who gives away his wealth, purifying himself
He who spends his wealth for increase in self-purification,
وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُ مِن نِّعْمَةٍ تُجْزَىٰ
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,
إِلَّا ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ الْأَعْلَىٰ
Except the seeking of the pleasure of his Lord, the Most High.
Except to seek the Countenance of his Lord, the Most High.
وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَىٰ
And he shall soon be well - pleased.
He surely will be pleased (when he enters Paradise).