اللـيـل

1 By the night when it covers

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

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

2 And [by] the day when it appears

2 By the day as it appears in brightness.

2 And the day when it shines in brightness,

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

3 By Him Who created male and female.

3 And the creating of the male and the female,

4 Indeed, your efforts are diverse.

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

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

5 As for he who gives and fears Allah

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

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

6 And believes in the best [reward],

6 And believes in Al-Husna.

6 And accepts the best,

7 We will ease him toward ease.

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

7 We will facilitate for him the easy end.

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

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

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

9 And denies the best [reward],

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

9 And rejects the best,

10 We will ease him toward difficulty.

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

10 We will facilitate for him the difficult end.

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

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

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

12 Indeed, [incumbent] upon Us is guidance.

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

12 Surely Ours is it to show the way,

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

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

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

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

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

14 Therefore I warn you of the fire that flames:

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

15 None shall enter it save the most wretched.

15 None shall enter it but the most unhappy,

16 Who had denied and turned away.

16 Who denies and turns away.

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

17 But the righteous one will avoid it -

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

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

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

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

18 Who gives away his wealth, purifying himself

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

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

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

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

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

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

21 And he is going to be satisfied.

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

21 And he shall soon be well - pleased.