Al Lail

Yusuf Ali

1 By the Night as it conceals (the light);

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

2 By the Day as it appears in glory;

Shakir

2 And the day when it shines in brightness,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 By the day as it appears in brightness.

Yusuf Ali

3 By (the mystery of) the creation of male and female; -

Shakir

3 And the creating of the male and the female,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 By Him Who created male and female.

Yusuf Ali

4 Verily, (the ends) ye strive for are diverse.

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

5 So he who gives (in charity) and fears (Allah),

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

6 And (in all sincerity) testifies to the best, -

Shakir

6 And accepts the best,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 And believes in Al-Husna.

Yusuf Ali

7 We will indeed make smooth for him the path to Bliss.

Shakir

7 We will facilitate for him the easy end.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

9 And gives the lie to the best, -

Shakir

9 And rejects the best,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

10 We will indeed make smooth for him the path to Misery;

Shakir

10 We will facilitate for him the difficult end.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

11 Nor will his wealth profit him when he falls headlong (into the Pit).

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

12 Verily We take upon Ourselves to guide,

Shakir

12 Surely Ours is it to show the way,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

13 And verily unto Us (belong) the End and the Beginning.

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

14 Therefore do I warn you of a Fire blazing fiercely;

Shakir

14 Therefore I warn you of the fire that flames:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

15 None shall reach it but those most unfortunate ones

Shakir

15 None shall enter it but the most unhappy,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 None shall enter it save the most wretched.

Yusuf Ali

16 Who give the lie to Truth and turn their backs.

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 Who denies and turns away.

Yusuf Ali

17 But those most devoted to Allah shall be removed far from it, -

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

18 Those who spend their wealth for increase in self - purification,

Shakir

18 Who gives away his wealth, purifying himself

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

19 And have in their minds no favour from anyone for which a reward is expected in return,

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

20 But only the desire to seek for the Countenance of their Lord Most High;

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

21 And soon will they attain (complete) satisfaction.

Shakir

21 And he shall soon be well - pleased.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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