الليل
Al-Layl
The Night
1 - Al-Layl (The Night) - 001
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰ
By the night when it covers[1],
[1] Everything between sky and earth with its darkness.
2 - Al-Layl (The Night) - 002
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ
and by the day when it appears,
3 - Al-Layl (The Night) - 003
وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ
and by His creation of male and female,
4 - Al-Layl (The Night) - 004
إِنَّ سَعۡيَكُمۡ لَشَتَّىٰ
surely your efforts are divergent.
5 - Al-Layl (The Night) - 005
فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أَعۡطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ
As for the one who gives in charity and fears Allah,
6 - Al-Layl (The Night) - 006
وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ
and truly believes in the best reward,
7 - Al-Layl (The Night) - 007
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلۡيُسۡرَىٰ
We will make easy for him the way of salvation.
8 - Al-Layl (The Night) - 008
وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
But as for the one who is miserly and deems himself self-sufficient,
9 - Al-Layl (The Night) - 009
وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ
and denies the best reward,
10 - Al-Layl (The Night) - 010
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلۡعُسۡرَىٰ
We will make easy for him the way of perdition.
11 - Al-Layl (The Night) - 011
وَمَا يُغۡنِي عَنۡهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ
His wealth will be of no avail to him when he tumbles [into Hell].
12 - Al-Layl (The Night) - 012
إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا لَلۡهُدَىٰ
Indeed, it is upon Us to show the right way,
13 - Al-Layl (The Night) - 013
وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلۡأٓخِرَةَ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰ
and surely to Us belong the Hereafter and the present life.
14 - Al-Layl (The Night) - 014
فَأَنذَرۡتُكُمۡ نَارٗا تَلَظَّىٰ
So I warn you of a raging Fire,
15 - Al-Layl (The Night) - 015
لَا يَصۡلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى
none will enter it except the most wretched,
16 - Al-Layl (The Night) - 016
ٱلَّذِي كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
who denied and turned away.
17 - Al-Layl (The Night) - 017
وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلۡأَتۡقَى
But the most righteous will be saved from it,
18 - Al-Layl (The Night) - 018
ٱلَّذِي يُؤۡتِي مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ
who spends his wealth to purify himself,
19 - Al-Layl (The Night) - 019
وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعۡمَةٖ تُجۡزَىٰٓ
not in return for someone’s favors[2],
[2] i.e., not as a repayment for a favor he received.
20 - Al-Layl (The Night) - 020
إِلَّا ٱبۡتِغَآءَ وَجۡهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ
but to seek the pleasure of his Lord, the Most High.
21 - Al-Layl (The Night) - 021
