Al-Layl · The Night

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ ﴿١﴾

By the night when it covers

wa-al-layli idhā yaghshā

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ ﴿٢﴾

And [by] the day when it appears

wal-nahāri idhā tajallā

وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ ﴿٣﴾

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

wamā khalaqa l-dhakara wal-unthā

إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ ﴿٤﴾

Indeed, your efforts are diverse.

inna saʿyakum lashattā

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ ﴿٥﴾

As for he who gives and fears Allāh

fa-ammā man aʿṭā wa-ittaqā

وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ﴿٦﴾

And believes in the best [reward],

waṣaddaqa bil-ḥus'nā

فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ ﴿٧﴾

We will ease him toward ease.

fasanuyassiruhu lil'yus'rā

وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَىٰ ﴿٨﴾

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

wa-ammā man bakhila wa-is'taghnā

وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ﴿٩﴾

And denies the best [reward],

wakadhaba bil-ḥus'nā

فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ ﴿١٠﴾

We will ease him toward difficulty.

fasanuyassiruhu lil'ʿus'rā

وَمَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ ﴿١١﴾

And what will his wealth avail him when he falls?

wamā yugh'nī ʿanhu māluhu idhā taraddā

إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا لَلْهُدَىٰ ﴿١٢﴾

Indeed, [incumbent] upon Us is guidance.

inna ʿalaynā lalhudā

وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْـَٔاخِرَةَ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ ﴿١٣﴾

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

wa-inna lanā lalākhirata wal-ūlā

فَأَنذَرْتُكُمْ نَارًۭا تَلَظَّىٰ ﴿١٤﴾

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

fa-andhartukum nāran talaẓẓā

لَا يَصْلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْأَشْقَى ﴿١٥﴾

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

lā yaṣlāhā illā l-ashqā

ٱلَّذِى كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ﴿١٦﴾

Who had denied and turned away.

alladhī kadhaba watawallā

وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَتْقَى ﴿١٧﴾

But the righteous one will avoid it

wasayujannabuhā l-atqā

ٱلَّذِى يُؤْتِى مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ ﴿١٨﴾

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

alladhī yu'tī mālahu yatazakkā

وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعْمَةٍۢ تُجْزَىٰٓ ﴿١٩﴾

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

wamā li-aḥadin ʿindahu min niʿ'matin tuj'zā

إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ﴿٢٠﴾

But only seeking the face [i.e., acceptance] of his Lord, Most High.

illā ib'tighāa wajhi rabbihi l-aʿlā

وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَىٰ ﴿٢١﴾

And he is going to be satisfied.

walasawfa yarḍā