Al-Layl

92:1

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ

I swear by the night when it draws a veil,

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92:2

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ

And the day when it shines in brightness,

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92:3

وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

And the creating of the male and the female,

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92:4

إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ

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

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92:5

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ

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

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92:6

وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ

And accepts the best,

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92:7

فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

We will facilitate for him the easy end.

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92:8

وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَىٰ

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

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92:9

وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ

And rejects the best,

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92:10

فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ

We will facilitate for him the difficult end.

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92:11

وَمَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ

And his wealth will not avail him when he perishes.

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92:12

إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا لَلْهُدَىٰ

Surely Ours is it to show the way,

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92:13

وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْءَاخِرَةَ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ

And most surely Ours is the hereafter and the former.

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92:14

فَأَنذَرْتُكُمْ نَارًا تَلَظَّىٰ

Therefore I warn you of the fire that flames:

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92:15

لَا يَصْلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْأَشْقَى

None shall enter it but the most unhappy,

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92:16

ٱلَّذِى كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

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

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92:17

وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَتْقَى

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

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92:18

ٱلَّذِى يُؤْتِى مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ

Who gives away his wealth, purifying himself

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92:19

وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعْمَةٍ تُجْزَىٰٓ

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

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92:20

إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

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

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92:21

وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَىٰ

And he shall soon be well-pleased.

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