Al-Lail

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰ ١

Wal-layli idhā yaghshā.

By the night when it covers¹

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ ٢

Wan-nahāri idhā tajallā.

And [by] the day when it appears

وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ ٣

Wa mā khalaqadh-dhakara wal-unthā.

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

إِنَّ سَعۡيَكُمۡ لَشَتَّىٰ ٤

Inna saʿyakum lashattā.

Indeed, your efforts are diverse.

فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أَعۡطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ ٥

Fa ammā man aʿṭā wattaqā.

As for he who gives and fears Allāh

وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ ٦

Wa ṣaddaqa bil-ḥusnā.

And believes in the best [reward].

فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلۡيُسۡرَىٰ ٧

Fasanuyassiruhū lil-yusrā.

We will ease him toward ease.

وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ ٨

Wa ammā mam bakhila wastaghnā.

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

وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ ٩

Wa kadhdhaba bil-ḥusnā.

And denies the best [reward],

فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلۡعُسۡرَىٰ ١٠

Fasanuyassiruhū lil-ʿusrā.

We will ease him toward difficulty.

وَمَا يُغۡنِي عَنۡهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ ١١

Wa mā yughnī ʿanhu māluhū idhā taraddā.

And what will his wealth avail him when he falls?¹

إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا لَلۡهُدَىٰ ١٢

Inna ʿalaynā lalhudā.

Indeed, [incumbent] upon Us is guidance.

وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلۡأٓخِرَةَ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰ ١٣

Wa inna lanā lalʾākhirata wal-ūlā.

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

فَأَنذَرۡتُكُمۡ نَارٗا تَلَظَّىٰ ١٤

Fa andhartukum nāran talaẓẓā.

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

لَا يَصۡلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى ١٥

Lā yaṣlāhā illal-ashqā.

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

ٱلَّذِي كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ١٦

Al-ladhī kadhdhaba wa tawallā.

Who had denied and turned away.

وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلۡأَتۡقَى ١٧

Wa sayujannabuhal-atqā.

But the righteous one will avoid it –

ٱلَّذِي يُؤۡتِي مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ ١٨

Al-ladhī yuʾtī mālahū yatazakkā.

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

وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعۡمَةٖ تُجۡزَىٰٓ ١٩

Wa mā liʾaḥadin ʿindahū min niʿmatin tujzā.

And not [giving] for anyone who has [done him] a favor to be rewarded¹ –

إِلَّا ٱبۡتِغَآءَ وَجۡهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ٢٠

Illabtighāʾa wajhi rabbihil-aʿlā.

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

وَلَسَوۡفَ يَرۡضَىٰ ٢١

Wa lasawfa yarḍā.

And he is going to be satisfied.