Al-Layl
الليل
The Night · 21 ayahs
- 1
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ
By the night when it enshrouds,
- 2
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ
and by the day when it breaks in its glory,
- 3
وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ
and by Him Who created the male and the female:
- 4
إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ
surely your strivings are divergent.
- 5
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ
As for him who gave out his wealth (for Allah's sake) and abstained (from disobeying Him),
- 6
وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ
and affirmed the Truth of goodness:
- 7
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
We shall facilitate for him the Way to Bliss.
- 8
وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
As for him who was a miser and behaved with aversion (to Allah),
- 9
وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ
and denied the Truth of goodness:
- 10
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ
We shall facilitate for him the way to Hardship,