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Al-Layl

English Translation - Hilali and Khan

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{بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ}

1. By the night as it envelops.

{وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ}

2. By the day as it appears in brightness.

{وَمَا خَلَقَ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنْثَىٰ}

3. By Him Who created male and female.

{إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ}

4. Certainly, your efforts and deeds are diverse (different in aims and purposes);

{فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَاتَّقَىٰ}

5. As for him who gives (in charity) and keeps his duty to Allâh and fears Him,

{وَصَدَّقَ بِالْحُسْنَىٰ}

6. And believes in Al-Husnâ.[1]

{فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ}

7. We will make smooth for him the path of ease (goodness).

{وَأَمَّا مَنْ بَخِلَ وَاسْتَغْنَىٰ}

8. But he who is greedy miser and thinks himself self-sufficient.[2]

{وَكَذَّبَ بِالْحُسْنَىٰ}

9. And belies Al-Husnâ (See the footnote of the Verse No.6)

{فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ}

10. We will make smooth for him the path for evil.

{وَمَا يُغْنِي عَنْهُ مَالُهُ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰ}

11. And what will his wealth avail him when he goes down (in destruction)?.

{إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا لَلْهُدَىٰ}

12. Truly! On Us is (to give) guidance.

{وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْآخِرَةَ وَالْأُولَىٰ}

13. And truly, unto Us (belong) the last (Hereafter) and the first (this world).

{فَأَنْذَرْتُكُمْ نَارًا تَلَظَّىٰ}

14. Therefore I have warned you of a blazing Fire (Hell).

{لَا يَصْلَاهَا إِلَّا الْأَشْقَى}

15. None shall enter it save the most wretched.

{الَّذِي كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ}

16. Who denies and turns away.

{وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا الْأَتْقَى}

17. And Al-Muttaqûn (the pious - See V.2:2) will be far removed from it (Hell).

{الَّذِي يُؤْتِي مَالَهُ يَتَزَكَّىٰ}

18. He who spends his wealth for increase in self-purification,

{وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِنْدَهُ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ تُجْزَىٰ}

19. And who has (in mind) no favour from anyone to be paid back,

{إِلَّا ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ الْأَعْلَىٰ}

20. Except to seek the Countenance of his Lord, the Most High.

{وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَىٰ}

21. He surely will be pleased (when he enters Paradise).

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