Surah Al-Lail

Arabic with an established translation

1. 1

   وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ

   By the night when it covers[1],

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   [1] Everything between sky and earth with its darkness.

2. 2

   وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ

   and by the day when it appears,

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3. 3

   وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

   and by His creation of male and female,

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4. 4

   إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ

   surely your efforts are divergent.

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5. 5

   فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ

   As for the one who gives in charity and fears Allah,

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6. 6

   وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ

   and truly believes in the best reward,

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7. 7

   فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

   We will make easy for him the way of salvation.

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8. 8

   وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَىٰ

   But as for the one who is miserly and deems himself self-sufficient,

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9. 9

   وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ

   and denies the best reward,

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10. 10

    فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ

    We will make easy for him the way of perdition.

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11. 11

    وَمَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ

    His wealth will be of no avail to him when he tumbles [into Hell].

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12. 12

    إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا لَلْهُدَىٰ

    Indeed, it is upon Us to show the right way,

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13. 13

    وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْـَٔاخِرَةَ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ

    and surely to Us belong the Hereafter and the present life.

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14. 14

    فَأَنذَرْتُكُمْ نَارًا تَلَظَّىٰ

    So I warn you of a raging Fire,

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15. 15

    لَا يَصْلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْأَشْقَى

    none will enter it except the most wretched,

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16. 16

    ٱلَّذِى كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

    who denied and turned away.

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17. 17

    وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَتْقَى

    But the most righteous will be saved from it,

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18. 18

    ٱلَّذِى يُؤْتِى مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ

    who spends his wealth to purify himself,

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19. 19

    وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعْمَةٍ تُجْزَىٰٓ

    not in return for someone’s favors[2],

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    Translation footnote [2]

    [2] i.e., not as a repayment for a favor he received.

20. 20

    إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

    but to seek the pleasure of his Lord, the Most High.

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21. 21

    وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَىٰ

    He will surely be well pleased.

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