Surah Al-Lail - English Translation by Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰ
By the night when its shades of darkness serve as a veil
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 1
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ
And by the day-light and the illumination that emanates from it and does prevail
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 2
وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ
And by the creation of the, male and the female
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 3
إِنَّ سَعۡيَكُمۡ لَشَتَّىٰ
That your endeavour you people to attain your goals is diverse; to some, righteousness is but a goal to their will, others in vanity they waste their days, others compromise between opposite motives and exercise adjustment of rival courses of action, and others attain it through benefaction
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 4
فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أَعۡطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ
So that he who gives gratuitously and fears Allah indeed
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 5
وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ
And solemnly believes in deeds imprinted with wisdom and piety and that the\ end crowns the deed
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 6
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلۡيُسۡرَىٰ
We will facilitate his task and lead him to the facile and ready course
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 7
وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
But he ho is niggardly thinking he is self-sufficient and exercises greed
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 8
وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ
Denying the Day of Judgment and the requital that is commensurate with one’s deed
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 9
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلۡعُسۡرَىٰ
We will allow his course to what is miserable, unfavourable and bad
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 10
وَمَا يُغۡنِي عَنۡهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ
Nor will his material advantages save him from the infernal abode which is dark, troublesome and sad
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 11
إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا لَلۡهُدَىٰ
It is We who indicate to the people what is right and what is wrong
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 12
وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلۡأٓخِرَةَ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰ
And to Us indeed do the beginning and the end belong, for, one’s own self and all his possessions are not truly his own, but Ours
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 13
فَأَنذَرۡتُكُمۡ نَارٗا تَلَظَّىٰ
Therefore I have warned you people of a fiercely blazing fire
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 14
لَا يَصۡلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى
No one suffers it but the unfortunate who obstinately denies the truth and to arrogance does he aspire
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 15
ٱلَّذِي كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Who whole heartedly denies Allah and deviates from the path of righteousness and piety
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 16
وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلۡأَتۡقَى
But saved from it will be the one who entertains the profound reverence dutiful to Allah and carries his reverence to Allah from contemplation to reality
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 17
ٱلَّذِي يُؤۡتِي مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ
Who spends of his wealth in benefaction
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 18
وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعۡمَةٖ تُجۡزَىٰٓ
With no obligation to any, or expectation of a reward or a favour in return or a mundane satisfaction
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 19
إِلَّا ٱبۡتِغَآءَ وَجۡهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ
But only on account of his interest, to please Allah, his Creator – the Supreme -, and to gain His welcome into His realm and be held precious in His esteem; a welcome featured by the illumination proceeding from Him and by the language spoken by His countenance
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 20
وَلَسَوۡفَ يَرۡضَىٰ
Such a person shall be rewarded to his satisfaction
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 21