Surah Al-Lail - English Translation by Safi Ur Rahman Al Mubarakpuri
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰ
By the night as it envelops
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 1
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ
By the day as it appears
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 2
وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ
By Him Who created male and female
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 3
إِنَّ سَعۡيَكُمۡ لَشَتَّىٰ
Certainly, your efforts and deeds are diverse
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 4
فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أَعۡطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ
As for him who gives and has Taqwa
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 5
وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ
And believes in Al-Husna
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 6
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلۡيُسۡرَىٰ
We will make smooth for him the path of ease
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 7
وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
But he who is greedy and thinks himself self-sufficient
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 8
وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ
And denies Al-Husna
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 9
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلۡعُسۡرَىٰ
We will make smooth for him the path to evil
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 10
وَمَا يُغۡنِي عَنۡهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ
And what will his wealth avail him when he goes down (in destruction)
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 11
إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا لَلۡهُدَىٰ
Truly, on Us is (to give) guidance
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 12
وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلۡأٓخِرَةَ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰ
And truly, unto Us (belong) the last (Hereafter) and the first (this world)
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 13
فَأَنذَرۡتُكُمۡ نَارٗا تَلَظَّىٰ
Therefore I have warned you of a Fire Talazza
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 14
لَا يَصۡلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى
None shall enter it save the most wretched
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 15
ٱلَّذِي كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Who denies and turns away
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 16
وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلۡأَتۡقَى
And those with Taqwa will be far removed from it
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 17
ٱلَّذِي يُؤۡتِي مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ
He who gives of his wealth for self-purification
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 18
وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعۡمَةٖ تُجۡزَىٰٓ
And who has (in mind) no favor from anyone to be paid back
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 19
إِلَّا ٱبۡتِغَآءَ وَجۡهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ
Except to seek the Face of his Lord, the Most High
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 20
وَلَسَوۡفَ يَرۡضَىٰ
He, surely, will be pleased
Surah Al-Lail, Verse 21