وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ
By the night when it covers
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ
By the night when it covers
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ
And [by] the day when it appears
وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ
And [by] He who created the male and female,
إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ
Indeed, your efforts are diverse.
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ
As for he who gives and fears Allāh
وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ
And believes in the best [reward],
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
We will ease him toward ease.
وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
But as for he who withholds and considers himself free of need
وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ
And denies the best [reward],
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ
We will ease him toward difficulty.
وَمَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ
And what will his wealth avail him when he falls?
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا لَلْهُدَىٰ
Indeed, [incumbent] upon Us is guidance.
وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْـَٔاخِرَةَ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ
And indeed, to us belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].
فَأَنذَرْتُكُمْ نَارًا تَلَظَّىٰ
So I have warned you of a Fire which is blazing.
لَا يَصْلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْأَشْقَى
None will [enter to] burn therein except the most wretched one
ٱلَّذِى كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Who had denied and turned away.
وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَتْقَى
But the righteous one will avoid it
ٱلَّذِى يُؤْتِى مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ
[He] who gives [from] his wealth to purify himself
وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعْمَةٍ تُجْزَىٰٓ
And not [giving] for anyone who has [done him] a favor to be rewarded
إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
But only seeking the face [i.e., acceptance] of his Lord, Most High.
وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَىٰ
And he is going to be satisfied.
Al-Layl swears by the night and the day that your striving is diverse — then maps the two paths. Whoever gives, is mindful of Allah, and affirms the best reward, Allah eases toward ease; whoever is miserly, self-sufficient, and denies the best, He eases toward hardship — and his wealth will not save him when he falls.
Al-Layl (الليل) means "The Night" in English. It is chapter 92 of the Holy Quran.
Surah Al-Layl has 21 verses (ayat). It appears on pages 595 to 596 of the mushaf.
Surah Al-Layl is a Makki surah, revealed in Makkah before the Prophet's ﷺ migration to Madinah.
Al-Layl swears by the night and the day that your striving is diverse — then maps the two paths. Whoever gives, is mindful of Allah, and affirms the best reward, Allah eases toward ease; whoever is miserly, self-sufficient, and denies the best, He eases toward hardship — and his wealth will not save him when he falls.