وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ
By the night when it coversSaheeh International
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ
By the night when it coversSaheeh International
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ
And [by] the day when it appearsSaheeh International
وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ
And [by] He who created the male and female,Saheeh International
إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ
Indeed, your efforts are diverse.Saheeh International
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ
As for he who gives and fears AllāhSaheeh International
وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ
And believes in the best [reward],Saheeh International
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
We will ease him toward ease.Saheeh International
وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
But as for he who withholds and considers himself free of needSaheeh International
وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ
And denies the best [reward],Saheeh International
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ
We will ease him toward difficulty.Saheeh International
وَمَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ
And what will his wealth avail him when he falls?Saheeh International
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا لَلْهُدَىٰ
Indeed, [incumbent] upon Us is guidance.Saheeh International
وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْـَٔاخِرَةَ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ
And indeed, to us belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].Saheeh International
فَأَنذَرْتُكُمْ نَارًا تَلَظَّىٰ
So I have warned you of a Fire which is blazing.Saheeh International
لَا يَصْلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْأَشْقَى
None will [enter to] burn therein except the most wretched oneSaheeh International
ٱلَّذِى كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Who had denied and turned away.Saheeh International
وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَتْقَى
But the righteous one will avoid itSaheeh International
ٱلَّذِى يُؤْتِى مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ
[He] who gives [from] his wealth to purify himselfSaheeh International
وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعْمَةٍ تُجْزَىٰٓ
And not [giving] for anyone who has [done him] a favor to be rewardedSaheeh International
إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
But only seeking the face [i.e., acceptance] of his Lord, Most High.Saheeh International
وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَىٰ
And he is going to be satisfied.Saheeh International
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.