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Surah 92

Al-Lail

The Night

21 VersesMeccan RevelationMishary Rashid Alafasy
سُورَةُ اللَّيۡلِ

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Ayah 1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ

English Translation

CONSIDER the night as it veils [the earth] in darkness,

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Ayah 2

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ

English Translation

and the day as it rises bright!

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Ayah 3

وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

English Translation

Consider the creation of the male and the female!

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Ayah 4

إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ

English Translation

Verily, [O men,] you aim at most divergent ends!

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Ayah 5

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ

English Translation

Thus, as for him who gives [to others] and is conscious of God,

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Ayah 6

وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ

English Translation

and believes in the truth of the ultimate good

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Ayah 7

فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

English Translation

for him shall We make easy the path towards [ultimate] ease.

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Ayah 8

وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَىٰ

English Translation

But as for him who is niggardly, and thinks that he is self-sufficient,

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Ayah 9

وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ

English Translation

and calls the ultimate good a lie –

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Ayah 10

فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ

English Translation

for him shall We make easy the path towards hardship:

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Ayah 11

وَمَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ

English Translation

and what will his wealth avail him when he goes down [to his grave]?

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Ayah 12

إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا لَلْهُدَىٰ

English Translation

BEHOLD, it is indeed for Us to grace [you] with guidance;

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Ayah 13

وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْءَاخِرَةَ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ

English Translation

and, behold, Ours is [the dominion over] the life to come as well as [over] this earlier part [of your life]:

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Ayah 14

فَأَنذَرْتُكُمْ نَارًۭا تَلَظَّىٰ

English Translation

and so I warn you of the raging fire -

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Ayah 15

لَا يَصْلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْأَشْقَى

English Translation

[the fire] which none shall have to endure but that most hapless wretch

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Ayah 16

ٱلَّذِى كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

English Translation

who gives the lie to the truth and turns away [from it].

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Ayah 17

وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَتْقَى

English Translation

For, distant from it shall remain he who is truly conscious of God:

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Ayah 18

ٱلَّذِى يُؤْتِى مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ

English Translation

he that spends his possessions [on others] so that he might grow in purity –

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Ayah 19

وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعْمَةٍۢ تُجْزَىٰٓ

English Translation

not as payment for favours received,

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Ayah 20

إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

English Translation

but only out of a longing for the countenance of his Sustainer, the All-Highest:

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Ayah 21

وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَىٰ

English Translation

and such, indeed, shall in time be well-pleased.

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