بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰ ١
By the night when it covers[1],
Footnotes
[1] Everything between sky and earth with its darkness.
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وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ ٢
and by the day when it appears,
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وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ ٣
and by His creation of male and female,
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إِنَّ سَعۡيَكُمۡ لَشَتَّىٰ ٤
surely your efforts are divergent.
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فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أَعۡطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ ٥
As for the one who gives in charity and fears Allah,
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وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ ٦
and truly believes in the best reward,
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فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلۡيُسۡرَىٰ ٧
We will make easy for him the way of salvation.
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وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ ٨
But as for the one who is miserly and deems himself self-sufficient,
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وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ ٩
and denies the best reward,
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فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلۡعُسۡرَىٰ ١٠
We will make easy for him the way of perdition.
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وَمَا يُغۡنِي عَنۡهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ ١١
His wealth will be of no avail to him when he tumbles [into Hell].
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إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا لَلۡهُدَىٰ ١٢
Indeed, it is upon Us to show the right way,
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وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلۡأٓخِرَةَ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰ ١٣
and surely to Us belong the Hereafter and the present life.
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فَأَنذَرۡتُكُمۡ نَارࣰا تَلَظَّىٰ ١٤
So I warn you of a raging Fire,
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لَا يَصۡلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى ١٥
none will enter it except the most wretched,
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ٱلَّذِي كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ١٦
who denied and turned away.
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وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلۡأَتۡقَى ١٧
But the most righteous will be saved from it,
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ٱلَّذِي يُؤۡتِي مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ ١٨
who spends his wealth to purify himself,
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وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعۡمَةࣲ تُجۡزَىٰٓ ١٩
not in return for someone’s favors[2],
Footnotes
[2] i.e., not as a repayment for a favor he received.
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إِلَّا ٱبۡتِغَآءَ وَجۡهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ٢٠
but to seek the pleasure of his Lord, the Most High.
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وَلَسَوۡفَ يَرۡضَىٰ ٢١
He will surely be well pleased.
