THE NIGHT AL-LAYL ( الليل )

بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ
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وَاللَّيلِ إِذا يَغشىٰ
TRANSLITERATION

wa-l-layli ʾidhā yaghshā
TRANSLATION

By the night when it envelops,
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وَالنَّهارِ إِذا تَجَلّىٰ
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wa-n-nahāri ʾidhā tajallā
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by the day when it brightens,
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وَما خَلَقَ الذَّكَرَ وَالأُنثىٰ
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wa-mā khalaqa dh-dhakara wa-l-ʾunthā
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by Him who created the male and the female:
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إِنَّ سَعيَكُم لَشَتّىٰ
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ʾinna saʿyakum la-shattā
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your endeavours are indeed unlike.
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فَأَمّا مَن أَعطىٰ وَاتَّقىٰ
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fa-ʾammā man ʾaʿṭā wa-ttaqā
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As for him who gives and is Godwary
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وَصَدَّقَ بِالحُسنىٰ
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wa-ṣaddaqa bi-l-ḥusnā
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and confirms the best promise,
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فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِليُسرىٰ
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fa-sa-nuyassiruhū li-l-yusrā
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We shall surely ease him into facility.
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وَأَمّا مَن بَخِلَ وَاستَغنىٰ
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wa-ʾammā man bakhila wa-staghnā
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But as for him who is stingy
and self-complacent,
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وَكَذَّبَ بِالحُسنىٰ
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wa-kadhdhaba bi-l-ḥusnā
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and denies the best promise,
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فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلعُسرىٰ
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fa-sa-nuyassiruhū li-l-ʿusrā
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We shall surely ease him into hardship.
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وَما يُغني عَنهُ مالُهُ إِذا تَرَدّىٰ
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wa-mā yughnī ʿanhu māluhū ʾidhā taraddā
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His wealth shall not avail him when he perishes.
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إِنَّ عَلَينا لَلهُدىٰ
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ʾinna ʿalaynā la-l-hudā
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Indeed with Us rests guidance,
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وَإِنَّ لَنا لَلآخِرَةَ وَالأولىٰ
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wa-ʾinnā lanā la-l-ʾākhirata wa-l-ʾūlā
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and indeed to Us belong the world and the Hereafter.
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فَأَنذَرتُكُم نارًا تَلَظّىٰ
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fa-ʾandhartukum nāran talaẓẓā
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So I warn you of a blazing fire,
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لا يَصلاها إِلَّا الأَشقَى
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lā yaṣlāhā ʾillā l-ʾashqā
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which none shall enter except the most wretched
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الَّذي كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلّىٰ
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alladhī kadhdhaba wa-tawallā
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—he who denies and turns back.
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وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا الأَتقَى
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wa-sa-yujannabuhā l-ʾatqā
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The Godwary shall be spared it
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الَّذي يُؤتي مالَهُ يَتَزَكّىٰ
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alladhī yuʾtī mālahū yatazakkā
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—he who gives his wealth to purify himself
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وَما لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُ مِن نِعمَةٍ تُجزىٰ
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wa-mā li-ʾaḥadin ʿindahū min niʿmatin tujzā
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and does not expect any reward from anyone,
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إِلَّا ابتِغاءَ وَجهِ رَبِّهِ الأَعلىٰ
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ʾillā btighāʾa wajhi rabbihi l-ʾaʿlā
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but seeks only the pleasure of his Lord,
the Most Exalted,
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وَلَسَوفَ يَرضىٰ
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wa-la-sawfa yarḍā
TRANSLATION

and, surely, soon he will be well-pleased.