Surah Al-Layl (The Night) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. والليل إذا يغشى

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   By the night when it envelops,

   wa-l-layli ʾidhā yaghshā

2. والنهار إذا تجلى

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   by the day when it brightens,

   wa-n-nahāri ʾidhā tajallā

3. وما خلق الذكر والأنثى

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   by Him who created the male and the female:

   wa-mā khalaqa dh-dhakara wa-l-ʾunthā

4. إن سعيكم لشتى

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   your endeavours are indeed diverse.

   ʾinna saʿyakum la-shattā

5. فأما من أعطى واتقى

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   As for him who gives and is Godwary

   fa-ʾammā man ʾaʿṭā wa-ttaqā

6. وصدق بالحسنى

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   and confirms the best promise,

   wa-ṣaddaqa bi-l-ḥusnā

7. فسنيسره لليسرى

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   We will surely ease him toward facility.

   fa-sa-nuyassiruhū li-l-yusrā

8. وأما من بخل واستغنى

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   But as for him, who is stingy and self-complacent,

   wa-ʾammā man bakhila wa-staghnā

9. وكذب بالحسنى

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   and denies the best promise,

   wa-kadhdhaba bi-l-ḥusnā

10. فسنيسره للعسرى

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    We will surely ease him toward hardship.

    fa-sa-nuyassiruhū li-l-ʿusrā

11. وما يغني عنه ماله إذا تردى

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    His wealth will not avail him when he perishes.

    wa-mā yughnī ʿanhu māluhū ʾidhā taraddā

12. إن علينا للهدى

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    Indeed guidance rests with Us,

    ʾinna ʿalaynā la-l-hudā

13. وإن لنا للآخرة والأولى

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    and to Us belong the world and the Hereafter.

    wa-ʾinnā lanā la-l-ʾākhirata wa-l-ʾūlā

14. فأنذرتكم نارا تلظى

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    So I warn you of a blazing fire,

    fa-ʾandhartukum nāran talaẓẓā