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Al-Lail
سُورَةُ اللَّيۡلِ
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Arabic: Mishary Rashid Alafasy. Turkish translation audio: Diyanet Vakfı. English translation audio: Ibrahim Walk. These audio translations differ from the displayed Rowwad translation, so wording may vary. Audio loads from Islamic Network only when you start listening.
Translation: Rowwad Translation Center · english_rwwad · v1.0.20 · Sources and edition details
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ
By the night when it covers[1],
Translation notes
[1] Everything between sky and earth with its darkness.
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ
and by the day when it appears,
وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ
and by His creation of male and female,
إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ
surely your efforts are diverse [in aims and purposes].
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ
As for the one who gives in charity and fears Allah,
وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ
and truly believes in the best reward,
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
We will make easy for him the way of salvation.
وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
But as for the one who is miserly and deems himself self-sufficient,
وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ
and denies the best reward,
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ
We will make easy for him the way of perdition.
وَمَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ
His wealth will be of no avail to him when he tumbles [into Hell].
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا لَلْهُدَىٰ
Indeed, it is upon Us to show the right way,
وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْـَٔاخِرَةَ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ
and surely to Us belong the Hereafter and the present life.
فَأَنذَرْتُكُمْ نَارًا تَلَظَّىٰ
So I warn you of a raging Fire,
لَا يَصْلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْأَشْقَى
none will enter it except the most wretched,
ٱلَّذِى كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
who denied and turned away.
وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَتْقَى
But the most righteous will be saved from it,
ٱلَّذِى يُؤْتِى مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ
who spends his wealth to purify himself,
وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعْمَةٍ تُجْزَىٰٓ
not in return for someone’s favors[1],
Translation notes
[1] i.e., not as a repayment for a favor he received.
إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
but to seek the pleasure of his Lord, the Most High.
وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَىٰ
He will surely be well pleased.
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Arabic text: Tanzil Project · Uthmani v1.1 · © 2007–2026 Tanzil Project · CC BY 3.0. The text is reproduced without changing its letters or diacritics. The opening basmalah is retained where supplied by the source; it is absent at the beginning of At-Tawbah.
Translation publisher: Rowwad Translation Center. Source: QuranEnc.com · English Translation - Rowwad Translation Center · v1.0.20. Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website. Translation and footnotes are reproduced unchanged.
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