By the night when it covers,
and the day when it is revealed,
and what created the male and the female:
your striving is indeed diverse.
As for the one who gives and is reverent,
and believes in goodness,
We will ease him towards ease.
As for the one who is stingy and considers himself in need of no one,
and who denies goodness,
We will ease him towards hardship.
His wealth will not avail him when he falls.
It is for Us to provide the guidance,
and indeed, to Us belongs the Hereafter and the first life.
And so I have warned you about a Fire that is raging.
None will roast therein except the most wretched one
who denied and turned away.
To be kept away from it will be the reverent
who gives his money to purify himself.
It is not that anyone is owed a favour that needs paying back,
but it is only because he seeks the Face of his Lord, the Most High.
He will certainly be content.