By night as it broods,
and daylight when things seem radiant,
and whatever has created the male and the female,
your effort has been too diffuse.
For anyone who gives (generously], performs his duty
and acts charitably in the finest manner
We shall facilitate an easy way for him;
while anyone who acts miserably, and feels he is self-sufficient
and rejects the finest [things in life]
We shall make it easy for him (to go] the hard way.
His money will not help him out as he stumbles along.
Guidance is Our concern:
to Us belongs the Hereafter and the very First [of life];
so I have warned you (all) about a raging fire.
Only the most wretched will roast in it,
the one who rejects [the Message] and turns away;
while the most heedful will keep away from it,
the one who gives his money away and (thereby) purifies himself
No one is awarded any favor by Him
except through seeking the countenance of his Lord, the All-Highest
[Such a man] shall meet approval.