Surah “The Night”

as rendered by N J Dawood (2014) — 21 verses

BY THE night, when she lets fall her darkness
and by the radiant day
By Him that created the male and the female
your endeavours have varied ends
For him that gives and fears Go
and believes in goodness
We shall smooth the path of salvation
but for him that gives nothing and strives to enrich himself
and disbelieves in goodness
We shall smooth the path of affliction
When he breathes his last, his riches will not avail him
It is for Us to give guidance
Ours is the life to come, Ours the life of this world
I warn you, then, of a blazing Fire
in which none shall burn save the hardened sinner
who disbelieves and turns away
But the good man who keeps himself pure by almsgiving shall keep away from it
and so shall he that does good work
for the sake of his Lord the Most High only, seeking no recompense
--(translation missing in source)-
He will surely be well pleased