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English - Chapter 92 - Al-Layl
Translation by John Medows Rodwell — Permalink
Verse 1 — Surah Al-Layl 92:1
BY the NIGHT when she spreads her veil
Verse 2 — Surah Al-Layl 92:2
By the Day when it brightly shineth
Verse 3 — Surah Al-Layl 92:3
By Him who made male and female
Verse 4 — Surah Al-Layl 92:4
At different ends truly do ye aim
Verse 5 — Surah Al-Layl 92:5
But as to him who giveth alms and feareth God
Verse 6 — Surah Al-Layl 92:6
And yieldeth assent to the Good
Verse 7 — Surah Al-Layl 92:7
To him will we make easy the path to happiness
Verse 8 — Surah Al-Layl 92:8
But as to him who is covetous and bent on riches
Verse 9 — Surah Al-Layl 92:9
And calleth the Good a lie
Verse 10 — Surah Al-Layl 92:10
To him will we make easy the path to misery
Verse 11 — Surah Al-Layl 92:11
And what shall his wealth avail him when he goeth down
Verse 12 — Surah Al-Layl 92:12
Truly man's guidance is with Us
Verse 13 — Surah Al-Layl 92:13
And Our's, the Future and the Past
Verse 14 — Surah Al-Layl 92:14
I warn you therefore of the flaming fire
Verse 15 — Surah Al-Layl 92:15
None shall be cast to it but the most wretched
Verse 16 — Surah Al-Layl 92:16
Who hath called the truth a lie and turned his back
Verse 17 — Surah Al-Layl 92:17
But the God-fearing shall escape it
Verse 18 — Surah Al-Layl 92:18
Who giveth away his substance that he may become pure
Verse 19 — Surah Al-Layl 92:19
And who offereth not favours to any one for the sake of recompense
Verse 20 — Surah Al-Layl 92:20
But only as seeking the face of his Lord the Most High
Verse 21 — Surah Al-Layl 92:21
And surely in the end he shall be well content