Surah information

Name

سُورَةُ اللَّيۡلِ

English name

Al-Lail

Translation

The Night

Number

92

Ayahs

21

Revelation

Meccan

Translations

بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

1

وَٱلَّیۡلِ إِذَا یَغۡشَىٰ 

CONSIDER the night as it veils [the earth] in darkness,

2

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ 

and the day as it rises bright!

3

وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰۤ 

Consider the creation of the male and the female!

4

إِنَّ سَعۡیَكُمۡ لَشَتَّىٰ 

Verily, [O men,] you aim at most divergent ends!

5

فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أَعۡطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ 

Thus, as for him who gives [to others] and is conscious of God,

6

وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ 

and believes in the truth of the ultimate good

7

فَسَنُیَسِّرُهُۥ لِلۡیُسۡرَىٰ 

for him shall We make easy the path towards [ultimate] ease.

8

وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ 

But as for him who is niggardly, and thinks that he is self-sufficient,

9

وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ 

and calls the ultimate good a lie –

10

فَسَنُیَسِّرُهُۥ لِلۡعُسۡرَىٰ 

for him shall We make easy the path towards hardship: