بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ
Wallaili izaa yaghshaa
By the night when it enshrouds,
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ
Wannahaari izaa tajalla
and by the day when it breaks in its glory,
وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ
Wa maa khalaqaz zakara wal unthaa
and by Him Who created the male and the female:
إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ
Inna sa'yakum lashattaa
surely your strivings are divergent.
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ
Fa ammaa man a'taa wattaqaa
As for him who gave out his wealth (for Allah's sake) and abstained (from disobeying Him),
وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ
Wa saddaqa bil husnaa
and affirmed the Truth of goodness:
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
Fasanu yassiruhoo lilyusraa
We shall facilitate for him the Way to Bliss.
وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
Wa ammaa mam bakhila wastaghnaa
As for him who was a miser and behaved with aversion (to Allah),
وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ
Wa kazzaba bil husnaa
and denied the Truth of goodness:
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ
Fasanu yassiruhoo lil'usraa
We shall facilitate for him the way to Hardship,
وَمَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ
Wa maa yughnee 'anhu maaluhooo izaa taraddaa
and his wealth shall be of no avail to him when he perishes.
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا لَلْهُدَىٰ
Inna 'alainaa lal hudaa
Surely it is for Us to show the Right Way,
وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْءَاخِرَةَ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ
Wa inna lanaa lal Aakhirata wal oolaa
and to Us belong the Next Life and the present.
فَأَنذَرْتُكُمْ نَارًۭا تَلَظَّىٰ
Fa anzartukum naaran talazzaa
I have now warned you of a Blazing Fire,
لَا يَصْلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْأَشْقَى
Laa yaslaahaaa illal ashqaa
where none shall burn except the most wicked,
ٱلَّذِى كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Allazee kazzaba wa tawallaa
who rejected the Truth, calling it falsehood and turned his back on it.
وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَتْقَى
Wa sa yujannnabuhal atqaa
But the God-fearing shall be kept away from it,
ٱلَّذِى يُؤْتِى مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ
Allazee yu'tee maalahoo yatazakkaa
the Godfearing who spends his wealth to purify himself;
وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعْمَةٍۢ تُجْزَىٰٓ
Wa maa li ahadin 'indahoo min ni'matin tujzaaa
not as payment for any favours that he received,
إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
Illab tighaaa'a wajhi rabbihil a 'laa
but only to seek the good pleasure of his Lord Most High.
وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَىٰ
Wa lasawfa yardaa
He will surely be well-pleased (with him).
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