Surah Al-Layl

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 92:1 ▶

   وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ ﴿١﴾

   wallayli 'idhā yaghshā

   By the night when it covers

   With darkness.

2. 92:2 ▶

   وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ ﴿٢﴾

   wan-nahāri 'idhā tajallā

   And [by] the day when it appears

3. 92:3 ▶

   وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ ﴿٣﴾

   wamā khalaqa dh-dhakara wal-unthā

   And [by] He who created the male and female,

4. 92:4 ▶

   إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ ﴿٤﴾

   inna saʿyakum lashattā

   Indeed, your efforts are diverse.

5. 92:5 ▶

   فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ ﴿٥﴾

   fa'ammā man 'aʿṭā wattaqā

   As for he who gives and fears Allāh

6. 92:6 ▶

   وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ﴿٦﴾

   waṣaddaqa bil-ḥusnā

   And believes in the best [reward].

7. 92:7 ▶

   فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ ﴿٧﴾

   fasanuyassiruhū lil-yusrā

   We will ease him toward ease.

8. 92:8 ▶

   وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَىٰ ﴿٨﴾

   wa'ammā mam bakhila wastaghnā

   But as for he who withholds and considers himself free of need

9. 92:9 ▶

   وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ﴿٩﴾

   wakadhdhaba bil-ḥusnā

   And denies the best [reward],

10. 92:10 ▶

    فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ ﴿١٠﴾

    fasanuyassiruhū lil-ʿusrā

    We will ease him toward difficulty.

11. 92:11 ▶

    وَمَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ ﴿١١﴾

    wamā yughnī ʿanhu māluhū 'idhā taraddā

    And what will his wealth avail him when he falls?

    i.e., when he dies or is destroyed. It can also mean when he falls into the Hellfire.

12. 92:12 ▶

    إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا لَلْهُدَىٰ ﴿١٢﴾

    inna ʿalaynā lalhudā

    Indeed, [incumbent] upon Us is guidance.

13. 92:13 ▶

    وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْـَٔاخِرَةَ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ ﴿١٣﴾

    wa'inna lanā lal'ākhirata wal-ūlā

    And indeed, to us belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].

14. 92:14 ▶

    فَأَنذَرْتُكُمْ نَارًا تَلَظَّىٰ ﴿١٤﴾

    fa'andhartukum nāran talaẓẓā

    So I have warned you of a Fire which is blazing.

15. 92:15 ▶

    لَا يَصْلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْأَشْقَى ﴿١٥﴾

    lā yaṣlāhā 'illa l-ashqā

    None will [enter to] burn therein except the most wretched one

16. 92:16 ▶

    ٱلَّذِى كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ﴿١٦﴾

    alladhī kadhdhaba watawallā

    Who had denied and turned away.

17. 92:17 ▶

    وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَتْقَى ﴿١٧﴾

    wasayujannabuha l-atqā

    But the righteous one will avoid it –

18. 92:18 ▶

    ٱلَّذِى يُؤْتِى مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ ﴿١٨﴾

    alladhī yu'tī mālahū yatazakkā

    [He] who gives [from] his wealth to purify himself

19. 92:19 ▶

    وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعْمَةٍ تُجْزَىٰٓ ﴿١٩﴾

    wamā li'aḥadin ʿindahū min niʿmatin tujzā

    And not [giving] for anyone who has [done him] a favor to be rewarded –

    i.e., without intending reciprocation for some benefit to himself.

20. 92:20 ▶

    إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ﴿٢٠﴾

    illa btighā'a wajhi rabbihi l-aʿlā

    But only seeking the face [i.e., acceptance] of his Lord, Most High.

21. 92:21 ▶

    وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَىٰ ﴿٢١﴾

    walasawfa yarḍā

    And he is going to be satisfied.

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.