Surah Al-Layl (The Night)

Topics in Surah Al-Layl

Study guides that discuss verses of this surah, most connected first.

• Miserliness (Bukhl) (9 verses)
• Purity (Taharah) (8 verses)
• Giving (Ata') (8 verses)
• Zakat (7 verses)
• Divine Decree (Qadar) (6 verses)
• Wealth (Mal) (6 verses)
• Salvation (Najah) (6 verses)
• Sincerity (Ikhlas) (5 verses)
• Companionship (Suhbah) (5 verses)
• Praise (Madh) (5 verses)
• Cosmic Signs (Ayat Kawniyyah) (4 verses)
• Voluntary Acts (Tatawwu) (4 verses)
• Reflection (Tafakkur) (4 verses)
• Divine Limits (Hudud) (4 verses)
• Success (Falah) (4 verses)

Read Surah Al-Layl with English translation

1. 92:1

   بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ

   By the enshrouding night,

2. 92:2

   وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ

   by the radiant day,

3. 92:3

   وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

   by His creation of male and female!

4. 92:4

   إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ

   The ways you take differ greatly.

5. 92:5

   فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ

   There is the one who gives, who is mindful of God,

6. 92:6

   وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ

   who testifies to goodness––

7. 92:7

   فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

   We shall smooth his way towards ease.

8. 92:8

   وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَىٰ

   There is the one who is miserly, who is self-satisfied,

9. 92:9

   وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ

   who denies goodness––

10. 92:10

    فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ

    We shall smooth his way towards hardship

11. 92:11

    وَمَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ

    and his wealth will not help him as he falls.

12. 92:12

    إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا لَلْهُدَىٰ

    Our part is to provide guidance––

13. 92:13

    وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْءَاخِرَةَ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ

    this world and the next belong to Us––

14. 92:14

    فَأَنذَرْتُكُمْ نَارًۭا تَلَظَّىٰ

    so I warn you about the raging Fire,

15. 92:15

    لَا يَصْلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْأَشْقَى

    in which none but the most wicked one will burn,

16. 92:16

    ٱلَّذِى كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

    who denied [the truth], and turned away.

17. 92:17

    وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَتْقَى

    The most pious one will be spared this––

18. 92:18

    ٱلَّذِى يُؤْتِى مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ

    who gives his wealth away as self-purification,

19. 92:19

    وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعْمَةٍۢ تُجْزَىٰٓ

    not to return a favour to anyone

20. 92:20

    إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

    but for the sake of his Lord the Most High––

21. 92:21

    وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَىٰ

    and he will be well pleased.

English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.