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The NightSūrah 9221 āyātMakkanJuzʼ 30

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Madinah Muṣḥaf · pages 595–596Listen in Qiraa
سُورَةُ اللَّيۡلِ
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰ (١) وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ (٢) وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ (٣)
إِنَّ سَعۡيَكُمۡ لَشَتَّىٰ (٤) فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أَعۡطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ (٥) وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ (٦)
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلۡيُسۡرَىٰ (٧) وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ (٨) وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ
(٩) فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلۡعُسۡرَىٰ (١٠) وَمَا يُغۡنِي عَنۡهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ (١١) إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا
لَلۡهُدَىٰ (١٢) وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلۡأٓخِرَةَ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰ (١٣) فَأَنذَرۡتُكُمۡ نَارࣰا تَلَظَّىٰ (١٤)
Juzʼ 30595Ḥizb 60
لَا يَصۡلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى (١٥) ٱلَّذِي كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ (١٦) وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا
ٱلۡأَتۡقَى (١٧) ٱلَّذِي يُؤۡتِي مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ (١٨) وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن
نِّعۡمَةࣲ تُجۡزَىٰٓ (١٩) إِلَّا ٱبۡتِغَآءَ وَجۡهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ (٢٠) وَلَسَوۡفَ يَرۡضَىٰ (٢١)
Juzʼ 30596Ḥizb 60

What Sūrat al-Layl is about

Sūrat al-Layl has 21 āyāt in the thirtieth juzʼ. It opens with oaths by the night as it covers, the day as it shines, and the One who created male and female (92:1–3). People’s efforts, it says, are truly different (92:4).

Whoever gives, is mindful and affirms what is best will be eased towards ease; whoever is stingy, thinks himself free of need and denies what is best will be eased towards hardship (92:5–10). The sūrah ends with the one who gives his wealth to grow pure, seeking only the Face of his Lord, the Most High, and he will be content (92:18–21).

  1. Āyāt 1–11

    Two kinds of effort

    By the night and the day and the One who created male and female, people’s efforts differ. Whoever gives, is mindful and affirms the best is eased towards ease. Whoever is stingy, thinks himself free of need and denies the best is eased towards hardship. His wealth will not help him when he falls (92:11).

  2. Āyāt 12–21

    For the Face of his Lord

    Guidance is from Allah, and to Him belong the last and the first. The most wretched, who denied and turned away, will burn in the Fire. The most mindful will be kept from it: he gives his wealth to purify himself, not to repay a favour, but seeking his Lord’s Face, and he will be content (92:18–21).

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