The Qur'an Sura XCII — THE NIGHT
1BY the NIGHT when she spreads her veil;
2By the Day when it brightly shineth;
3By Him who made male and female;
4At different ends truly do ye aim!
5But as to him who giveth alms and feareth God,
6And yieldeth assent to the Good;
7To him will we make easy the path to happiness.
8But as to him who is covetous and bent on riches,
9And calleth the Good a lie,
10To him will we make easy the path to misery:
11And what shall his wealth avail him when he goeth down?
12Truly man’s guidance is with Us
13And Our’s, the Future and the Past.
14I warn you therefore of the flaming fire;
15None shall be cast to it but the most wretched,–
16Who hath called the truth a lie and turned his back.
17But the God-fearing shall escape it,–
18Who giveth away his substance that he may become pure;
19And who offereth not favours to any one for the sake of recompense,
20But only as seeking the face of his Lord the Most High.
21And surely in the end he shall be well content.
Suras are in the standard order; verse divisions follow Rodwell's 1861 edition and do not always match the standard ayah numbering.