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وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ

Wallaili izaa yaghshaa

By the night when it envelops,

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وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ

Wannahaari izaa tajalla

by the day when it brightens,

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وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

Wa maa khalaqaz zakara wal unthaa

by Him who created the male and the female:

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إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ

Inna sa'yakum lashattaa

your endeavours are indeed diverse.

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فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ

Fa ammaa man a'taa wattaqaa

As for him who gives and is Godwary

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وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ

Wa saddaqa bil husnaa

and confirms the best promise,

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فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

Fasanu yassiruhoo lilyusraa

We will surely ease him toward facility.

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وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَىٰ

Wa ammaa mam bakhila wastaghnaa

But as for him, who is stingy and self-complacent,

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وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ

Wa kazzaba bil husnaa

and denies the best promise,

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فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ

Fasanu yassiruhoo lil'usraa

We will surely ease him toward hardship.

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وَمَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ

Wa maa yughnee 'anhu maaluhooo izaa taraddaa

His wealth will not avail him when he perishes.

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إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا لَلْهُدَىٰ

Inna 'alainaa lal hudaa

Indeed guidance rests with Us,

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وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْـَٔاخِرَةَ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ

Wa inna lanaa lal Aakhirata wal oolaa

and to Us belong the world and the Hereafter.

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فَأَنذَرْتُكُمْ نَارًا تَلَظَّىٰ

Fa anzartukum naaran talazzaa

So I warn you of a blazing fire,

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لَا يَصْلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْأَشْقَى

Laa yaslaahaaa illal ashqaa

which none shall enter except the most wretched [of persons]

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ٱلَّذِى كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

Allazee kazzaba wa tawallaa

—he who impugns [God’s prophets] and turns his back.

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وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَتْقَى

Wa sa yujannnabuhal atqaa

The Godwary [person] will be spared of that

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ٱلَّذِى يُؤْتِى مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ

Allazee yu'tee maalahoo yatazakkaa

—he who gives his wealth to purify himself

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وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعْمَةٍ تُجْزَىٰٓ

Wa maa li ahadin 'indahoo min ni'matin tujzaaa

and does not expect any reward from anyone,

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إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

Illab tighaaa'a wajhi rabbihil a 'laa

but seek only the pleasure of their Lord, the Most Exalted,

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وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَىٰ

Wa lasawfa yardaa

and, surely, soon they will be well-pleased.