92:1
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ
By the night when it covers
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Surah 92 · Makkan · 21 ayahs
Al-Layl
الليل
The Night
Arabic in the Uthmani script. English translation by Saheeh International. Every ayah below carries its own reference.
What is this surah about?
Scholarly explanation
Name The Surah takes its name from the word wal-lail with which it opens. Period of Revelation Its subject matter so closely resembles that of Surah Ash-Shams that each Surah seems to be an explanation of the other. It is one and the same thing which has been explained in Surah Ash-Shams in one way and in this Surah in another. This indicates that both these Surahs were sent down in about the same period. Theme and Subject Matter Its theme is to distinguish between the two different ways of life and to explain the contrast between their ultimate ends and results. In view of the subject matter this Surah consists of two parts, the first part consisting of vv. 1-11 and the second of vv. 12-21.
Reference · Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, Tafhim al-Qur'an — The Meaning of the Quran
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
92:2
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ
And [by] the day when it appears
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92:3
وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ
And [by] He who created the male and female,
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92:4
إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ
Indeed, your efforts are diverse.
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92:5
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ
As for he who gives and fears Allāh
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92:6
وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ
And believes in the best [reward],
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92:7
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
We will ease him toward ease.
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92:8
وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
But as for he who withholds and considers himself free of need
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92:9
وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ
And denies the best [reward],
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92:10
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ
We will ease him toward difficulty.
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92:11
وَمَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ
And what will his wealth avail him when he falls?
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92:12
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا لَلْهُدَىٰ
Indeed, [incumbent] upon Us is guidance.
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92:13
وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْـَٔاخِرَةَ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ
And indeed, to us belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].
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92:14
فَأَنذَرْتُكُمْ نَارًا تَلَظَّىٰ
So I have warned you of a Fire which is blazing.
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92:15
لَا يَصْلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْأَشْقَى
None will [enter to] burn therein except the most wretched one
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92:16
ٱلَّذِى كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Who had denied and turned away.
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92:17
وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَتْقَى
But the righteous one will avoid it
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92:18
ٱلَّذِى يُؤْتِى مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ
[He] who gives [from] his wealth to purify himself
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92:19
وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعْمَةٍ تُجْزَىٰٓ
And not [giving] for anyone who has [done him] a favor to be rewarded
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92:20
إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
But only seeking the face [i.e., acceptance] of his Lord, Most High.
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92:21
وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَىٰ
And he is going to be satisfied.
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Ayah 1 of 21
Recited by Mishari Rashid al-Afasy