Sura XCII (92)

The Night

(Mecca -- 21)

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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

By the Night when she spreads her veil;

By the Day when it brightly shineth;

By Him who made male and female;

At different ends truly do you aim!

But as to him who giveth alms and feareth God,

And yieldeth assent to the Good;

To him will we make easy the path to happiness.

But as to him who is covetous and bent on riches,

And calleth the Good a lie,

92:10 To him will we make easy the path to misery:

And what shall his wealth avail him when he goeth down?

Truly man's guidance is with Us

And Our's, the Future and the Past.

I warn you therefore of the flaming fire;

None shall be cast to it but the most wretched, --

Who hath called the truth a lie and turned his back.

But the God-fearing shall escape it, --

Who giveth away his substance that he may become pure;

And who offereth not favours to any one for the sake of recompense,

92:20 But only as seeking the face of his Lord the Most High.

And surely in the end he shall be well content.