AL LAIL — Ayat 1

Tafsir Ibnu Katsir

وَالَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى - وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّى - وَمَا خَلَقَ الذَّكَرَ وَالاٍّنثَى - إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّى - فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَى وَاتَّقَى - وَصَدَّقَ بِالْحُسْنَى - فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْيُسْرَى - وَأَمَّا مَن بَخِلَ وَاسْتَغْنَى - وَكَذَّبَ بِالْحُسْنَى - فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْعُسْرَى - وَمَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُ مَالُهُ إِذَا تَرَدَّى

1. By the night as it envelops. 2. By the day as it appears. 3. By Him Who created male and female. 4. Certainly, your efforts and deeds are diverse. 5. As for him who gives and has Taqwa, 6. And believes in Al-Husna. 7. We will make smooth for him the path of ease. 8. But he who is greedy and thinks himself self-sufficient, 9. And denies Al-Husna. 10. We will make smooth for him the path to evil. 11. And what will his wealth avail him when he goes down (in destruction) Allah swears by saying: