سورة الليل، الآية ٢٠
إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ٢٠
illā ib'tighāa wajhi rabbihi l-aʿlā
But only seeking the face [i.e., acceptance] of his Lord, Most High.
Verse 20 of Surah Al-Layl (92:20), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 596 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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Through his spending, he only intends the pleasure of his Lord who is High above His creation.
but to seek the pleasure of his Lord, the Most High.
Except to seek the Countenance of his Lord, the Most High.
Except as seeking (to fulfil) the purpose of his Lord Most High.
But only the desire to seek for the Countenance of their Lord Most High;
Except the seeking of the pleasure of his Lord, the Most High.
Except for seeking the Face of his Lord, The Most Exalted.
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
لَّيْسَ عَلَيْكَ هُدَىٰهُمْ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ وَمَا تُنفِقُوا۟ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَلِأَنفُسِكُمْ وَمَا تُنفِقُونَ إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا تُنفِقُوا۟ مِنْ خَيْرٍ يُوَفَّ إِلَيْكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تُظْلَمُونَ
Not upon you, [O Muḥammad], is [responsibility for] their guidance, but Allāh guides whom He wills. And whatever good you [believers] spend is for yourselves, and you do not spend except seeking the face [i.e., approval] of Allāh. And whatever you spend of good - it will be fully repaid to you, and you will not be wronged.
