وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ ١
1. By the night when it covers1937
Notes
[1937] With darkness.
Memorize Surah Al-Layl
سورة الليل
Surah Al-Layl has 21 verses on 2 pages of the Madinah mushaf (pages 595 to 596), in juz 30. It splits into 2 portions, one per page: learn one, recite it without help, then move on to the next while linking it to the previous one.
Memorization plan for Surah Al-Layl
2 portions, one per page of the Madinah mushaf. Tap a portion to practise it; its status stays in this browser.
At one page a day, allow 2 days; at half a page a day, 4 days, with reviews in every session.
Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ ٢
2. And [by] the day when it appears
وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ ٣
3. And [by] He who created the male and female,
إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ ٤
4. Indeed, your efforts are diverse.
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ ٥
5. As for he who gives and fears Allāh
وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ٦
6. And believes in the best [reward].
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ ٧
7. We will ease him toward ease.
وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَىٰ ٨
8. But as for he who withholds and considers himself free of need
وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ٩
9. And denies the best [reward],
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ ١٠
10. We will ease him toward difficulty.
وَمَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ ١١
11. And what will his wealth avail him when he falls?1938
Notes
[1938] i.e., when he dies or is destroyed. It can also mean when he falls into the Hellfire.
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا لَلْهُدَىٰ ١٢
12. Indeed, [incumbent] upon Us is guidance.
وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْـَٔاخِرَةَ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ ١٣
13. And indeed, to us belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].
فَأَنذَرْتُكُمْ نَارًا تَلَظَّىٰ ١٤
14. So I have warned you of a Fire which is blazing.
لَا يَصْلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْأَشْقَى ١٥
15. None will [enter to] burn therein except the most wretched one
ٱلَّذِى كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ١٦
16. Who had denied and turned away.
وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَتْقَى ١٧
17. But the righteous one will avoid it –
ٱلَّذِى يُؤْتِى مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ ١٨
18. [He] who gives [from] his wealth to purify himself
وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعْمَةٍ تُجْزَىٰٓ ١٩
19. And not [giving] for anyone who has [done him] a favor to be rewarded1939 –
Notes
[1939] i.e., without intending reciprocation for some benefit to himself.
إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ٢٠
20. But only seeking the face [i.e., acceptance] of his Lord, Most High.
وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَىٰ ٢١
21. And he is going to be satisfied.
Verses not to confuse
One verse of Surah Al-Layl resembles other verses of the Quran: a classic trap when reciting from memory. The closest ones:
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Al-Layl 92:20
إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
Al-Baqarah 2:272لَّيْسَ 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
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