وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ ١
wa-al-layli idhā yaghshā
1. By the night when it covers1937
Notes
[1937] With darkness.
Surah Al-Layl transliteration
سورة الليل
Here is Surah Al-Layl (“The Night”) in transliteration: each of its 21 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
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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
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ ٢
wal-nahāri idhā tajallā
2. And [by] the day when it appears
وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ ٣
wamā khalaqa l-dhakara wal-unthā
3. And [by] He who created the male and female,
إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ ٤
inna saʿyakum lashattā
4. Indeed, your efforts are diverse.
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ ٥
fa-ammā man aʿṭā wa-ittaqā
5. As for he who gives and fears Allāh
وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ٦
waṣaddaqa bil-ḥus'nā
6. And believes in the best [reward].
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ ٧
fasanuyassiruhu lil'yus'rā
7. We will ease him toward ease.
وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَىٰ ٨
wa-ammā man bakhila wa-is'taghnā
8. But as for he who withholds and considers himself free of need
وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ٩
wakadhaba bil-ḥus'nā
9. And denies the best [reward],
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ ١٠
fasanuyassiruhu lil'ʿus'rā
10. We will ease him toward difficulty.
وَمَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ ١١
wamā yugh'nī ʿanhu māluhu idhā taraddā
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
inna ʿalaynā lalhudā
12. Indeed, [incumbent] upon Us is guidance.
وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْـَٔاخِرَةَ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ ١٣
wa-inna lanā lalākhirata wal-ūlā
13. And indeed, to us belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].
فَأَنذَرْتُكُمْ نَارًا تَلَظَّىٰ ١٤
fa-andhartukum nāran talaẓẓā
14. So I have warned you of a Fire which is blazing.
لَا يَصْلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْأَشْقَى ١٥
lā yaṣlāhā illā l-ashqā
15. None will [enter to] burn therein except the most wretched one
ٱلَّذِى كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ١٦
alladhī kadhaba watawallā
16. Who had denied and turned away.
وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَتْقَى ١٧
wasayujannabuhā l-atqā
17. But the righteous one will avoid it –
ٱلَّذِى يُؤْتِى مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ ١٨
alladhī yu'tī mālahu yatazakkā
18. [He] who gives [from] his wealth to purify himself
وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعْمَةٍ تُجْزَىٰٓ ١٩
wamā li-aḥadin ʿindahu min niʿ'matin tuj'zā
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
illā ib'tighāa wajhi rabbihi l-aʿlā
20. But only seeking the face [i.e., acceptance] of his Lord, Most High.
وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَىٰ ٢١
walasawfa yarḍā
21. And he is going to be satisfied.
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