Surah Al-Layl — Part 1

1. سُورَةُ الليل

The surah contrasts generosity and faith with stinginess and denial, and shows that each path has a different end.

It is a Makki surah with 21 ayahs.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

• بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

2. وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ ﴿١﴾

By the night when it covers

• وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ ﴿١﴾

3. وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ ﴿٢﴾

And [by] the day when it appears

• وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ ﴿٢﴾

4. وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ ﴿٣﴾

And [by] He who created the male and female,

• وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ ﴿٣﴾

5. إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ ﴿٤﴾

Indeed, your efforts are diverse.

• إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ ﴿٤﴾

6. فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ ﴿٥﴾

As for he who gives and fears Allāh

• فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ ﴿٥﴾

7. Summary

Review the word-by-word meanings from ayahs 1–5 of Surah Al-Layl.