Read the surah · Surah 92
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Twenty-one verses on night and day and the making of male and female, and then two efforts described in parallel: the one who gives and fears God and believes in the best, whose way is eased toward ease, and the one who withholds and considers himself self-sufficient, whose way is eased toward hardship.
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وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ
Easy-read (simplified)wallayli idhaa yaghshaa
DIN 31635wallayli ʾiḏā yaġšā
By the night as it covers.
By the night enshrouding
By the night when it veils
BY the NIGHT when she spreads her veil
By the night, when it covereth all things with darkness
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ
Easy-read (simplified)wan-nahaari idhaa tajallaa
DIN 31635wan-nahāri ʾiḏā taǧallā
And the day as it reveals.
And the day resplendent
And the day when it is displayed
By the Day when it brightly shineth
by the day, when it shineth forth
وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ
Easy-read (simplified)wamaa khalaqa dh-dhakara wal-'unthaa
DIN 31635wamā ḫalaqa ḏ-ḏakara wal-ʾunṯā
And He who created the male and the female.
And Him Who hath created male and female
And by what created male and female
By Him who made male and female
by Him who hath created the male, and the female
إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ
Easy-read (simplified)inna sa'yakum lashattaa
DIN 31635ʾinna saʿyakum lašattā
The translators word this verse differently
Your endeavors are indeed diverse.
Lo! your effort is dispersed (toward divers ends)
Verily, your efforts are diverse
At different ends truly do ye aim
Verily your endeavour is different
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ
Easy-read (simplified)fa'ammaa man a'taa waattaqaa
DIN 31635faʾammā man ʾaʿṭā wāttaqā
The translators word this verse differently
As for him who gives and is righteous.
As for him who giveth and is dutiful (toward Allah)
But as for him who gives alms and fears God
But as to him who giveth alms and feareth God
Now whoso is obedient, and feareth God
وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ
Easy-read (simplified)wasaddaqa bil-husnaa
DIN 31635waṣaddaqa bil-ḥusnā
The translators word this verse differently
And confirms goodness.
And believeth in goodness
And believes in the best
And yieldeth assent to the Good
and professeth the truth of that faith which is most excellent
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
Easy-read (simplified)fasanuyassiruhu lilyusraa
DIN 31635fasanuyassiruhu lilyusrā
The translators word this verse differently
We will ease his way towards ease.
Surely We will ease his way unto the state of ease
We will send him easily to ease
To him will we make easy the path to happiness
unto him will We facilitate the way to happiness
وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'ammaa man bakhila wastaghnaa
DIN 31635waʾammā man baḫila wastaġnā
The translators word this verse differently
But as for him who is stingy and complacent.
But as for him who hoardeth and deemeth himself independent
But as for him who is niggardly, And longs for wealth
But as to him who is covetous and bent on riches
But whoso shall be covetous, and shall be wholly taken up with this world
وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ
Easy-read (simplified)wakadhdhaba bil-husnaa
DIN 31635wakaḏḏaba bil-ḥusnā
The translators word this verse differently
And denies goodness.
And disbelieveth in goodness
And calls the good a lie
And calleth the Good a lie
and shall deny the truth of that which is most excellent
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ
Easy-read (simplified)fasanuyassiruhu lil'usraa
DIN 31635fasanuyassiruhu lilʿusrā
The translators word this verse differently
We will ease his way towards difficulty.
Surely We will ease his way unto adversity
We will send him easily to difficulty
To him will we make easy the path to misery
unto him will We facilitate the way to misery
وَمَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ
Easy-read (simplified)wamaa yughnee 'anhu maaluhu idhaa taraddaa
DIN 31635wamā yuġnī ʿanhu māluhu ʾiḏā taraddā
And his money will not avail him when he plummets.
His riches will not save him when he perisheth
And his wealth shall not avail him When he falls down (into hell)
And what shall his wealth avail him when he goeth down
and his riches shall not profit him, when he shall fall headlong into hell
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا لَلْهُدَىٰ
Easy-read (simplified)inna 'alaynaa lalhudaa
DIN 31635ʾinna ʿalaynā lalhudā
The translators word this verse differently
It is upon Us to guide.
Lo! Ours it is (to give) the guidance
Verily, it is for us to guide
Truly man's guidance is with Us
Verily unto Us appertaineth the direction of mankind
وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْـَٔاخِرَةَ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'inna lanaa lal'aakhirata wal-'oolaa
DIN 31635waʾinna lanā lalʾāḫirata wal-ʾūlā
The translators word this verse differently
And to Us belong the Last and the First.
And lo! unto Us belong the latter portion and the former
And, verily, ours are the hereafter and the former life
And Our's, the Future and the Past
And ours is the life to come, and the present life
فَأَنذَرْتُكُمْ نَارًا تَلَظَّىٰ
Easy-read (simplified)fa'andhartukum naaran talazzaa
DIN 31635faʾanḏartukum nāran talaẓẓā
The translators word this verse differently
I have warned you of a Fierce Blaze.
Therefor have I warned you of the flaming Fire
And I have warned you of a fire that flames
I warn you therefore of the flaming fire
Wherefore I threaten you with fire which burneth fiercely
لَا يَصْلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْأَشْقَى
Easy-read (simplified)laa yaslaahaa illaa l-'ashqaa
DIN 31635lā yaṣlāhā ʾillā l-ʾašqā
The translators word this verse differently
None will burn in it except the very wicked.
Which only the most wretched must endure
None shall broil thereon, but the most wretched
None shall be cast to it but the most wretched
which none shall enter to be burned except the most wretched
ٱلَّذِى كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Easy-read (simplified)alladhee kadhdhaba watawallaa
DIN 31635allaḏī kaḏḏaba watawallā
The translators word this verse differently
He who denies and turns away.
He who denieth and turneth away
who says it is a lie and turns his back
Who hath called the truth a lie and turned his back
who shall have disbelieved, and turned back
وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَتْقَى
Easy-read (simplified)wasayujannabuhaa l-'atqaa
DIN 31635wasayuǧannabuhā l-ʾatqā
The translators word this verse differently
But the devout will avoid it.
Far removed from it will be the righteous
But the pious shall be kept away from it
But the God-fearing shall escape it
But he who strictly bewareth idolatry and rebellion, shall be removed far from the same
ٱلَّذِى يُؤْتِى مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ
Easy-read (simplified)alladhee yu'tee maalahu yatazakkaa
DIN 31635allaḏī yuʾtī mālahu yatazakkā
The translators word this verse differently
He who gives his money to become pure.
Who giveth his wealth that he may grow (in goodness)
he who gives his wealth in alms
Who giveth away his substance that he may become pure
who giveth his substance in alms
وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعْمَةٍ تُجْزَىٰٓ
Easy-read (simplified)wamaa li'ahadin 'indahu min ni'matin tujzaa
DIN 31635wamā liʾaḥadin ʿindahu min niʿmatin tuǧzā
The translators word this verse differently
Seeking no favor in return.
And none hath with him any favour for reward
and who gives no favour to any one for the sake of reward
And who offereth not favours to any one for the sake of recompense
and by whom no benefit is bestowed on any, that it may be recompensed
إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
Easy-read (simplified)illaa btighaa'a wajhi rabbihi l-'a'laa
DIN 31635ʾillā btiġāʾa waǧhi rabbihi l-ʾaʿlā
Only seeking the acceptance of his Lord, the Most High.
Except as seeking (to fulfil) the purpose of his Lord Most High
but only craving the face of his Lord most High
But only as seeking the face of his Lord the Most High
but who bestoweth the same for the sake of his Lord, the most High
وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَىٰ
Easy-read (simplified)walasawfa yardaa
DIN 31635walasawfa yarḍā
The translators word this verse differently
And he will be satisfied.
He verily will be content
in the end he shall be well pleased
And surely in the end he shall be well content
And hereafter he shall be well satisfied with his reward
Arabic textTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Uthmani, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
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Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an ·1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an ·1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an ·1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
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