In the Name of Allaah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. |
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By the night as it envelops; |
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And by the day as it appears in brightness; |
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And by Him Who created male and female; |
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Certainly, your efforts and deeds are diverse (different in aims and purposes); |
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As for him who gives (in charity) and keeps his duty to Allaah and fears Him, |
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And believes in Al-Husnaa. [1] |
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We will make smooth for him the path of ease (goodness). |
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But he who is greedy miser and thinks himself self-sufficient. [2] |
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And belies Al-Husnaa. |
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We will make smooth for him the path for evil; |
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And what will his wealth benefit him when he goes down (in destruction). |
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Truly! Ours it is (to give) guidance, |
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And truly, unto Us (belong) the last (Hereafter) and the first (this world). |
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Therefore I have warned you of a Fire blazing fiercely (Hell); |
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None shall enter it save the most wretched, |
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Who denies and turns away. |
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And Al-Muttaqoon (the pious and righteous - see V.2:2) will be far removed from it (Hell). |
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He who spends his wealth for increase in self-purification, |
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And have in his mind no favour from anyone for which a reward is expected in return, |
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Except only the desire to seek the Countenance of his Lord, the Most High; |
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He surely will be pleased (when he will enter Paradise). |
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