| 1 | By the night as it envelops;
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| 2 | And by the day as it appears in brightness;
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| 3 | And by Him Who created male and female;
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| 4 | Certainly, your efforts and deeds are diverse (different in aims and purposes);
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| 5 | As for him who gives (in charity) and keeps his duty to Allah and fears Him,
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| 6 | And believes in Al-Husna.
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| 7 | We will make smooth for him the path of ease (goodness).
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| 8 | But he who is greedy miser and thinks himself self-sufficient .
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| 9 | And gives the lie to Al-Husna (see Verse No: 6 footnote);
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| 10 | We will make smooth for him the path for evil;
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| 11 | And what will his wealth benefit him when he goes down (in destruction).
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| 12 | Truly! Ours it is (to give) guidance,
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| 13 | And truly, unto Us (belong) the last (Hereafter) and the first (this world).
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| 14 | Therefore I have warned you of a Fire blazing fiercely (Hell);
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| 15 | None shall enter it save the most wretched,
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| 16 | Who denies and turns away.
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| 17 | And Al-Muttaqoon (the pious and righteous - see V.2:2) will be far removed from it (Hell).
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| 18 | He who spends his wealth for increase in self-purification,
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| 19 | And have in his mind no favour from anyone for which a reward is expected in return,
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| 20 | Except only the desire to seek the Countenance of his Lord, the Most High;
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| 21 | He surely will be pleased (when he will enter Paradise).
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