(1) By night as it envelops [everything with darkness],
(2) and daylight when things seem radiant,
(3) and whatever has created the male and the female,
(4) your effort has been too diffuse.
(5) For anyone who gives [generously], performs his duty
(6) and acts charitably in the finest manner
(7) We shall facilitate an easy way for him;
(8) while anyone who acts miserably, and feels he is self-sufficient
(9) and rejects the finest [things in life]
(10) We shall make it easy for him (to go] the hard way.
(11) His money will not help him out as he stumbles along.
(12) Guidance is Our concern:
(13) to Us belongs the Hereafter and the very First [of life];
(14) so I have warned you (all) about a raging fire.
(15) Only the most wretched will roast in it,
(16) the one who rejects [the Message] and turns away;
(17) while the most heedful will keep away from it,
(18) the one who gives his money away and (thereby) purifies himself
(19) No one is awarded any favor by him [in return]
(20) except through seeking the countenance of his Lord, the All-Highest.
(21) [Such a man] shall be pleased [when entered Paradise].