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Surah Al-Layl English Translation,Transliteration Tafsir [1-10]

About the surah al-Layl

Sūrat al-Layl (Arabic: الليل, "The Night") is the 92nd sūrah (chapter) of the Qur'an, containing it has 21 verses.

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The summary/theme of the surah  al-Layl:

The first ten surahs revealed in Mecca contrast two types of people, the charitable and the miserly, and describe their characteristics.

Lessons learned from this  surah  al-Layl:

1. The one who spends in the Path of Allah's, adopts taqw', and believes in the best religion, will be guided to extreme ease by Allah's (Jannah).  

2. The one who is miserly, thinks of himself to be in comfort, and belies the best religion, Allah's shall facilitate for him the path to extreme difficulty (Jahannam).  

3. Guidance is only from Allah's alone.  

4. The world and the Hereafter are in Allah's’s total control. 

 

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بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

 

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰ

Transliteration:( Wallaili izaa yaghshaa )
1. By the night when it overcomes
Topic Discussed: Night(Word)   |

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ

Transliteration:( Wannahaari izaa tajalla )
2. And by the day when it brightens[1]
Topic Discussed: Fajr Dawn Morning   | Day(Word)   |

وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ

Transliteration:( Wa maa khalaqaz zakara wal unthaa )
3. And by Him Who created the male and the female [2].
Topic Discussed: Male(Word)   | Female(Word)   |

إِنَّ سَعۡيَكُمۡ لَشَتَّىٰ

Transliteration:( Inna sa'yakum lashattaa )
4.Your Strivings are Certainly diverse [3].
Topic Discussed: Striving   |

فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أَعۡطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ

Transliteration:( Fa ammaa man a'taa wattaqaa )
5. Then as for him who gave (in charity) and feared Allah.

وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ

Transliteration:( Wa saddaqa bil husnaa )
6. And testified to the virtues.
Topic Discussed: Truth   | Good Deeds   |

فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلۡيُسۡرَىٰ

Transliteration:( Fasanu yassiruhoo lilyusraa )
7. We shall provide him with ease [5].
Topic Discussed: Be Charitable   |

وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ

Transliteration:( Wa ammaa man bakhila wastaghnaa )
8. And those who become misers [6] and independent [7].
Topic Discussed: Misers   |

وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ

Transliteration:( Wa kazzaba bil husnaa )
9. And belied the virtues.
Topic Discussed: Good Deeds   | Truth   |

فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلۡعُسۡرَىٰ

Transliteration:( Fasanu yassiruhoo lil'usraa )
10. We shall soon provide them with distress [8].
Topic Discussed: Hardship   |

Surah Al-Layl English Translation and Transliteration

In Surah Al-Layl you can read the translation of Ahmad Raza Khan who was a renowned scholar of the Islamic world and his translation book is known as Kanzul Imaan. You can read the transliteration of Surah Al-Layl which will help you to understand how to read the Arabic text. Apart from that, we have included a Word-By-Word English Translation of the Arabic text of Surah Al-Layl.

Surah Al-Layl English Tafsir/Tafseer (Commentry)

In Surah Al-Layl we have included two Tafseer (Commentary) in English. The first one is from Mufti Ahmad Yaar Khan who was a well-known scholar. In this tafsir, we have also included the most popular Tafsir Ibn-Kathir which is the most comprehensive tafsir available in the world. You can read both or any one of your choice.

Frequently Asked Questions

There are 21 verses / Ayat in Surah Al-Layl

Surah Al-Layl was revealed in Makkah

Surah Al-Layl can be found in Juz or Para 30

There are 1/2 Ruku in Surah Al-Layl

Surah number of Surah Al-Layl is 92

The meaning of Surah Al-Layl is The Night

You can find English Translation, Transliteration and Tafseer/Tafsir of Surah Al-Layl here at quran4ever.com. Here two tafseer are currently.One is Tafsir Ibn-Kathir and another one is Tafsir-e-Naeemi.

Dear bothers and sisters as a Sunni Muslim we cannot say any Translation and Tafseer was as long it conforms with the 4 school of thoughts. But here at quran4ever.com, we have included Tafsir Ibn-Kathir which is most comprehensive tafsir. Apart from that we have also included tafsir of Mufti Ahmad Yaar khan, Tafsir-e-Naeemi of Surah Al-Layl.

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