— 21 verses
I swear by the night when it covers (the sun)
and by the day when it unveils itself
and by the One who created the male and the female
your efforts are diverse
As for the one who gives (in charity) and fears Allah
and believes in the best (religion)
We will facilitate for him the way to extreme ease (i.e. the comforts of Paradise)
But the one who is miser and deems himself self-sufficient
and rejects the best (religion)
We will facilitate for him the way to extreme distress
And his wealth will not help him when he will fall down (into Hell)
Of course, it is undertaken by Us to guide
and in Our control is the Hereafter and the worldly life
So I have warned you of a blazing fire
None will enter it but the wretched one
who rejected (the truth) and turned away (from it)
And saved from it will be the most God-fearing one
who gives his wealth (in charity) to become purified
while no one has conferred any favour on him for which he would give a return
but (he gave his wealth in charity) only to seek the Countenance of his Lord, the Most High
And surely he will soon be happy