Al-Lail

(1)Truly! Ours it is (to give) guidance,

(2)And by the day as it appears in brightness;

(3)And by Him Who created male and female;

(4)Certainly, your efforts and deeds are diverse (different in aims and purposes);

(5)As for him who gives (in charity) and keeps his duty to Allâh and fears Him,

(6)And believes in Al-Husna.[]

(7)We will make smooth for him the path of ease (goodness).

(8)But he who is greedy miser and thinks himself self-sufficient[] .

(9)And gives the lie to Al-Husna (see Verse No: 6 footnote);

(10)We will make smooth for him the path for evil;

(11)And what will his wealth benefit him when he goes down (in destruction).

(12)Truly! Ours it is (to give) guidance,

(13)And truly, unto Us (belong) the last (Hereafter) and the first (this world).

(14)Therefore I have warned you of a Fire blazing fiercely (Hell);

(15)None shall enter it save the most wretched,

(16)Who denies and turns away.

(17)And Al-Muttaqûn (the pious and righteous - see V.2:2) will be far removed from it (Hell).

(18)He who spends his wealth for increase in self-purification,

(19)And have in his mind no favour from anyone for which a reward is expected in return,

(20)Except only the desire to seek the Countenance of his Lord, the Most High;

(21)He surely will be pleased (when he will enter Paradise).

Ash-Shams

(1)And by the sun and its brightness;

(2)And by the moon as it follows it (the sun);

(3)And by the day as it shows up (the sun's) brightness;

(4)And by the night as it conceals it (the sun);

(5)And by the heaven and Him Who built it;

(6)And by the earth and Him Who spread it,

(7)And by Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul, etc.), and Him Who perfected him in proportion;

(8)Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him;

(9)Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself (i.e. obeys and performs all that Allâh ordered, by following the true Faith of Islâmic Monotheism and by doing righteous good deeds).

(10)And indeed he fails who corrupts his ownself (i.e. disobeys what Allâh has ordered by rejecting the true Faith of Islâmic Monotheism or by following polytheism, etc. or by doing every kind of evil wicked deeds).

(11)Thamûd (people) denied (their Prophet) through their transgression (by rejecting the true Faith of Islâmic Monotheism, and by following polytheism, and by committing every kind of sin).

(12)When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel).

(13)But the Messenger of Allâh [Sâlih (Saleh) >>] said to them: "Be cautious! Fear the evil end. That is the she-camel of Allâh! (Do not harm it) and bar it not from having its drink!"

(14)Then they denied him and they killed it. So their Lord destroyed them because of their sin, and made them equal in destruction (i.e. all grades of people, rich and poor, strong and weak, etc.)!

(15)Then they denied him and they killed it. So their Lord destroyed them because of their sin, and made them equal in destruction (i.e. all grades of people, rich and poor, strong and weak, etc.)!