CHAPTER 92.  THE NIGHT                                                                SECTION 1.  PART XXX

IN THE NAME OF GOD 
THE MOST GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL GOD

1  BY THE NIGHT
AS IT CONCEALS ITS LIGHT

2  BY THE DAY WHEN IT SHINES BRIGHT

3  AND THE MALE AND THE FEMALE, OF ITS CREATING

4  DIVERSE ARE THE ENDS FOR WHICH YOU ARE STRIVING

5  SO HE WHO GIVES IN CHARITY AND IS GOD-FEARING

6  AND IN ALL SINCERITY TESTIFIES TO THE BEST

7  WE WILL MAKE SMOOTH FOR HIM THE PATH TO BLISS

8  BUT HE WHO THINKS HIMSELF SELF SUFFICIENT AND IS MISERLY

9  AND REJECTS WHAT IS GODLY

10  WE WILL MAKE SMOOTH FOR HIM THE PATH TO MISERY

11  NOR WILL HIS WEALTH AVAIL HIM AGAINST THE PENALTY

12  WE TAKE UPON OURSELVES THE TASK OF GUIDING

13  AND TO US BELONG THE END AND THE BEGINNING

14  SO I WARN YOU OF A FIRE BLAZING 

15  WHICH NONE BUT THE UNFORTUNATE ONES WILL ENTER

16  WHO TURNS HIS BACK AND ARE REJECTERS

17  BUT THOSE MOST DEVOTED TO GOD WILL BE
REMOVED FAR FROM IT SAFELY

18  THOSE WHO SPEND THEIR WEALTH FOR PURIFICATION

19  AND HAVE IN THEIR MINDS NO FAVORS FROM ANYONE

20  BUT ONLY THE DESIRE
TO SEEK GOD'S PLEASURE

21  AND THEY WILL SOON BE
PLEASED COMPLETELY

  

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