وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ ﴿١﴾
Wallaili izaa yaghshaa
All 21 ayat of Surah Al-Layl (also written Surah Layl) in Arabic, with transliteration and translation. Tap ▶ on any ayah to hear it, or play the whole surah. It is in juz 30 (para 30).
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ ﴿١﴾
Wallaili izaa yaghshaa
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ ﴿٢﴾
Wannahaari izaa tajalla
وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ ﴿٣﴾
Wa maa khalaqaz zakara wal unthaa
إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ ﴿٤﴾
Inna sa'yakum lashattaa
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ ﴿٥﴾
Fa ammaa man a'taa wattaqaa
وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ﴿٦﴾
Wa saddaqa bil husnaa
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ ﴿٧﴾
Fasanu yassiruhoo lilyusraa
وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَىٰ ﴿٨﴾
Wa ammaa mam bakhila wastaghnaa
وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ﴿٩﴾
Wa kazzaba bil husnaa
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ ﴿١٠﴾
Fasanu yassiruhoo lil'usraa
وَمَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ ﴿١١﴾
Wa maa yughnee 'anhu maaluhooo izaa taraddaa
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا لَلْهُدَىٰ ﴿١٢﴾
Inna 'alainaa lal hudaa
وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْءَاخِرَةَ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ ﴿١٣﴾
Wa inna lanaa lal Aakhirata wal oolaa
فَأَنذَرْتُكُمْ نَارًۭا تَلَظَّىٰ ﴿١٤﴾
Fa anzartukum naaran talazzaa
لَا يَصْلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْأَشْقَى ﴿١٥﴾
Laa yaslaahaaa illal ashqaa
ٱلَّذِى كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ﴿١٦﴾
Allazee kazzaba wa tawallaa
وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَتْقَى ﴿١٧﴾
Wa sa yujannnabuhal atqaa
ٱلَّذِى يُؤْتِى مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ ﴿١٨﴾
Allazee yu'tee maalahoo yatazakkaa
وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعْمَةٍۢ تُجْزَىٰٓ ﴿١٩﴾
Wa maa li ahadin 'indahoo min ni'matin tujzaaa
إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ﴿٢٠﴾
Illab tighaaa'a wajhi rabbihil a 'laa
وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَىٰ ﴿٢١﴾
Wa lasawfa yardaa
Arabic text: Tanzil, Uthmani script, via AlQuran.cloud. Audio: EveryAyah. Transliteration is a learning aid. Read from the Arabic when you can.
About this surah
Surah Al-Layl (سُورَةُ اللَّيۡلِ), "The Night", is surah 92 of the Quran. It has 21 ayat and was revealed in Makkah, so it is called a Meccan surah. It sits in juz 30 (para 30), and covers pages 595 to 596 of the standard Madinah mushaf.
We have not found an authentic hadith that names a particular virtue for Surah Al-Layl. Its reward is the reward of reciting the Quran itself: the Prophet ﷺ said that every letter of the Quran is a good deed, and each good deed is multiplied ten times. Reports you may see that promise specific rewards for this surah should be checked for their grading before they are shared.
Jami at-Tirmidhi 2910: every letter of the Quran is a good deed, and each good deed is multiplied ten times. Graded hasan sahih.
Questions
Surah Al-Layl has 21 ayat.
It is a Meccan surah, revealed in Makkah.
Al-Layl means "The Night".
Surah Al-Layl is in juz 30 (para 30).