Surah Al-Layl in Kinyarwanda: translation and audio

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ

Transliteration wa-al-layli idhā yaghshā

Kinyarwanda Ndahiye ijoro igihe riguye,

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ

Transliteration wal-nahāri idhā tajallā

Kinyarwanda N’amanywa igihe atangaje,

وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

Transliteration wamā khalaqa l-dhakara wal-unthā

Kinyarwanda N’uwaremye ikigabo n’ikigore,

إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ

Transliteration inna saʿyakum lashattā

Kinyarwanda Mu by’ukuri ibikorwa byanyu biratandukanye,

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ

Transliteration fa-ammā man aʿṭā wa-ittaqā

Kinyarwanda Wa wundi utanga (amaturo) akanagandukira (Allah),

وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ

Transliteration waṣaddaqa bil-ḥus'nā

Kinyarwanda Kandi akizera icyiza (Ijuru),

فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

Transliteration fasanuyassiruhu lil'yus'rā

Kinyarwanda Tuzamworohereza inzira y’ibyiza.

وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَىٰ

Transliteration wa-ammā man bakhila wa-is'taghnā

Kinyarwanda Ariko uzaba umunyabugugu, akirata yumva ko yishoboye,

وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ

Transliteration wakadhaba bil-ḥus'nā

Kinyarwanda Akanahinyura icyiza,

فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ

Transliteration fasanuyassiruhu lil'ʿus'rā

Kinyarwanda Tuzamworohereza inzira y’ibibi,

وَمَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ

Transliteration wamā yugh'nī ʿanhu māluhu idhā taraddā

Kinyarwanda Kandi ubwo azaba arimbuka (ajyanywe mu muriro), umutungo we nta cyo uzamumarira.

إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا لَلْهُدَىٰ

Transliteration inna ʿalaynā lalhudā

Kinyarwanda Mu by’ukuri ukuyobora ni ukwacu.

وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْـَٔاخِرَةَ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ

Transliteration wa-inna lanā lalākhirata wal-ūlā

Kinyarwanda Kandi mu by’ukuri ni natwe tugenga iby’imperuka n’ibibanza (iby’isi).

فَأَنذَرْتُكُمْ نَارًا تَلَظَّىٰ

Transliteration fa-andhartukum nāran talaẓẓā

Kinyarwanda Bityo, mbaburiye umuriro ugurumana.

لَا يَصْلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْأَشْقَى

Transliteration lā yaṣlāhā illā l-ashqā

Kinyarwanda Nta we uzawinjiramo utari inkozi y’ibibi,

ٱلَّذِى كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

Transliteration alladhī kadhaba watawallā

Kinyarwanda Wa wundi wahinyuye (ukuri) akanagutera umugongo.

وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَتْقَى

Transliteration wasayujannabuhā l-atqā

Kinyarwanda Ariko ukora ibikorwa byiza, azawurindwa,

ٱلَّذِى يُؤْتِى مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ

Transliteration alladhī yu'tī mālahu yatazakkā

Kinyarwanda Wa wundi utanga umutungo we kugira ngo yiyeze,

وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعْمَةٍ تُجْزَىٰٓ

Transliteration wamā li-aḥadin ʿindahu min niʿ'matin tuj'zā

Kinyarwanda Kandi ntashishikazwe no kwiturwa n’uwo yagiriye neza.

إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

Transliteration illā ib'tighāa wajhi rabbihi l-aʿlā

Kinyarwanda Ahubwo (akabikora agamije) gushaka kwishimirwa na Nyagasani we, Uwikirenga.

وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَىٰ

Transliteration walasawfa yarḍā

Kinyarwanda Kandi rwose azishima (ubwo azinjira mu Ijuru).