Surah Al Lail The Night Kids Quran Tafsir for Children Quran For Kids

92. Surah Al Lail (The Night) Allah (swt) sent Surah Al-Lail in Makkah when Prophet Muhammad (s) openly started inviting people to Islam. He tried teaching the people about good actions and bad actions and how Allah (swt) helps us find good actions with our feelings and with the guidebook, the Quran. (1-4) Allah (swt) starts Surah Lail with an oath about the night and day, and boys and girls. All these things are different and opposite. People's goals and work can also be different and opposite. To understand the goals and actions better, Allah (swt) compares them into two groups. One group is good and the other group is bad. (5-6) The good group does three good actions. First, they spend money in good way by donating to poor people and doing good actions to please Allah (swt). Second, is having strong faith in Allah (swt). If our Iman or faith is strong, it will help us to be good person in our everyday life. Third is believing in goodness. We should always be an honest person and follow the good system of Allah (swt). That system is in the Quran which covers everything in an organized way. (7) If we do good things we can feel good, like being kind, helping others, and not doing bad things. That way we’d be living in peaceful and happy society where people respect and are grateful to each other too. When we do good, Allah (swt) also makes it easy for us to do more good actions. (8-9) But the bad group of people tries to live in the opposite way. They are very greedy and keep all their money for themselves. They don't spend their money for good cause, like helping others or doing things for the community. They don't care about what makes Allah (swt) happy. They focus only on worldly stuff and don't think about what's right or wrong in Allah (swt)'s eyes. They don't even believe in doing good things for people or the community. (10) That is very bad way to live life. This way people do anything for their own money, enjoyment, and worldly success, but they do everything against Allah (swt)'s law and order. Once they become shameless by doing all kinds of bad jobs, it becomes very easy for them to do wrong things. And then it becomes very hard for them to do good things for themselves or the society. (11) But when they die, they cannot take their money or big houses or cool cars with them into the graves. So we need to spend our money in good way so we can get the rewards on the day of Judgment. (12) Allah (swt) knows what is good and what is bad for us. He gave us the best guidebook, the Quran. This guidebook tells us the right things to do and avoid the wrong things to become good person. (13) As you know, Allah (swt) is in charge of everything in this world and hereafter. No matter if people do good jobs or bad jobs, Allah is still in charge of both worlds. If we make mistakes, it doesn't harm Allah; it harms ourselves. And if we do good, it doesn't benefit Allah. It benefits us. Allah (swt) is the Boss of everything. If we want something in this world or the hereafter, only Allah (swt) has the power to give that. (14-18) But for bad people who don't follow Allah (swt)'s law and order, their final destination is in burning Hellfire. Only Allah (swt) will save good people from that Hellfire. (19-20) Those good people will help others without expecting anything in return. They do it just to make Allah (swt) happy. One of the great examples is Abu Bakr (r). He used to buy and free the Muslim slaves from their very bad owners. One day his father asked why he didn't spend his money on strong young slaves who could help him. Abu Bakr (r) said he was doing this for Allah (swt)'s reward, and not for any personal worldly gains. He was helping others because it was the right thing to do. (21) If we do good things only for Allah (swt), as reward, he will send us to Heaven, and we will become very happy forever. Important Facts of Surah Al-Lail 1. The name of this surah came from the first word of the Surah. 2. Allah (swt) sent this Surah in Makkah when the prophet openly started inviting people to Islam. 3. Allah (swt) sent this surah after surah Al-Ala. 4. Surah Al Lail means the night. 5. This Surah has only 21 short sentences. 6. The Prophet used to pray Dhuhr and Asr with Surah Al-Lail. 7. Surah Al-Lail is the 92nd Surah in the Quran.