Wetin Allah don prepare for people wey de pray and tok gently

 This great Surah is named "Al-Lail" in most copies of the Qur'an, while in some Tafseer books, it is referred to as "Surah Wal-Lail." Imam Al-Bukhari titled it "Wal-Lail Izaa Yaghsha." The surah consists of twenty-one verses. The majority of scholars agree that it is Makkan, while some have said it is Madinan, and others have stated that part of it is Makkan and part is Madinan.

 The truth is that this surah is purely Makkan, revealed after Surah Al-A'laa and before Surah Al-Qamar. It is considered the ninth surah revealed among the Makkan surahs. Al-Imam Ash-Shawkaani stated that it is Makkan according to the majority, as Ibn Abbaas said: "Surah Wal-Lail Izaa Yaghsha was revealed in Makkah. Al-Imam Ibn Mardawayh narrated similarly from Az-Zubair. In a narration from Ibn Abbaas, he said: "I say that this surah was revealed regarding generosity and stinginess."

Indeed, what Ibn Abbaas may Allah be pleased with them said is true, for this noble surah contains a clarification of the honor of the believers, the virtues of their deeds, the blameworthy actions of the polytheists, and their evil deeds. Allah, Blessed and Exalted, sent His Messenger to remind people of the truth and to warn those who oppose His command, may He be exalted, that they may be afflicted by a trial or experience a painful punishment.

Allah swore in the opening of this surah by three things to affirm that people's deeds are diverse. He first swore by the night, saying: "Wal-Lail Izaa Yaghsha," meaning: "By the night when it covers [the day], obscuring its light and taking away its brightness." The universe transforms with it from one state to another; when night falls, creation ceases its movement, and every person or animal finds its resting place. They welcome sleep, which brings comfort to their bodies, as He (Exalted be He) said: "And We made the night a covering." "And We made the day for livelihood." 

Abdulwahab Ibn Yusuf Isah