73. Surah Al-Muzzammil The Enshrouded One

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem

In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الْمُزَّمِّلُۙ

Ya ayyuha almuzzammil

You who are enwrapped in your clothing!

قُمِ الَّيْلَ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاًۙ

Qumi allayla illa qaleela

stay up at night, except a little,

نِصْفَهُٓ اَوِ انْقُصْ مِنْهُ قَل۪يلاًۙ

Nisfahu awi onqus minhu qaleela

half of it, or a little less,

اَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَتِّلِ الْقُرْاٰنَ تَرْت۪يلاًۜ

Aw zid AAalayhi warattili alqur-anatarteela

or a little more, and recite the Qur’an distinctly.

اِنَّا سَنُلْق۪ي عَلَيْكَ قَوْلاً ثَق۪يلاًۜ

Inna sanulqee AAalayka qawlan thaqeela

We will impose a weighty Word upon you.

اِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ الَّيْلِ هِيَ اَشَدُّ وَطْـٔاً وَاَقْوَمُ ق۪يلاًۜ

Inna nashi-ata allayli hiya ashaddu wat-anwaaqwamu qeela

Certainly rising at night has a stronger effect and is more conducive to concentration.

اِنَّ لَكَ فِي النَّهَارِ سَبْحاً طَو۪يلاًۜ

Inna laka fee annahari sabhantaweela

In the daytime much of your time is taken up by business matters.

وَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلْ اِلَيْهِ تَبْت۪يلاًۜ

Wathkuri isma rabbikawatabattal ilayhi tabteela

Remember the Name of your Lord, and devote yourself to Him completely.

رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ فَاتَّخِذْهُ وَك۪يلاً

Rabbu almashriqi walmaghribi lailaha illa huwa fattakhithhu wakeela

Lord of the East and West – there is no god but Him – so take Him as your Guardian.

وَاصْبِرْ عَلٰى مَا يَقُولُونَ وَاهْجُرْهُمْ هَجْراً جَم۪يلاً

Wasbir AAala mayaqooloona wahjurhum hajran jameela

Be steadfast in the face of what they say and cut yourself off from them – but courteously.

وَذَرْن۪ي وَالْمُكَذِّب۪ينَ اُو۬لِي النَّعْمَةِ وَمَهِّلْهُمْ قَل۪يلاً

Watharnee walmukaththibeenaolee annaAAmati wamahhilhum qaleela

Leave the deniers, who live a life of ease, to Me, alone, and tolerate them a little longer.

اِنَّ لَدَيْنَٓا اَنْكَالاً وَجَح۪يماًۙ

Inna ladayna ankalan wajaheema

With Us there are shackles and a Blazing Fire

وَطَعَاماً ذَا غُصَّةٍ وَعَذَاباً اَل۪يماً

WataAAaman tha ghussatinwaAAathaban aleema

and food that chokes and a painful punishment,

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الْاَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ وَكَانَتِ الْجِبَالُ كَث۪يباً مَه۪يلاً

Yawma tarjufu al-ardu waljibaluwakanati aljibalu katheeban maheela

on the Day the earth and mountains shake and the mountains become like shifting dunes.

اِنَّٓا اَرْسَلْنَٓا اِلَيْكُمْ رَسُولاً شَاهِداً عَلَيْكُمْ كَمَٓا اَرْسَلْنَٓا اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ رَسُولاًۜ

Inna arsalna ilaykum rasoolanshahidan AAalaykum kama arsalna ilafirAAawna rasoola

We have sent you a Messenger to bear witness against you just as We sent Pharaoh a Messenger.

فَعَصٰى فِرْعَوْنُ الرَّسُولَ فَاَخَذْنَاهُ اَخْذاً وَب۪يلاً

FaAAasa firAAawnu arrasoolafaakhathnahu akhthan wabeela

But Pharaoh disobeyed the Messenger, so We seized him with terrible severity.

فَـكَيْفَ تَتَّقُونَ اِنْ كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْماً يَجْعَلُ الْوِلْدَانَ ش۪يباًۗ

Fakayfa tattaqoona in kafartum yawmanyajAAalu alwildana sheeba

How will you safeguard yourselves, if you are kafir, against a Day which will turn children grey,

اَلسَّمَٓاءُ مُنْفَطِرٌ بِه۪ۜ كَانَ وَعْدُهُ مَفْعُولاً

Assamao munfatirunbihi kana waAAduhu mafAAoola

by which heaven will be split apart? His promise will be fulfilled.

اِنَّ هٰذِه۪ تَذْكِرَةٌۚ فَمَنْ شَٓاءَ اتَّخَذَ اِلٰى رَبِّه۪ سَب۪يلاً۟

Inna hathihi tathkiratun famanshaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi sabeela

This truly is a reminder, so let anyone who wills take the Way towards his Lord.

اِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَعْلَمُ اَنَّكَ تَقُومُ اَدْنٰى مِنْ ثُلُثَيِ الَّيْلِ وَنِصْفَهُ وَثُلُثَهُ وَطَٓائِفَةٌ مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ مَعَكَۜ وَاللّٰهُ يُقَدِّرُ الَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَۜ عَلِمَ اَنْ لَنْ تُحْصُوهُ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْرَؤُ۫ا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ الْقُرْاٰنِۜ عَلِمَ اَنْ سَيَكُونُ مِنْكُمْ مَرْضٰىۙ وَاٰخَرُونَ يَضْرِبُونَ فِي الْاَرْضِ يَبْتَغُونَ مِنْ فَضْلِ اللّٰهِۙ وَاٰخَرُونَ يُقَاتِلُونَ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِۘ فَاقْرَؤُ۫ا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُۙ وَاَق۪يمُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰتُوا الزَّكٰوةَ وَاَقْرِضُوا اللّٰهَ قَرْضاً حَسَناًۜ وَمَا تُقَدِّمُوا لِاَنْفُسِكُمْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ تَجِدُوهُ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ هُوَ خَيْراً وَاَعْظَمَ اَجْراًۜ وَاسْتَغْفِرُوا اللّٰهَۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Inna rabbaka yaAAlamu annaka taqoomu adnamin thuluthayi allayli wanisfahu wathuluthahu wata-ifatunmina allatheena maAAaka wallahu yuqaddiruallayla wannahara AAalima an lan tuhsoohufataba AAalaykum faqraoo ma tayassara minaalqur-ani AAalima an sayakoonu minkum marda waakharoonayadriboona fee al-ardi yabtaghoona min fadliAllahi waakharoona yuqatiloona fee sabeeliAllahi faqraoo ma tayassara minhu waaqeemooassalata waatoo azzakatawaaqridoo Allaha qardan hasanan wamatuqaddimoo li-anfusikum min khayrin tajidoohu AAinda Allahihuwa khayran waaAAthama ajran wastaghfirooAllaha inna Allaha ghafoorun raheem

Your Lord knows that you stay up nearly two-thirds of the night – or half of it, or a third of it – and a group of those with you. Allah determines the night and day. He knows you will not keep count of it, so He has turned towards you. Recite as much of the Qur’an as is easy for you. He knows that some of you are ill and that others are travelling in the land seeking Allah’s bounty, and that others are fighting in the Way of Allah. So recite as much of it as is easy for you. And establish salat and pay zakat and lend a generous loan to Allah. Whatever good you send ahead for yourselves you will find it with Allah as something better and as a greater reward. And seek forgiveness from Allah. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.