Al-Muzzammil

O you who wraps himself [in clothing],

yāayyuhā l-muzamilu

Arise [to pray] the night, except for a little -

qumi al-layla illā qalīlan

Half of it - or subtract from it a little

niṣ'fahu awi unquṣ min'hu qalīlan

Or add to it, and recite the Qur'an with measured recitation.

aw zid ʿalayhi warattili l-qur'āna tartīlan

Indeed, We will cast upon you a heavy word.

innā sanul'qī ʿalayka qawlan thaqīlan

Indeed, the hours of the night are more effective for concurrence [of heart and tongue] and more suitable for words.

inna nāshi-ata al-layli hiya ashaddu waṭan wa-aqwamu qīlan

Indeed, for you by day is prolonged occupation.

inna laka fī l-nahāri sabḥan ṭawīlan

And remember the name of your Lord and devote yourself to Him with [complete] devotion.

wa-udh'kuri is'ma rabbika watabattal ilayhi tabtīlan

[He is] the Lord of the East and the West; there is no deity except Him, so take Him as Disposer of [your] affairs.

rabbu l-mashriqi wal-maghribi lā ilāha illā huwa fa-ittakhidh'hu wakīlan

And be patient over what they say and avoid them with gracious avoidance.

wa-iṣ'bir ʿalā mā yaqūlūna wa-uh'jur'hum hajran jamīlan

And leave Me with [the matter of] the deniers, those of ease [in life], and allow them respite a little.

wadharnī wal-mukadhibīna ulī l-naʿmati wamahhil'hum qalīlan

Indeed, with Us [for them] are shackles and burning fire

inna ladaynā ankālan wajaḥīman

And food that chokes and a painful punishment -

waṭaʿāman dhā ghuṣṣatin waʿadhāban alīman

On the Day the earth and the mountains will convulse and the mountains will become a heap of sand pouring down.

yawma tarjufu l-arḍu wal-jibālu wakānati l-jibālu kathīban mahīlan

Indeed, We have sent to you a Messenger as a witness upon you just as We sent to Pharaoh a messenger.

innā arsalnā ilaykum rasūlan shāhidan ʿalaykum kamā arsalnā ilā fir'ʿawna rasūlan

But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger, so We seized him with a ruinous seizure.

faʿaṣā fir'ʿawnu l-rasūla fa-akhadhnāhu akhdhan wabīlan

Then how can you fear, if you disbelieve, a Day that will make the children white- haired?

fakayfa tattaqūna in kafartum yawman yajʿalu l-wil'dāna shīban

The heaven will break apart therefrom; ever is His promise fulfilled.

al-samāu munfaṭirun bihi kāna waʿduhu mafʿūlan

Indeed, this is a reminder, so whoever wills may take to his Lord a way.

inna hādhihi tadhkiratun faman shāa ittakhadha ilā rabbihi sabīlan

Indeed, your Lord knows, [O Muhammad], that you stand [in prayer] almost two thirds of the night or half of it or a third of it, and [so do] a group of those with you. And Allah determines [the extent of] the night and the day. He has known that you [Muslims] will not be able to do it and has turned to you in forgiveness, so recite what is easy [for you] of the Qur'an. He has known that there will be among you those who are ill and others traveling throughout the land seeking [something] of the bounty of Allah and others fighting for the cause of Allah. So recite what is easy from it and establish prayer and give zakah and loan Allah a goodly loan. And whatever good you put forward for yourselves - you will find it with Allah. It is better and greater in reward. And seek forgiveness of Allah. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

inna rabbaka yaʿlamu annaka taqūmu adnā min thuluthayi al-layli waniṣ'fahu wathuluthahu waṭāifatun mina alladhīna maʿaka wal-lahu yuqaddiru al-layla wal-nahāra ʿalima an lan tuḥ'ṣūhu fatāba ʿalaykum fa-iq'raū mā tayassara mina l-qur'āni ʿalima an sayakūnu minkum marḍā waākharūna yaḍribūna fī l-arḍi yabtaghūna min faḍli l-lahi waākharūna yuqātilūna fī sabīli l-lahi fa-iq'raū mā tayassara min'hu wa-aqīmū l-ṣalata waātū l-zakata wa-aqriḍū l-laha qarḍan ḥasanan wamā tuqaddimū li-anfusikum min khayrin tajidūhu ʿinda l-lahi huwa khayran wa-aʿẓama ajran wa-is'taghfirū l-laha inna l-laha ghafūrun raḥīmun