Surah Al-Muzzammil

يٰٓاَيُّهَا الْمُزَّمِّلُ ۝١ۙ

1O you wrapped up in your mantle!

قُمِ الَّيْلَ اِلَّا قَلِيْلًا ۝٢ۙ

2Stand vigil through the night, except for a little [of it],

نِّصْفَهٗٓ اَوِ انْقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيْلًا ۝٣ۙ

3a half, or reduce a little from that

اَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَتِّلِ الْقُرْاٰنَ تَرْتِيْلًا ۝٤ؕ

4or add to it, and recite the Quran in a measured tone.

اِنَّا سَنُلْقِيْ عَلَيْكَ قَوْلًا ثَقِيْلًا ۝٥

5Indeed soon We shall cast on you a weighty discourse.

اِنَّ نَاشِي͏ٔ͏َةَ الَّيْلِ هِيَ اَشَدُّ وَطْاً وَّاَقْوَمُ قِيْلًا ۝٦ؕ

6Indeed the watch of the night is firmer in tread and more upright in respect to speech,

اِنَّ لَكَ فِي النَّهَارِ سَبْحًا طَوِيْلًا ۝٧ؕ

7for indeed during the day you have drawn-out engagements.

وَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلْ اِلَيْهِ تَبْتِيْلًا ۝٨ؕ

8So celebrate the Name of your Lord and dedicate yourself to Him with total dedication.

رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ لَا͏ٓ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ فَاتَّخِذْهُ وَكِيْلًا ۝٩

9Lord of the east and the west, there is no god except Him; so take Him for your trustee,

وَاصْبِرْ عَلٰي مَا يَقُوْلُوْنَ وَاهْجُرْهُمْ هَجْرًا جَمِيْلًا ۝١٠

10and be patient over what they say, and distance yourself from them in a graceful manner.

وَذَرْنِيْ وَالْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ اُولِي النَّعْمَةِ وَمَهِّلْهُمْ قَلِيْلًا ۝١١

11Leave Me [to deal] with the deniers, the opulent, and give them a little respite.

اِنَّ لَدَيْنَا͏ٓ اَنْكَالًا وَّجَحِيْمًا ۝١٢ۙ

12Indeed with Us are heavy fetters and a fierce fire,

وَّطَعَامًا ذَا غُصَّةٍ وَّعَذَابًا اَلِيْمًا ۝١٣ࣗ

13and a food that chokes [those who eat it], and a painful punishment [prepared for]

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الْاَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ وَكَانَتِ الْجِبَالُ كَثِيْبًا مَّهِيْلًا ۝١٤

14the day when the earth and the mountains will quake, and the mountains will be like dunes of shifting sand.

اِنَّا͏ٓ اَرْسَلْنَا͏ٓ اِلَيْكُمْ رَسُوْلًا࣢ۙ شَاهِدًا عَلَيْكُمْ كَمَا͏ٓ اَرْسَلْنَا͏ٓ اِلٰي فِرْعَوْنَ رَسُوْلًا ۝١٥ؕ

15Indeed We have sent to you an apostle, to be a witness to you, just as We sent an apostle to Pharaoh.

فَعَصٰي فِرْعَوْنُ الرَّسُوْلَ فَاَخَذْنٰهُ اَخْذًا وَّبِيْلًا ۝١٦

16But Pharaoh disobeyed the apostle; so We seized him with a terrible seizing.

فَكَيْفَ تَتَّقُوْنَ اِنْ كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْمًا يَّجْعَلُ الْوِلْدَانَ شِيْبَا ۝١٧ࣗۖ

17So, if you disbelieve, how will you avoid the day, which will make children white-headed,

اࣙلسَّمَا࢜ءُ مُنْفَطِرٌۢ بِهٖؕ كَانَ وَعْدُهٗ مَفْعُوْلًا ۝١٨

18and wherein the sky will be rent apart? His promise is bound to be fulfilled.

اِنَّ هٰذِهٖ تَذْكِرَةٌۚ فَمَنْ شَا࢜ءَ اتَّخَذَ اِلٰي رَبِّهٖ سَبِيْلًا ۝١٩ࣖ

19This is indeed a reminder. So let anyone who wishes take the way toward his Lord.

اِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَعْلَمُ اَنَّكَ تَقُوْمُ اَدْنٰي مِنْ ثُلُثَيِ الَّيْلِ وَنِصْفَهٗ وَثُلُثَهٗ وَطَا࢜ىِٕفَةٌ مِّنَ الَّذِيْنَ مَعَكَؕ وَاللّٰهُ يُقَدِّرُ الَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَؕ عَلِمَ اَنْ لَّنْ تُحْصُوْهُ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْرَءُوْا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ الْقُرْاٰنِؕ عَلِمَ اَنْ سَيَكُوْنُ مِنْكُمْ مَّرْضٰيۙ وَاٰخَرُوْنَ يَضْرِبُوْنَ فِي الْاَرْضِ يَبْتَغُوْنَ مِنْ فَضْلِ اللّٰهِۙ وَاٰخَرُوْنَ يُقَاتِلُوْنَ فِيْ سَبِيْلِ اللّٰهِؗۖ فَاقْرَءُوْا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُۙ وَاَقِيْمُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰتُوا الزَّكٰوةَ وَاَقْرِضُوا اللّٰهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًاؕ وَمَا تُقَدِّمُوْا لِاَنْفُسِكُمْ مِّنْ خَيْرٍ تَجِدُوْهُ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ هُوَ خَيْرًا وَّاَعْظَمَ اَجْرًاؕ وَاسْتَغْفِرُوا اللّٰهَؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُوْرٌ رَّحِيْمٌ ۝٢٠ࣖ

20Indeed your Lord knows that you stand vigil for nearly two thirds of the night—or [at times] a half or a third of it—along with a group of those who are with you. Allah measures the night and the day. He knows that you cannot calculate it [exactly], and so He was lenient toward you. So recite as much of the Quran as is feasible. He knows that some of you will be sick, while others will travel in the land seeking Allah’s bounty, and yet others will fight in the way of Allah. So recite as much of it as is feasible, and maintain the prayer and pay the zakat and lend Allah a good loan. Whatever good you send ahead for your souls you will find it with Allah [in a form] that is better and greater with respect to reward. And plead to Allah for forgiveness; indeed Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.