Al-Muzzammil

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُزَّمِّلُ

Ya ayyuha almuzzammil

You [Prophet], enfolded in your cloak!

قُمِ ٱلَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

Qumi allayla illa qaleela

Stay up throughout the night, all but a small part of it,

نِّصْفَهُۥٓ أَوِ ٱنقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلًا

Nisfahu awi onqus minhu qaleela

half, or a little less,

أَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَتِّلِ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ تَرْتِيلًا

Aw zid AAalayhi warattili alqur-anatarteela

or a little more; recite the Quran slowly and distinctly:

إِنَّا سَنُلْقِى عَلَيْكَ قَوْلًا ثَقِيلًا

Inna sanulqee AAalayka qawlan thaqeela

We shall send a momentous message down to you.

إِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ ٱلَّيْلِ هِىَ أَشَدُّ وَطْـًٔا وَأَقْوَمُ قِيلًا

Inna nashi-ata allayli hiya ashaddu wat-anwaaqwamu qeela

Night prayer makes a deeper impression and sharpens words––

إِنَّ لَكَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ سَبْحًا طَوِيلًا

Inna laka fee annahari sabhantaweela

you are kept busy for long periods of the day––

وَٱذْكُرِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلْ إِلَيْهِ تَبْتِيلًا

Wathkuri isma rabbikawatabattal ilayhi tabteela

so celebrate the name of your Lord and devote yourself wholeheart-edly to Him.

رَّبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱتَّخِذْهُ وَكِيلًا

Rabbu almashriqi walmaghribi lailaha illa huwa fattakhithhu wakeela

He is Lord of the east and west, there is no god but Him, so take Him as your Protector,

وَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَٱهْجُرْهُمْ هَجْرًا جَمِيلًا

Wasbir AAala mayaqooloona wahjurhum hajran jameela

patiently endure what they say, ignore them politely,

وَذَرْنِى وَٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ أُو۟لِى ٱلنَّعْمَةِ وَمَهِّلْهُمْ قَلِيلًا

Watharnee walmukaththibeenaolee annaAAmati wamahhilhum qaleela

and leave to Me those who deny the truth and live in luxury. Bear with them for a little while;

إِنَّ لَدَيْنَآ أَنكَالًا وَجَحِيمًا

Inna ladayna ankalan wajaheema

We have fetters, a blazing fire,

وَطَعَامًا ذَا غُصَّةٍ وَعَذَابًا أَلِيمًا

WataAAaman tha ghussatinwaAAathaban aleema

food that chokes, and agonizing torment in store for them

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ وَكَانَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَثِيبًا مَّهِيلًا

Yawma tarjufu al-ardu waljibaluwakanati aljibalu katheeban maheela

on the Day when the earth and the mountains will shake. The mountains will become a heap of loose sand.

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ رَسُولًا شَـٰهِدًا عَلَيْكُمْ كَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ رَسُولًا

Inna arsalna ilaykum rasoolanshahidan AAalaykum kama arsalna ilafirAAawna rasoola

We have sent a messenger to you [people] to be your witness, just as We sent a messenger to Pharaoh,

فَعَصَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُ أَخْذًا وَبِيلًا

FaAAasa firAAawnu arrasoolafaakhathnahu akhthan wabeela

but Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger and so We inflicted a heavy punishment on him.

فَكَيْفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِن كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْمًا يَجْعَلُ ٱلْوِلْدَٰنَ شِيبًا

Fakayfa tattaqoona in kafartum yawmanyajAAalu alwildana sheeba

So if you disbelieve, how can you guard yourselves against a Day that will turn children’s hair grey,

ٱلسَّمَآءُ مُنفَطِرٌۢ بِهِۦ ۚ كَانَ وَعْدُهُۥ مَفْعُولًا

Assamao munfatirunbihi kana waAAduhu mafAAoola

a Day when the sky will be torn apart? God’s promise will certainly be fulfilled.

إِنَّ هَـٰذِهِۦ تَذْكِرَةٌ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًا

Inna hathihi tathkiratun famanshaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi sabeela

This is a reminder. Let whoever wishes take the way to his Lord.

۞ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَقُومُ أَدْنَىٰ مِن ثُلُثَىِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَنِصْفَهُۥ وَثُلُثَهُۥ وَطَآئِفَةٌ مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَكَ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يُقَدِّرُ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ ۚ عَلِمَ أَن لَّن تُحْصُوهُ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ فَٱقْرَءُوا۟ مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ ٱلْقُرْءَانِ ۚ عَلِمَ أَن سَيَكُونُ مِنكُم مَّرْضَىٰ ۙ وَءَاخَرُونَ يَضْرِبُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَبْتَغُونَ مِن فَضْلِ ٱللَّهِ ۙ وَءَاخَرُونَ يُقَـٰتِلُونَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ فَٱقْرَءُوا۟ مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُ ۚ وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَأَقْرِضُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا ۚ وَمَا تُقَدِّمُوا۟ لِأَنفُسِكُم مِّنْ خَيْرٍ تَجِدُوهُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ هُوَ خَيْرًا وَأَعْظَمَ أَجْرًا ۚ وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌۢ

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

[Prophet], your Lord is well aware that you sometimes spend nearly two-thirds of the night at prayer––sometimes half, sometimes a third––as do some of your followers. God determines the division of night and day. He knows that you will not be able to keep a measure of it and He has relented towards all of you, so recite as much of the Quran as is easy for you. He knows that some of you will be sick, some of you travelling through the land seeking God’s bounty, some of you fighting in God’s way: recite as much as is easy for you, keep up the prayer, pay the prescribed alms, and make God a good loan. Whatever good you store up for yourselves will be improved and increased for you. Ask God for His forgiveness, He is most forgiving, most merciful.