سُورَةُ المُزَّمِّلِ
The-Folded-in-Blanket
73:1
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُزَّمِّلُ ١
O You, the-Folded-in-the-Blanket!1
73:2
قُمِ ٱلَّيۡلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗا ٢
Stand [to prayer] by night, but not all [night],1
73:3
نِّصۡفَهُۥٓ أَوِ ٱنقُصۡ مِنۡهُ قَلِيلًا ٣
half of it, or a little less,
73:4
أَوۡ زِدۡ عَلَيۡهِ وَرَتِّلِ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ تَرۡتِيلًا ٤
or a little more; and recite the Qur’ān in a slow, measured tone.1
73:5
إِنَّا سَنُلۡقِي عَلَيۡكَ قَوۡلٗا ثَقِيلًا ٥
Soon shall We send down to you a weighty Word [Qur’ān].
73:6
إِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ ٱلَّيۡلِ هِيَ أَشَدُّ وَطۡـٔٗا وَأَقۡوَمُ قِيلًا ٦
Truly, the rising [for prayer] by night1is more suitable, and when speech is more certain.
73:7
إِنَّ لَكَ فِي ٱلنَّهَارِ سَبۡحٗا طَوِيلٗا ٧
True, there is for you by day a prolonged occupation [with ordinary duties]:
73:8
وَٱذۡكُرِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلۡ إِلَيۡهِ تَبۡتِيلٗا ٨
And keep in remembrance the name of your Lord, and devote yourself to Him whole-heartedly.
73:9
رَّبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغۡرِبِ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱتَّخِذۡهُ وَكِيلٗا ٩
[He is] the Lord of the East and of the West: There is no god but He: take Him, therefore, as the Guardian [of your affairs].
73:10
وَٱصۡبِرۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَٱهۡجُرۡهُمۡ هَجۡرٗا جَمِيلٗا ١٠
And endure patiently what they say, and shun them in a beautiful manner.1
73:11
وَذَرۡنِي وَٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ أُوْلِي ٱلنَّعۡمَةِ وَمَهِّلۡهُمۡ قَلِيلًا ١١
And leave Me [to deal with] the disbelievers enjoying the good things of life; and give them respite for a little while.1
73:12
إِنَّ لَدَيۡنَآ أَنكَالٗا وَجَحِيمٗا ١٢
With Us are Fetters [to bind them with], and Fire [to burn them in],
73:13
وَطَعَامٗا ذَا غُصَّةٖ وَعَذَابًا أَلِيمٗا ١٣
and a Food that chokes, and a Punishment painful,
73:14
يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ وَكَانَتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَثِيبٗا مَّهِيلًا ١٤
the Day the earth and the mountains will be in violent commotion, and the mountains will be as a heap of sand poured out and flowing down.
73:15
إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَآ إِلَيۡكُمۡ رَسُولٗا شَٰهِدًا عَلَيۡكُمۡ كَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ رَسُولٗا ١٥
We have sent to you [O People] a Messenger to be a witness upon you, just as We sent a Messenger to the Pharaoh.1
73:16
فَعَصَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنُ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُ أَخۡذٗا وَبِيلٗا ١٦
[But] the Pharaoh disobeyed the Messenger; so We seized him with a terrible Punishment.
73:17
فَكَيۡفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِن كَفَرۡتُمۡ يَوۡمٗا يَجۡعَلُ ٱلۡوِلۡدَٰنَ شِيبًا ١٧
Then how shall you, if you reject [Allāh], guard yourselves against a Day that will make children hoary-headed?,
73:18
ٱلسَّمَآءُ مُنفَطِرُۢ بِهِۦۚ كَانَ وَعۡدُهُۥ مَفۡعُولًا ١٨
Whereon the sky will be cleft asunder? His [Allāh’s] Promise had to be accomplished.
73:19
إِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦ تَذۡكِرَةٞۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًا ١٩
Verily, this is a Reminder: therefore, whosoever wishes, let him take a [straight] path to his Lord!
73:20
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَعۡلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَقُومُ أَدۡنَىٰ مِن ثُلُثَيِ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَنِصۡفَهُۥ وَثُلُثَهُۥ وَطَآئِفَةٞ مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَكَۚ وَٱللَّهُ يُقَدِّرُ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَۚ عَلِمَ أَن لَّن تُحۡصُوهُ فَتَابَ عَلَيۡكُمۡۖ فَٱقۡرَءُواْ مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِۚ عَلِمَ أَن سَيَكُونُ مِنكُم مَّرۡضَىٰۙ وَءَاخَرُونَ يَضۡرِبُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ يَبۡتَغُونَ مِن فَضۡلِ ٱللَّهِۙ وَءَاخَرُونَ يُقَٰتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِۖ فَٱقۡرَءُواْ مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنۡهُۚ وَأَقِيمُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُواْ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَأَقۡرِضُواْ ٱللَّهَ قَرۡضًا حَسَنٗاۚ وَمَا تُقَدِّمُواْ لِأَنفُسِكُم مِّنۡ خَيۡرٖ تَجِدُوهُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ هُوَ خَيۡرٗا وَأَعۡظَمَ أَجۡرٗاۚ وَٱسۡتَغۡفِرُواْ ٱللَّهَۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمُۢ ٢٠
[O Prophet] Your Lord does know that you stand forth [to prayer] a little less than two-thirds of the night, or half of it, or a third of the night, and so does a party of those with you.1And Allāh does determine Night and Day in [exact] measure. He knows that you are unable to keep count thereof, so He turned to you [in mercy]: so now read of the Qur’ān as much as may be easy. He knows that there may be [some] among you in ill-health; others travelling through the land seeking of Allāh’s bounty; yet others fighting in Allāh’s Cause; so read you, therefore, as much of the Qur’ān as may be easy [for you]; and establish [regular] Prayer and pay Zakāt; and extend to Allāh a beautiful loan.2And whatever good you send forth for yourselves, you shall find it with Allāh, better and greater, in Reward [on the Day of Judgement]. And seek you the Grace of Allāh: for Allāh is Oft-Forgiving, Most-Merciful.