Surah Muzzammil — The Enshrouded One

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُزَّمِّلُ 73:1

Ya ayyuha almuzzammil

O thou wrapped up in thy raiment!

قُمِ ٱلَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا 73:2

Qumi allayla illa qaleela

Keep vigil the night long, save a little -

نِّصْفَهُۥٓ أَوِ ٱنقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلًا 73:3

Nisfahu awi onqus minhu qaleela

A half thereof, or abate a little thereof

أَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَتِّلِ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ تَرْتِيلًا 73:4

Aw zid AAalayhi warattili alqur-anatarteela

Or add (a little) thereto - and chant the Qur'an in measure,

إِنَّا سَنُلْقِى عَلَيْكَ قَوْلًا ثَقِيلًا 73:5

Inna sanulqee AAalayka qawlan thaqeela

For we shall charge thee with a word of weight.

إِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ ٱلَّيْلِ هِىَ أَشَدُّ وَطْـًٔا وَأَقْوَمُ قِيلًا 73:6

Inna nashi-ata allayli hiya ashaddu wat-anwaaqwamu qeela

Lo! the vigil of the night is (a time) when impression is more keen and speech more certain.

إِنَّ لَكَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ سَبْحًا طَوِيلًا 73:7

Inna laka fee annahari sabhantaweela

Lo! thou hast by day a chain of business.

وَٱذْكُرِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلْ إِلَيْهِ تَبْتِيلًا 73:8

Wathkuri isma rabbikawatabattal ilayhi tabteela

So remember the name of thy Lord and devote thyself with a complete devotion -

رَّبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱتَّخِذْهُ وَكِيلًا 73:9

Rabbu almashriqi walmaghribi lailaha illa huwa fattakhithhu wakeela

Lord of the East and the West; there is no Allah save Him; so choose thou Him alone for thy defender -

وَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَٱهْجُرْهُمْ هَجْرًا جَمِيلًا 73:10

Wasbir AAala mayaqooloona wahjurhum hajran jameela

And bear with patience what they utter, and part from them with a fair leave-taking.

وَذَرْنِى وَٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ أُو۟لِى ٱلنَّعْمَةِ وَمَهِّلْهُمْ قَلِيلًا 73:11

Watharnee walmukaththibeenaolee annaAAmati wamahhilhum qaleela

Leave Me to deal with the deniers, lords of ease and comfort (in this life); and do thou respite them awhile.

إِنَّ لَدَيْنَآ أَنكَالًا وَجَحِيمًا 73:12

Inna ladayna ankalan wajaheema

Lo! with Us are heavy fetters and a raging fire,

وَطَعَامًا ذَا غُصَّةٍ وَعَذَابًا أَلِيمًا 73:13

WataAAaman tha ghussatinwaAAathaban aleema

And food which choketh (the partaker), and a painful doom

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ وَكَانَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَثِيبًا مَّهِيلًا 73:14

Yawma tarjufu al-ardu waljibaluwakanati aljibalu katheeban maheela

On the day when the earth and the hills rock, and the hills become a heap of running sand.

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ رَسُولًا شَـٰهِدًا عَلَيْكُمْ كَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ رَسُولًا 73:15

Inna arsalna ilaykum rasoolanshahidan AAalaykum kama arsalna ilafirAAawna rasoola

Lo! We have sent unto you a messenger as witness against you, even as We sent unto Pharaoh a messenger.

فَعَصَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُ أَخْذًا وَبِيلًا 73:16

FaAAasa firAAawnu arrasoolafaakhathnahu akhthan wabeela

But Pharaoh rebelled against the messenger, whereupon We seized him with no gentle grip.

فَكَيْفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِن كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْمًا يَجْعَلُ ٱلْوِلْدَٰنَ شِيبًا 73:17

Fakayfa tattaqoona in kafartum yawmanyajAAalu alwildana sheeba

Then how, if ye disbelieve, will ye protect yourselves upon the day which will turn children grey,

ٱلسَّمَآءُ مُنفَطِرٌۢ بِهِۦ ۚ كَانَ وَعْدُهُۥ مَفْعُولًا 73:18

Assamao munfatirunbihi kana waAAduhu mafAAoola

The very heaven being then rent asunder. His promise is to be fulfilled.

إِنَّ هَـٰذِهِۦ تَذْكِرَةٌ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًا 73:19

Inna hathihi tathkiratun famanshaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi sabeela

Lo! This is a Reminder. Let him who will, then, choose a way unto 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 73:20

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

Lo! thy Lord knoweth how thou keepest vigil sometimes nearly two-thirds of the night, or (sometimes) half or a third thereof, as do a party of those with thee. Allah measureth the night and the day. He knoweth that ye count it not, and turneth unto you in mercy. Recite, then, of the Qur'an that which is easy for you. He knoweth that there are sick folk among you, while others travel in the land in search of Allah's bounty, and others (still) are fighting for the cause of Allah. So recite of it that which is easy (for you), and establish worship and pay the poor-due, and (so) lend unto Allah a goodly loan. Whatsoever good ye send before you for your souls, ye will find it with Allah, better and greater in the recompense. And seek forgiveness of Allah. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.