73: al-Muzzammil المزمل

Text and Translation

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

BISMIL LAAHIR RAHMAANIR RAHEEM

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful

يٰۤاَيُّهَا الْمُزَّمِّلُۙ‏(1)

YAA AYYOHAL MUZZAMMELO.

O you wrapped up in your mantle!

قُمِ الَّيْلَ اِلَّا قَلِيْلًا ۙ‏(2)

QOMIL LAYLA ILLAA QALEELAN.

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

نِّصْفَهٗۤ اَوِ انْقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيْلًا ۙ‏(3)

NISFAHU AWIN QUS MINHO QALEELAA.

a half, or reduce a little from that

اَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَتِّلِ الْقُرْاٰنَ تَرْتِيْلًا ؕ‏(4)

AW ZID A’LAYHE WA RATTELIL QUR-AANA TARTEELAA.

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

اِنَّا سَنُلْقِىْ عَلَيْكَ قَوْلًا ثَقِيْلًا‏(5)

INNAA SANULQEE A'LAYKA QAWLAN SAQEELAA.

Indeed soon We shall cast on you a weighty discourse.

اِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ الَّيْلِ هِىَ اَشَدُّ وَطْاً وَّاَقْوَمُ قِيْلًا ؕ‏(6)

INNAA NAASHE-ATAL LAYLE HEYA ASHADDO WAT-ANW WA AQWAMO QEELAA.

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

اِنَّ لَكَ فِى النَّهَارِ سَبْحًا طَوِيْلًا ؕ‏(7)

INNAA LAKA FIN NAHAARE SABHAN TAWEELAA.

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

وَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلْ اِلَيْهِ تَبْتِيْلًا ؕ‏(8)

WAZ KORISMA RABBEKA WA TABATTAL ELAYHE TABTEELAA.

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

رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ فَاتَّخِذْهُ وَكِيْلًا‏(9)

RABBUL MASHREQE WAL MAGHREBE LAA ELAAHA ILLAA HOWA FAT-TAKHIZHO WAKEELAA.

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

وَاصْبِرْ عَلٰى مَا يَقُوْلُوْنَ وَاهْجُرْهُمْ هَجْرًا جَمِيْلًا‏(10)

WAS BIR A’LAA MAA YAQOOLOONA WAH JURHUM HAJRAN JAMEELAA.

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

وَذَرْنِىْ وَالْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ اُولِى النَّعْمَةِ وَمَهِّلْهُمْ قَلِيْلًا‏(11)

WA ZARNEE WAL MOKAZZEBEENA OOLIN NA’MATE WA MAH-HILHUM QALEELAA.

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

اِنَّ لَدَيْنَاۤ اَنْكَالًا وَّجَحِيْمًا ۙ‏(12)

INNA LADAYNAA ANKAALANW WA JAHEEMANW.

Indeed with Us are heavy fetters and a fierce fire,

وَّطَعَامًا ذَا غُصَّةٍ وَّعَذَابًا اَلِيْمًا‏(13)

WA TA-A’AMAN ZAA GHUSSATINW WA A’ZAABAN ALEEMAA.

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

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الْاَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ وَكَانَتِ الْجِبَالُ كَثِيْبًا مَّهِيْلًا‏(14)

YAWMA TARJOFUL ARZO WAL JEBAALO WA KAANATIL JEBAALO KASEEBAM MAHEELAA.

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

اِنَّاۤ اَرْسَلْنَاۤ اِلَيْكُمْ رَسُوْلًا ۙ شَاهِدًا عَلَيْكُمْ كَمَاۤ اَرْسَلْنَاۤ اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ رَسُوْلًا ؕ‏(15)

INNAA ARSALNAA ELAYKUM RASOOLAN, SHAA-HEDAN A’LAYKUM KAMAA ARSALNAA ELAA FIR-A’WNA RASOOLAA.

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

فَعَصٰى فِرْعَوْنُ الرَّسُوْلَ فَاَخَذْنٰهُ اَخْذًا وَّبِيْلًا‏(16)

FA-A’SAA FIR-A’WNUR RASOOLA FA-AKHAZNAAHO AKH-ZANW WABEELAA.

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

فَكَيْفَ تَتَّقُوْنَ اِنْ كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْمًا يَّجْعَلُ الْوِلْدَانَ شِيْبَا ۖ‏(17)

FA-KAYFA TAT-TAQOONA IN KAFARTUM YAWMAY YAJ-A’LUL WILDAANA SHEE-BAA. NIS

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

اۨلسَّمَآءُ مُنْفَطِرٌ ۢ بِهٖؕ كَانَ وَعْدُهٗ مَفْعُوْلًا‏(18)

SAMAAA-O MUNFATERUM BEH, KAANAA WA’DOHU MAF-O’OLAA.

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

اِنَّ هٰذِهٖ تَذْكِرَةٌ ۚ فَمَنْ شَآءَ اتَّخَذَ اِلٰى رَبِّهٖ سَبِيْلًا‏(19)

INNA HAAZEHI TAZKERAH, FAMAN SHAAA-AT TAKHAZA ELAA RABBEHI SABEELAA.

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

اِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَعْلَمُ اَنَّكَ تَقُوْمُ اَدْنىٰ مِنْ ثُلُثَىِ الَّيْلِ وَ نِصْفَهٗ وَثُلُثَهٗ وَطَآئِفَةٌ مِّنَ الَّذِيْنَ مَعَكَؕ وَاللّٰهُ يُقَدِّرُ الَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَؕ عَلِمَ اَنْ لَّنْ تُحْصُوْهُ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْرَءُوْا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ الْقُرْاٰنِؕ عَلِمَ اَنْ سَيَكُوْنُ مِنْكُمْ مَّرْضٰىۙ وَاٰخَرُوْنَ يَضْرِبُوْنَ فِى الْاَرْضِ يَبْتَغُوْنَ مِنْ فَضْلِ اللّٰهِۙ وَاٰخَرُوْنَ يُقَاتِلُوْنَ فِىْ سَبِيْلِ اللّٰهِ ۖ فَاقْرَءُوْا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُ ۙ وَاَقِيْمُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰتُوا الزَّكٰوةَ وَاَقْرِضُوا اللّٰهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا ؕ وَمَا تُقَدِّمُوْا لِاَنْفُسِكُمْ مِّنْ خَيْرٍ تَجِدُوْهُ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ هُوَ خَيْرًا وَّاَعْظَمَ اَجْرًا ؕ وَاسْتَغْفِرُوا اللّٰهَ ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُوْرٌ رَّحِيْمٌ‏(20)

INNA RABBAKA YA’LAMO ANNAKA TAQOOMO ADNAA MIN SOLOSAYIL LAYLE WA NISFAHU WA SOLOSAHU WA TAAA-EFATUM MENAL LAZEENA MA-A’K, WAL LAAHO YOQADDERUL LAYLA WAN NAHAAR, A’LEMA AL LAN TOHSOOHO FA-TAABA A’LAYKUM FAQ-RA-OO MAA TAYASSARA MENAL QUR-AAN, A’LEMA AN SAYAKOONO MINKUM MARZAA, WA AAKHAROONA YAZREBOONA FIL ARZE YABTAGHOONA MIN FAZLIL LAAH, WA AAKHAROONA YOQAATELOONA FEE SABEELIL LAAH, FAQ-RA-OO MAA TAYASSARA MINHO, WA AQEEMOOS SALAATA WA AATUZ ZAKAATA WA AQREZUL LAAHA QARZAN HASANAA, WA MAA TOQADDEMOO LE-ANFOSEKUM MIN KHAYRIN TAJEDOOHO I’NDAL LAAHE HOWA KHAYRANW WA A-A’ZAMA AJRAA, WAS TAGHFERUL LAAH, INNAL LAAHA GHAFOORUR RAHEEM.

Indeed 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.