73. Al-Muzzammil

73:1

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُزَّمِّلُ ﴿١﴾

Yā ayyuhā al-muzzammil

O thou wrapped up in thy raiment!

73:2

قُمِ ٱلَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا ﴿٢﴾

Qumi allayla illā qalīlā

Keep vigil the night long, save a little -

73:3

نِّصْفَهُۥٓ أَوِ ٱنقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلًا ﴿٣﴾

Niṣfahu awi unquṣ minhu qalīlā

A half thereof, or abate a little thereof

73:4

أَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَتِّلِ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ تَرْتِيلًا ﴿٤﴾

Aw zid ʿalayhi warattili al-qurʾāna tartīlā

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

73:5

إِنَّا سَنُلْقِى عَلَيْكَ قَوْلًا ثَقِيلًا ﴿٥﴾

Innā sanulqī ʿalayka qawlan thaqīlā

For we shall charge thee with a word of weight.

73:6

إِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ ٱلَّيْلِ هِىَ أَشَدُّ وَطْـًٔا وَأَقْوَمُ قِيلًا ﴿٦﴾

Inna nāshiʾata allayli hiya ashaddu waṭʾan waʾaqwamu qīlā

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

73:7

إِنَّ لَكَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ سَبْحًا طَوِيلًا ﴿٧﴾

Inna laka fī an-nahāri sabḥan ṭawīlā

Lo! thou hast by day a chain of business.

73:8

وَٱذْكُرِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلْ إِلَيْهِ تَبْتِيلًا ﴿٨﴾

Wādhkuri isma rabbika watabattal ilayhi tabtīlā

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

73:9

رَّبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱتَّخِذْهُ وَكِيلًا ﴿٩﴾

Rabbu al-mashriqi wal-maghribi lā ilāha illā huwa fāttakhidhhu wakīlā

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

73:10

وَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَٱهْجُرْهُمْ هَجْرًا جَمِيلًا ﴿١٠﴾

Wāṣbir ʿalā mā yaqūlūna wāhjurhum hajran jamīlā

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

73:11

وَذَرْنِى وَٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ أُو۟لِى ٱلنَّعْمَةِ وَمَهِّلْهُمْ قَلِيلًا ﴿١١﴾

Wadharnī wal-mukadhdhibīna ulī an-naʿmati wamahhilhum qalīlā

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

73:12

إِنَّ لَدَيْنَآ أَنكَالًا وَجَحِيمًا ﴿١٢﴾

Inna ladaynā ankālan wajaḥīmā

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

73:13

وَطَعَامًا ذَا غُصَّةٍ وَعَذَابًا أَلِيمًا ﴿١٣﴾

Waṭaʿāman dhā ghuṣṣatin waʿadhāban alīmā

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

73:14

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ وَكَانَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَثِيبًا مَّهِيلًا ﴿١٤﴾

Yawma tarjufu al-arḍu wal-jibālu wakānati al-jibālu kathīban mahīlā

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

73:15

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ رَسُولًا شَـٰهِدًا عَلَيْكُمْ كَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ رَسُولًا ﴿١٥﴾

Innā arsalnā ilaykum rasūlan shāhidan ʿalaykum kamā arsalnā ilā firʿawna rasūlā

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

73:16

فَعَصَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُ أَخْذًا وَبِيلًا ﴿١٦﴾

Faʿaṣā firʿawnu ar-rasūla faʾakhadhnāhu akhdhan wabīlā

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

73:17

فَكَيْفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِن كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْمًا يَجْعَلُ ٱلْوِلْدَٰنَ شِيبًا ﴿١٧﴾

Fakayfa tattaqūna in kafartum yawman yajʿalu al-wildāna shībā

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

73:18

ٱلسَّمَآءُ مُنفَطِرٌۢ بِهِۦ ۚ كَانَ وَعْدُهُۥ مَفْعُولًا ﴿١٨﴾

As-samāʾu munfaṭirun bihi kāna waʿduhu mafʿūlā

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

73:19

إِنَّ هَـٰذِهِۦ تَذْكِرَةٌ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًا ﴿١٩﴾

Inna hādhihi tadhkiratun faman shāʾa ittakhadha ilā rabbihi sabīlā

Lo! This is a Reminder. Let him who will, then, choose a way unto his Lord.

73:20

۞ 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 ﴿٢٠﴾

Inna rabbaka yaʿlamu annaka taqūmu adnā min thuluthayi allayli waniṣfahu wathuluthahu waṭāʾifatun mina alladhīna maʿaka wallāhu yuqaddiru allayla wan-nahāra ʿalima an lan tuḥṣūhu fatāba ʿalaykum fāqraʾū mā tayassara mina al-qurʾāni ʿalima an sayakūnu minkum marḍā waʾākharūna yaḍribūna fī al-arḍi yabtaghūna min faḍli Allāhi waʾākharūna yuqātilūna fī sabīli Allāhi fāqraʾū mā tayassara minhu waʾaqīmū aṣ-ṣalāta waʾātū az-zakāta waʾaqriḍū Allāha qarḍan ḥasanan wamā tuqaddimū liʾanfusikum min khayrin tajidūhu ʿinda Allāhi huwa khayran waʾaʿẓama ajran wāstaghfirū Allāha inna Allāha ghafūrun raḥīm

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.