Al-Muzzammil

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُزَّمِّلُ

Yaaaʹayyuhal MUZZAMMIL!

O you who wraps himself [in clothing],

قُمِ ٱلَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

Q̣umil layla ʹillaa q̣aleelaa,―

Arise [to pray] the night, except for a little -

نِّصْفَهُۥٓ أَوِ ٱنقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلًا

Niṣfahooo ʹawiñ Q̣uṣ minhu q̣aleelaa,

Half of it - or subtract from it a little

أَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَتِّلِ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ تَرْتِيلًا

ʹAw zid ʻalayhi wa-rattilil Q̣urʹaana tarteelaa.

Or add to it, and recite the Qur’ān with measured recitation.

إِنَّا سَنُلْقِى عَلَيْكَ قَوْلًا ثَقِيلًا

ʹInnaa sanulq̣ee ʻalayka Q̣awlañ s̤aq̣eelaa.

Indeed, We will cast upon you a heavy word.

إِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ ٱلَّيْلِ هِىَ أَشَدُّ وَطْـًٔا وَأَقْوَمُ قِيلًا

ʹInna naashiʹatal layli hiya ʹashaddu waṭ-ʹañw waʹaq̣wamu Q̣eelaa.

Indeed, the hours of the night are more effective for concurrence [of heart and tongue] and more suitable for words.

إِنَّ لَكَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ سَبْحًا طَوِيلًا

ʹInna laka fin nahaari sabḥañ ṭaweelaa.

Indeed, for you by day is prolonged occupation.

وَٱذْكُرِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلْ إِلَيْهِ تَبْتِيلًا

Waẓkuris ma Rabbika wa-tabattal ʹilayhi tabteelaa.

And remember the name of your Lord and devote yourself to Him with [complete] devotion.

رَّبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱتَّخِذْهُ وَكِيلًا

Rabbul Mashriq̣i wal-Mag̣ribi Laaa ʹilaaha ʹillaa Huwa fattakhiẓhu Wakeelaa.

[He is] the Lord of the East and the West; there is no deity except Him, so take Him as Disposer of [your] affairs.

وَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَٱهْجُرْهُمْ هَجْرًا جَمِيلًا

Waṣbir ʻalaa maa- yaq̣ooloona wahjurhum hajrañ jameelaa.

And be patient over what they say and avoid them with gracious avoidance.

وَذَرْنِى وَٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ أُو۟لِى ٱلنَّعْمَةِ وَمَهِّلْهُمْ قَلِيلًا

Wa-ẓarnee walmukaẓẓibeena ʹulin naʻmati wa-mahhilhum q̣aleelaa.

And leave Me with [the matter of] the deniers, those of ease [in life], and allow them respite a little.

إِنَّ لَدَيْنَآ أَنكَالًا وَجَحِيمًا

ʹInna ladaynaaa ʹañkaalañw Wa-Jaḥeemaa,

Indeed, with Us [for them] are shackles and burning fire

وَطَعَامًا ذَا غُصَّةٍ وَعَذَابًا أَلِيمًا

Wa-Ṭaʻaamañ ẓaa g̣uṣṣatiñw waʻAẓaaban ʹaleemaa.

And food that chokes and a painful punishment -

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ وَكَانَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَثِيبًا مَّهِيلًا

Yawma tarjuful ʹarḍu wal-Jibaalu wa-kaanatil jibaalu kas̤eebam maheelaa.

On the Day the earth and the mountains will convulse and the mountains will become a heap of sand pouring down.

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ رَسُولًا شَـٰهِدًا عَلَيْكُمْ كَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ رَسُولًا

ʹInnaaa ʹarsalnaaa ʹilaykum Rasoolañ shaahidan ʻalaykum kamaaa ʹarsalnaaa ʹilaa Firʻawna Rasoolaa.

Indeed, We have sent to you a Messenger as a witness upon you just as We sent to Pharaoh a messenger.

فَعَصَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُ أَخْذًا وَبِيلًا

Faʻaṣaa Firʻawnur Rasoola faʹakhaẓnaahu ʹakhẓañw Wabeelaa.

But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger, so We seized him with a ruinous seizure.

فَكَيْفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِن كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْمًا يَجْعَلُ ٱلْوِلْدَٰنَ شِيبًا

Fakayfa tattaq̣oona ʹiñ kafartum Yawmañy yajʻalul wildaana sheebaa―

Then how can you fear, if you disbelieve, a Day that will make the children white-haired?

ٱلسَّمَآءُ مُنفَطِرٌۢ بِهِۦ ۚ كَانَ وَعْدُهُۥ مَفْعُولًا

ʹAssamaaaʹu muñfaṭirum bih? Kaana waʻduhoo mafʻoolaa.

The heaven will break apart therefrom; ever is His promise fulfilled.

إِنَّ هَـٰذِهِۦ تَذْكِرَةٌ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًا

ʹInna haaẓihee Taẓkirah: famañ shaaaʹat takhaẓa ʹilaa Rabbihee Sabeelaa!

Indeed, this is a reminder, so whoever wills may take to his Lord a way.

۞ 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

ʹInna Rabbaka yaʻlamu ʹannaka taq̣oomu ʹadnaa miñ s̤ulus̤ayil layli wa-niṣfahoo wa-s̤ulus̤ahoo wa-ṭaaaʹifatum minal laẓeena maʻak. Wal-laahu yuq̣addirul layla wannahaar. ʻAlima ʹal lañ tuḥṣoohu fataaba ʻalaykum faq̣raʹoo maa- tayassara minal Q̣urʹaan. ʻAlima ʹañ sayakoonu miñkum marḍaa wa-ʹaakharoona yaḍriboona fil ʹarḍi yabtag̣oona miñ Faḍlil laahi wa-ʹaakharoona yuq̣aatiloona fee Sabeelil laah. Faq̣raʹoo maa- tayassara minhu wa-ʹaq̣eemuṣ Ṣalaata wa-ʹaatuz Zakaata wa-ʹaq̣riḍul laaha Q̣arḍan Ḥasanaa. Wa-maa tuq̣addimoo liʹañfusikum min khayriñ tajidoohu ʻiñdal laahi huwa khyrañw waʹAʻz̤̣ama ʹAjraa. Wastag̣firul laah: ʹinnal laaha G̣afoorur Raḥeem.

Indeed, your Lord knows, [O Muḥammad], that you stand [in prayer] almost two thirds of the night or half of it or a third of it, and [so do] a group of those with you. And Allāh determines [the extent of] the night and the day. He has known that you [Muslims] will not be able to do it and has turned to you in forgiveness, so recite what is easy [for you] of the Qur’ān. He has known that there will be among you those who are ill and others traveling throughout the land seeking [something] of the bounty of Allāh and others fighting for the cause of Allāh. So recite what is easy from it and establish prayer and give zakāh and loan Allāh a goodly loan. And whatever good you put forward for yourselves - you will find it with Allāh. It is better and greater in reward. And seek forgiveness of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.