Al-Muzzammil
The Wrapped One
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent.
O you who are wrapped up! Stand the night, except a little — half of it, or subtract from it a little, or add to it — and recite the Recitation with measured, distinct recitation.
يايها المزمل قم اليل الا قليلا نصفه او انقص منه قليلا او زد عليه ورتل القرءان ترتيلا
Indeed, We will cast upon you a heavy saying.
انا سنلقي عليك قولا ثقيلا
The rising of the night is firmer in impact and more upright in saying.
ان ناشية اليل هي اشد وطا واقوم قيلا
You have during the day a long swim.
ان لك في النهار سبحا طويلا
And remember the name of your Guardian and give yourself over to Him, fully.
واذكر اسم ربك وتبتل اليه تبتيلا
Guardian of the east and the west;
رب المشرق والمغرب
there is no deity but Him;
لا اله الا هو
so take Him as a trustee.
فاتخذه وكيلا
And be patient with what they say
واصبر على ما يقولون
and avoid them with gracious avoidance.
واهجرهم هجرا جميلا
And leave Me with the deniers, those in well-being, and grant them a little respite.
وذرني والمكذبين اولي النعمة ومهلهم قليلا
Indeed, with Us are shackles and a Blaze, and food that chokes, and a painful punishment — on the Day the earth and the mountains will quake, and the mountains will become a heap of poured-out sand.
ان لدينا انكالا وجحيما وطعاما ذا غصة وعذابا اليما يوم ترجف الارض والجبال وكانت الجبال كثيبا مهيلا
We have sent to you a messenger as a witness upon you, just as We sent to Fir'awn a messenger. But Fir'awn disobeyed the messenger, so We seized him with a ruinous seizure.
انا ارسلنا اليكم رسولا شهدا عليكم كما ارسلنا الى فرعون رسولا فعصى فرعون الرسول فاخذنه اخذا وبيلا
Then how, if you disown, will you guard yourselves against a Day that will turn children gray-haired, a Day when the sky itself will be rent asunder?
فكيف تتقون ان كفرتم يوما يجعل الولدن شيبا السماء منفطر به
His promise is always a thing done.
كان وعده مفعولا
This is a reminder.
ان هذه تذكرة
So whoever wants may take, toward his Guardian, a way.
فمن شاء اتخذ الى ربه سبيلا
Your Guardian knows that you stand a little less than two-thirds of the night, and of half of it, and of a third of it, as do a group of those with you.
ان ربك يعلم انك تقوم ادنى من ثلثى اليل ونصفه وثلثه وطايفة من الذين معك
And God determines the night and the day.
والله يقدر اليل والنهار
He knows that you will never enumerate it, so He has turned toward you with clemency.
علم ان لن تحصوه فتاب عليكم
So read what is feasible of the Recitation.
فاقرءوا ما تيسر من القرءان
He knows that there will be among you those who are sick, and others traveling through the land seeking of the favor of God, and others fighting in the way of God.
علم ان سيكون منكم مرضى وءاخرون يضربون في الارض يبتغون من فضل الله وءاخرون يقتلون في سبيل الله
So read what is feasible from it,
فاقرءوا ما تيسر منه
and maintain the Contact, and give pure liberality,
واقيموا الصلوة وءاتوا الزكوة
and make God a beautiful loan.
واقرضوا الله قرضا حسنا
And whatever good you advance for yourselves, you will find it with God, better and more immense in reward.
وما تقدموا لانفسكم من خير تجدوه عند الله هو خيرا واعظم اجرا
And ask God's forgiveness;
واستغفروا الله
God is indeed Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
ان الله غفور رحيم