Surah Al-Muzzammil

يٰٓاَيُّهَا الْمُزَّمِّلُۙ ۝١

Yā ayyuhal-muzzammil

1. O you Enwrapped one.

قُمِ الَّيْلَ اِلَّا قَلِيْلًاۙ ۝٢

Qumil-laila illā qolīlā

2. Stay up the night, except a little.

نِّصْفَهٗٓ اَوِ انْقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيْلًاۙ ۝٣

Niṣfahū awinquṣ minhu qolīlā

3. For half of it, or reduce it a little.

اَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَتِّلِ الْقُرْاٰنَ تَرْتِيْلًاۗ ۝٤

Au zid ‘alaihi wa rottilil-qur'āna tartīlā

4. Or add to it; and chant the Quran rhythmically.

اِنَّا سَنُلْقِيْ عَلَيْكَ قَوْلًا ثَقِيْلًا ۝٥

Innā sanulqī ‘alaika qoulan ṡaqīlā

5. We are about to give you a heavy message.

اِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ الَّيْلِ هِيَ اَشَدُّ وَطْـًٔا وَّاَقْوَمُ قِيْلًاۗ ۝٦

Inna nāsyi'atal-laili hiya asyaddu waṭ'aw wa aqwamu qīlā

6. The vigil of night is more effective, and better suited for recitation.

اِنَّ لَكَ فِى النَّهَارِ سَبْحًا طَوِيْلًاۗ ۝٧

Inna laka fin-nahāri sabḥan ṭowīlā

7. In the daytime, you have lengthy work to do.

وَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلْ اِلَيْهِ تَبْتِيْلًاۗ ۝٨

Ważkurisma robbika wa tabattal ilaihi tabtīlā

8. So remember the name of your Lord, and devote yourself to Him wholeheartedly.

رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ فَاتَّخِذْهُ وَكِيْلًا ۝٩

Robbul-masyriqi wal-maghribi lā ilāha illā huwa fattakhiżhu wakīlā

9. Lord of the East and the West. There is no god but He, so take Him as a Trustee.

وَاصْبِرْ عَلٰى مَا يَقُوْلُوْنَ وَاهْجُرْهُمْ هَجْرًا جَمِيْلًا ۝١٠

Waṣbir ‘alā mā yaqūlūna wahjurhum hajron jamīlā

10. And endure patiently what they say, and withdraw from them politely.

وَذَرْنِيْ وَالْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ اُولِى النَّعْمَةِ وَمَهِّلْهُمْ قَلِيْلًا ۝١١

Wa żarnī wal-mukażżibīna ulin-na‘mati wa mahhilhum qolīlā

11. And leave Me to those who deny the truth, those of luxury, and give them a brief respite.

اِنَّ لَدَيْنَآ اَنْكَالًا وَّجَحِيْمًاۙ ۝١٢

Inna ladainā ankālaw wa jaḥīmā

12. With Us are shackles, and a Fierce Fire.

وَّطَعَامًا ذَا غُصَّةٍ وَّعَذَابًا اَلِيْمًا ۝١٣

Wa ṭo‘āman żā ghuṣṣotiw wa ‘ażāban alīmā

13. And food that chokes, and a painful punishment.

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الْاَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ وَكَانَتِ الْجِبَالُ كَثِيْبًا مَّهِيْلًا ۝١٤

Yauma tarjuful-arḍu wal-jibālu wa kānatil-jibālu kaṡībam mahīlā

14. On the Day when the earth and the mountains tremble, and the mountains become heaps of sand.

اِنَّآ اَرْسَلْنَآ اِلَيْكُمْ رَسُوْلًا ەۙ شَاهِدًا عَلَيْكُمْ كَمَآ اَرْسَلْنَآ اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ رَسُوْلًا ۗ ۝١٥

Innā arsalnā ilaikum rosūlā, syāhidan ‘alaikum kamā arsalnā ilā fir‘auna rosūlā

15. We have sent to you a messenger, a witness over you, as We sent to Pharaoh a messenger.

فَعَصٰى فِرْعَوْنُ الرَّسُوْلَ فَاَخَذْنٰهُ اَخْذًا وَّبِيْلًاۚ ۝١٦

Fa ‘aṣō fir‘aunar-rosūla fa akhożnāhu akhżaw wabīlā

16. But Pharaoh defied the messenger, so We seized him with a terrible seizing.

فَكَيْفَ تَتَّقُوْنَ اِنْ كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْمًا يَّجْعَلُ الْوِلْدَانَ شِيْبًاۖ ۝١٧

Fakaifa tattaqūna in kafartum yaumay yaj‘alul-wildāna syībā

17. So how will you, if you persist in unbelief, save yourself from a Day which will turn the children gray-haired?

السَّمَاۤءُ مُنْفَطِرٌۢ بِهٖۗ كَانَ وَعْدُهٗ مَفْعُوْلًا ۝١٨

As-samā-u munfaṭirum bih, kāna wa‘duhū maf‘ūlā

18. The heaven will shatter thereby. His promise is always fulfilled.

اِنَّ هٰذِهٖ تَذْكِرَةٌ ۚ فَمَنْ شَاۤءَ اتَّخَذَ اِلٰى رَبِّهٖ سَبِيْلًا ࣖ ۝١٩

Inna hāżihī tażkiroh, faman syā-attakhoża ilā robbihī sabīlā

19. This is a reminder. So whoever wills, let him take a path to his Lord.

اِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَعْلَمُ اَنَّكَ تَقُوْمُ اَدْنٰى مِنْ ثُلُثَيِ الَّيْلِ وَنِصْفَهٗ وَثُلُثَهٗ وَطَاۤىِٕفَةٌ مِّنَ الَّذِيْنَ مَعَكَۗ وَاللّٰهُ يُقَدِّرُ الَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَۗ عَلِمَ اَنْ لَّنْ تُحْصُوْهُ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْرَءُوْا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ الْقُرْاٰنِۗ عَلِمَ اَنْ سَيَكُوْنُ مِنْكُمْ مَّرْضٰىۙ وَاٰخَرُوْنَ يَضْرِبُوْنَ فِى الْاَرْضِ يَبْتَغُوْنَ مِنْ فَضْلِ اللّٰهِ ۙوَاٰخَرُوْنَ يُقَاتِلُوْنَ فِيْ سَبِيْلِ اللّٰهِ ۖفَاقْرَءُوْا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُۙ وَاَقِيْمُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰتُوا الزَّكٰوةَ وَاَقْرِضُوا اللّٰهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًاۗ وَمَا تُقَدِّمُوْا لِاَنْفُسِكُمْ مِّنْ خَيْرٍ تَجِدُوْهُ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ ۙهُوَ خَيْرًا وَّاَعْظَمَ اَجْرًاۗ وَاسْتَغْفِرُوا اللّٰهَ ۗاِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُوْرٌ رَّحِيْمٌ ࣖ ۝٢٠

Inna robbaka ya‘lamu annaka taqūmu adnā min ṡuluṡayil-laili wa niṣfahū wa ṡuluṡahū wa ṭō-ifatum minal-lażīna ma‘ak, wallāhu yuqoddirul-laila wan-nahār, ‘alima allan tuḥṣūhu fa tāba ‘alaikum faqro'ū mā tayassaro minal-qur'ān, ‘alima an sayakūnu minkum marḍō, wa ākhorūna yaḍribūna fil-arḍi yabtaghūna min faḍlillāh, wa ākhorūna yuqōtilūna fī sabīlillāh, faqro'ū mā tayassaro minh, wa aqīmuṣ-ṣolāta wa ātuz-zakāta wa aqriḍullāha qorḍon ḥasanā, wa mā tuqoddimū li'anfusikum min khoirin tajidūhu ‘indallāh, huwa khoirow wa a‘ẓoma ajrō, wastaghfirullāh, innallāha ghofūrur roḥīm

20. Your Lord knows that you stay up nearly two-thirds of the night, or half of it, or one-third of it, along with a group of those with you. Allah designed the night and the day. He knows that you are unable to sustain it, so He has pardoned you. So read of the Quran what is possible for you. He knows that some of you may be ill; and others traveling through the land, seeking Allah’s bounty; and others fighting in Allah’s cause. So read of it what is possible for you, and observe the prayers, and give regular charity, and lend Allah a generous loan. Whatever good you advance for yourselves, you will find it with Allah, better and generously rewarded. And seek Allah’s forgiveness, for Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.