بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
73:1يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُزَّمِّلُ
73:1O YOU ENWRAPPED in the cloak (of Prophethood), - Ahmed Ali (English)
73:2قُمِ ٱلَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
73:2Keep watch all the night except some, - Ahmed Ali (English)
73:3نِّصْفَهُۥٓ أَوِ ٱنقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلًا
73:3A half of it or a little less - Ahmed Ali (English)
73:4أَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَتِّلِ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ تَرْتِيلًا
73:4Or a little more, and recite the Qur'an slowly and distinctly. - Ahmed Ali (English)
73:5إِنَّا سَنُلْقِى عَلَيْكَ قَوْلًا ثَقِيلًا
73:5We shall soon entrust to you a message heavy (with solemnity). - Ahmed Ali (English)
73:6إِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ ٱلَّيْلِ هِىَ أَشَدُّ وَطْـًٔا وَأَقْوَمُ قِيلًا
73:6Surely in the watches of the night the soul is most receptive and words more telling. - Ahmed Ali (English)
73:7إِنَّ لَكَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ سَبْحًا طَوِيلًا
73:7Indeed during the day you have a long schedule of occupations. - Ahmed Ali (English)
73:8وَٱذْكُرِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلْ إِلَيْهِ تَبْتِيلًا
73:8But recite the name of your Lord withdrawing yourself from everything, devoting yourself exclusively to Him. - Ahmed Ali (English)
73:9رَّبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱتَّخِذْهُ وَكِيلًا
73:9He is the Lord of the East and the West. There is no god but He. So take Him alone as your protector. - Ahmed Ali (English)
73:10وَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَٱهْجُرْهُمْ هَجْرًا جَمِيلًا
73:10Bear with patience what they say, and gracefully come away from them. - Ahmed Ali (English)
73:11وَذَرْنِى وَٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ أُو۟لِى ٱلنَّعْمَةِ وَمَهِّلْهُمْ قَلِيلًا
73:11Leave those to Me who deny, the lovers of ease and comfort; and bear with them for a while. - Ahmed Ali (English)
73:12إِنَّ لَدَيْنَآ أَنكَالًا وَجَحِيمًا
73:12Verily We shall have fetters with Us, and a roaring furnace, - Ahmed Ali (English)
73:13وَطَعَامًا ذَا غُصَّةٍ وَعَذَابًا أَلِيمًا
73:13And food that will stick in the throat, and painful torment - Ahmed Ali (English)
73:14يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ وَكَانَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَثِيبًا مَّهِيلًا
73:14On the day the earth and mountains will rock violently, and the mountains turn to a heap of poured-out sand. - Ahmed Ali (English)
73:15إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ رَسُولًا شَـٰهِدًا عَلَيْكُمْ كَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ رَسُولًا
73:15We have sent an Apostle to you as a witness against you, as We had sent an apostle to the Pharaoh. - Ahmed Ali (English)
73:16فَعَصَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُ أَخْذًا وَبِيلًا
73:16But the Pharaoh disobeyed the apostle; so We seized him with a grievous punishment. - Ahmed Ali (English)
73:17فَكَيْفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِن كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْمًا يَجْعَلُ ٱلْوِلْدَٰنَ شِيبًا
73:17How then, if you disbelieve, will you preserve yourselves on the day which will even turn the children hoary? - Ahmed Ali (English)
73:18ٱلسَّمَآءُ مُنفَطِرٌۢ بِهِۦ ۚ كَانَ وَعْدُهُۥ مَفْعُولًا
73:18The heavens itself will be rent asunder (on that day). His promise is bound to be fulfilled. - Ahmed Ali (English)
73:19إِنَّ هَـٰذِهِۦ تَذْكِرَةٌ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًا
73:19Verily this is a reminder. So let him who desires take the way to his Lord. - Ahmed Ali (English)
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
73:20Your Lord surely knows that you are occupied with your devotions for nearly two-thirds of the night, or half the night, or one-third of it, as do many others with you. Yet God prescribes the measure of night and day. He knows you cannot calculate it, and so turns to you in benevolence. So recite as much of the Qur'an as you can easily. He knows some among you will be sick, and some will be travelling over the earth in search of the bounty of God, and some fighting in the way of God. So read as much from it as you can easily, and be firm in devotion, pay the zakat, and lend a goodly loan to God. And what you send for yourself of the good, you will find it with God better and greater in reward. So ask for God's forgiveness. Indeed God is forgiving and kind. - Ahmed Ali (English)