Surah Al-Muzzammil

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 73:1 ▶

   يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُزَّمِّلُ ﴿١﴾

   yā'ayyuha l-muzzammil

   O you who wraps himself [in clothing],

   Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) addresses the Prophet (ﷺ), who was asleep, wrapped in his garments.

2. 73:2 ▶

   قُمِ ٱلَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا ﴿٢﴾

   qumi llayla 'illā qalīlā

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

3. 73:3 ▶

   نِّصْفَهُۥٓ أَوِ ٱنقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلًا ﴿٣﴾

   niṣfahū 'awi nquṣ minhu qalīlā

   Half of it - or subtract from it a little

4. 73:4 ▶

   أَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَتِّلِ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ تَرْتِيلًا ﴿٤﴾

   aw zid ʿalayhi warattili l-qur'āna tartīlā

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

5. 73:5 ▶

   إِنَّا سَنُلْقِى عَلَيْكَ قَوْلًا ثَقِيلًا ﴿٥﴾

   innā sanulqī ʿalayka qawlan thaqīlā

   Indeed, We will cast upon you a heavy word.

   i.e., the revelation, which when descending on the Prophet (ﷺ) bore down upon him with a great weight. Another meaning is "important ordinances."

6. 73:6 ▶

   إِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ ٱلَّيْلِ هِىَ أَشَدُّ وَطْـًٔا وَأَقْوَمُ قِيلًا ﴿٦﴾

   inna nāshi'ata llayli hiya 'ashaddu waṭ'aw wa'aqwamu qīlā

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

   Another accepted interpretation of the same words is "Indeed, arising at night is more difficult...," meaning that it will only be done by sincere believers and not others.

   i.e., for recitation of the Qur’ān and for hearing and understanding it.

7. 73:7 ▶

   إِنَّ لَكَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ سَبْحًا طَوِيلًا ﴿٧﴾

   inna laka fi n-nahāri sabḥan ṭawīlā

   Indeed, for you by day is prolonged occupation.

8. 73:8 ▶

   وَٱذْكُرِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلْ إِلَيْهِ تَبْتِيلًا ﴿٨﴾

   wadhkuri sma rabbika watabattal 'ilayhi tabtīlā

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

9. 73:9 ▶

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

   rabbu l-mashriqi wal-maghribi lā 'ilāha 'illā huwa fattakhidhhu wakīlā

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

   i.e., trust in Allāh and rely upon Him.

10. 73:10 ▶

    وَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَٱهْجُرْهُمْ هَجْرًا جَمِيلًا ﴿١٠﴾

    waṣbir ʿalā mā yaqūlūna wahjurhum hajran jamīlā

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

11. 73:11 ▶

    وَذَرْنِى وَٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ أُو۟لِى ٱلنَّعْمَةِ وَمَهِّلْهُمْ قَلِيلًا ﴿١١﴾

    wadharnī wal-mukadhdhibīna 'uli n-naʿmati wamahhilhum qalīlā

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

12. 73:12 ▶

    إِنَّ لَدَيْنَآ أَنكَالًا وَجَحِيمًا ﴿١٢﴾

    inna ladaynā 'ankālaw wajaḥīmā

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

13. 73:13 ▶

    وَطَعَامًا ذَا غُصَّةٍ وَعَذَابًا أَلِيمًا ﴿١٣﴾

    waṭaʿāman dhā ghuṣṣatiw waʿadhāban 'alīmā

    And food that chokes and a painful punishment -

14. 73:14 ▶

    يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ وَكَانَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَثِيبًا مَّهِيلًا ﴿١٤﴾

    yawma tarjufu l-arḍu wal-jibālu wakānati l-jibālu kathībam mahīlā

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

15. 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

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

16. 73:16 ▶

    فَعَصَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُ أَخْذًا وَبِيلًا ﴿١٦﴾

    faʿaṣā firʿawnu r-rasūla fa'akhadhnāhu 'akhdhaw wabīlā

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

17. 73:17 ▶

    فَكَيْفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِن كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْمًا يَجْعَلُ ٱلْوِلْدَٰنَ شِيبًا ﴿١٧﴾

    fakayfa tattaqūna 'in kafartum yawmay yajʿalu l-wildāna shībā

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

    Another meaning is "How can you avoid [punishment]" on such a Day?

18. 73:18 ▶

    ٱلسَّمَآءُ مُنفَطِرٌۢ بِهِۦ ۚ كَانَ وَعْدُهُۥ مَفْعُولًا ﴿١٨﴾

    as-samā'u munfaṭirum bih | kāna waʿduhū mafʿūlā

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

    From the terror of that Day.

19. 73:19 ▶

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

    inna hādhihī tadhkirah | faman shā'a ttakhadha 'ilā rabbihī sabīlā

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

20. 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 llayli waniṣfahū wathuluthahū waṭā'ifatum mina lladhīna maʿak | wallāhu yuqaddiru llayla wan-nahār | ʿalima 'al lan tuḥṣūhu fatāba ʿalaykum | faqra'ū mā tayassara mina l-qur'ān | ʿalima 'an sayakūnu minkum marḍā wa'ākharūna yaḍribūna fi l-arḍi yabtaghūna min faḍli llāhi wa'ākharūna yuqātilūna fī sabīli llāhi faqra'ū mā tayassara minh | wa'aqīmu ṣ-ṣalāta wa'ātu z-zakāta wa'aqriḍu llāha qarḍan ḥasanā | wamā tuqaddimū li'anfusikum min khayrin tajidūhu ʿinda llāhi huwa khayraw wa'aʿẓama 'ajrā | wastaghfiru llāh | inna llāha ghafūrur raḥīm

    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.

    Allāh has known that if they were to continue in such long periods of worship each night, the people would be caused much hardship.

    In the form of charities and contributions to His cause.

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.