Al-Muzzammil
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُزَّمِّلُ1
You [Prophet], enfolded in your cloak
قُمِ اللَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا2
Stay up throughout the night, all but a small part of it
نِصْفَهُ أَوِ انْقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلًا3
half, or a little less
أَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَتِّلِ الْقُرْآنَ تَرْتِيلًا4
or a little more; recite the Quran slowly and distinctly
إِنَّا سَنُلْقِي عَلَيْكَ قَوْلًا ثَقِيلًا5
We shall send a momentous message down to you
إِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ اللَّيْلِ هِيَ أَشَدُّ وَطْئًا وَأَقْوَمُ قِيلًا6
Night prayer makes a deeper impression and sharpens words––
إِنَّ لَكَ فِي النَّهَارِ سَبْحًا طَوِيلًا7
you are kept busy for long periods of the day––
وَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلْ إِلَيْهِ تَبْتِيلًا8
so celebrate the name of your Lord and devote yourself wholeheart-edly to Him
رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ لَا إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَاتَّخِذْهُ وَكِيلًا9
He is Lord of the east and west, there is no god but Him, so take Him as your Protector
وَاصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَاهْجُرْهُمْ هَجْرًا جَمِيلًا10
patiently endure what they say, ignore them politely
وَذَرْنِي وَالْمُكَذِّبِينَ أُولِي النَّعْمَةِ وَمَهِّلْهُمْ قَلِيلًا11
and leave to Me those who deny the truth and live in luxury. Bear with them for a little while
إِنَّ لَدَيْنَا أَنْكَالًا وَجَحِيمًا12
We have fetters, a blazing fire
وَطَعَامًا ذَا غُصَّةٍ وَعَذَابًا أَلِيمًا13
food that chokes, and agonizing torment in store for them
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الْأَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ وَكَانَتِ الْجِبَالُ كَثِيبًا مَهِيلًا14
on the Day when the earth and the mountains will shake. The mountains will become a heap of loose sand
إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْكُمْ رَسُولًا شَاهِدًا عَلَيْكُمْ كَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ رَسُولًا15
We have sent a messenger to you [people] to be your witness, just as We sent a messenger to Pharaoh
فَعَصَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ الرَّسُولَ فَأَخَذْنَاهُ أَخْذًا وَبِيلًا16
but Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger and so We inflicted a heavy punishment on him
فَكَيْفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِنْ كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْمًا يَجْعَلُ الْوِلْدَانَ شِيبًا17
So if you disbelieve, how can you guard yourselves against a Day that will turn children’s hair grey
السَّمَاءُ مُنْفَطِرٌ بِهِ ۚ كَانَ وَعْدُهُ مَفْعُولًا18
a Day when the sky will be torn apart? God’s promise will certainly be fulfilled
إِنَّ هَـٰذِهِ تَذْكِرَةٌ ۖ فَمَنْ شَاءَ اتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِ سَبِيلًا19
This is a reminder. Let whoever wishes take the way to his Lord