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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُزَّمِّلُ﴿١﴾

O thou wrapped up in thy raiment!

قُمِ ٱلَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا﴿٢﴾

Keep vigil the night long, save a little -

نِّصْفَهُۥٓ أَوِ ٱنقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلًا﴿٣﴾

A half thereof, or abate a little thereof

أَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَتِّلِ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ تَرْتِيلًا﴿٤﴾

Or add (a little) thereto - and chant the Qur'an in measure,

إِنَّا سَنُلْقِى عَلَيْكَ قَوْلًا ثَقِيلًا﴿٥﴾

For we shall charge thee with a word of weight.

إِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ ٱلَّيْلِ هِىَ أَشَدُّ وَطْـًٔا وَأَقْوَمُ قِيلًا﴿٦﴾

Lo! the vigil of the night is (a time) when impression is more keen and speech more certain.

إِنَّ لَكَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ سَبْحًا طَوِيلًا﴿٧﴾

Lo! thou hast by day a chain of business.

وَٱذْكُرِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلْ إِلَيْهِ تَبْتِيلًا﴿٨﴾

So remember the name of thy Lord and devote thyself with a complete devotion -

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

Lord of the East and the West; there is no Allah save Him; so choose thou Him alone for thy defender -

وَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَٱهْجُرْهُمْ هَجْرًا جَمِيلًا﴿١٠﴾

And bear with patience what they utter, and part from them with a fair leave-taking.

وَذَرْنِى وَٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ أُو۟لِى ٱلنَّعْمَةِ وَمَهِّلْهُمْ قَلِيلًا﴿١١﴾

Leave Me to deal with the deniers, lords of ease and comfort (in this life); and do thou respite them awhile.

إِنَّ لَدَيْنَآ أَنكَالًا وَجَحِيمًا﴿١٢﴾

Lo! with Us are heavy fetters and a raging fire,

وَطَعَامًا ذَا غُصَّةٍ وَعَذَابًا أَلِيمًا﴿١٣﴾

And food which choketh (the partaker), and a painful doom

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ وَكَانَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَثِيبًا مَّهِيلًا﴿١٤﴾

On the day when the earth and the hills rock, and the hills become a heap of running sand.

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ رَسُولًا شَـٰهِدًا عَلَيْكُمْ كَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ رَسُولًا﴿١٥﴾

Lo! We have sent unto you a messenger as witness against you, even as We sent unto Pharaoh a messenger.

فَعَصَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُ أَخْذًا وَبِيلًا﴿١٦﴾

But Pharaoh rebelled against the messenger, whereupon We seized him with no gentle grip.

فَكَيْفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِن كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْمًا يَجْعَلُ ٱلْوِلْدَٰنَ شِيبًا﴿١٧﴾

Then how, if ye disbelieve, will ye protect yourselves upon the day which will turn children grey,

ٱلسَّمَآءُ مُنفَطِرٌۢ بِهِۦ ۚ كَانَ وَعْدُهُۥ مَفْعُولًا﴿١٨﴾

The very heaven being then rent asunder. His promise is to be fulfilled.

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

Lo! This is a Reminder. Let him who will, then, choose a way unto his Lord.