Cloaked

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīm

O you cloaked one.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُزَّمِّلُ

yāayyuhā l-muzamil

Meditate during the night, except rarely.

قُمِ ٱلَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

qumi al-layla illā qalīla

Half of it, or a little less.

نِّصْفَهُۥٓ أَوِ ٱنقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلًا

niṣ'fahu awi unquṣ min'hu qalīla

Or a little more. And read the Quran from cover to cover.

أَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَتِّلِ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ تَرْتِيلًا

aw zid ʿalayhi warattili l-qur'āna tartīla

We will give you a heavy message.

إِنَّا سَنُلْقِى عَلَيْكَ قَوْلًا ثَقِيلًا

innā sanul'qī ʿalayka qawlan thaqīla

The meditation at night is more effective, and more righteous.

إِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ ٱلَّيْلِ هِىَ أَشَدُّ وَطْـًٔا وَأَقْوَمُ قِيلًا

inna nāshi-ata al-layli hiya ashaddu waṭan wa-aqwamu qīla

You have a lot of time during the day for other matters.

إِنَّ لَكَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ سَبْحًا طَوِيلًا

inna laka fī l-nahāri sabḥan ṭawīla

You shall commemorate the name of your Lord, to come ever closer and closer to Him.

وَٱذْكُرِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلْ إِلَيْهِ تَبْتِيلًا

wa-udh'kuri is'ma rabbika watabattal ilayhi tabtīla

Lord of the east and the west; there is no other god besides Him. You should choose Him as your advocate.

رَّبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱتَّخِذْهُ وَكِيلًا

rabbu l-mashriqi wal-maghribi lā ilāha illā huwa fa-ittakhidh'hu wakīla

And remain steadfast in the face of their utterances, and disregard them in a nice manner.

وَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَٱهْجُرْهُمْ هَجْرًا جَمِيلًا

wa-iṣ'bir ʿalā mā yaqūlūna wa-uh'jur'hum hajran jamīla

And let Me deal with the rejectors, who have been generously blessed; just give them a little time.

وَذَرْنِى وَٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ أُو۟لِى ٱلنَّعْمَةِ وَمَهِّلْهُمْ قَلِيلًا

wadharnī wal-mukadhibīna ulī l-naʿmati wamahhil'hum qalīla

We have severe punishments, and Hell.

إِنَّ لَدَيْنَآ أَنكَالًا وَجَحِيمًا

inna ladaynā ankālan wajaḥīma

Food that can hardly be swallowed, and painful retribution.

وَطَعَامًا ذَا غُصَّةٍ وَعَذَابًا أَلِيمًا

waṭaʿāman dhā ghuṣṣatin waʿadhāban alīma

The day will come when the earth and the mountains will quake, and the mountains will turn into a weightless pile.

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ وَكَانَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَثِيبًا مَّهِيلًا

yawma tarjufu l-arḍu wal-jibālu wakānati l-jibālu kathīban mahīla

We have sent to you a messenger, just as we sent to Pharaoh a messenger.

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ رَسُولًا شَٰهِدًا عَلَيْكُمْ كَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ رَسُولًا

innā arsalnā ilaykum rasūlan shāhidan ʿalaykum kamā arsalnā ilā fir'ʿawna rasūla

Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger and, consequently, we punished him severely.

فَعَصَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَأَخَذْنَٰهُ أَخْذًا وَبِيلًا

faʿaṣā fir'ʿawnu l-rasūla fa-akhadhnāhu akhdhan wabīla

If you disbelieve, how can you evade a day so terrible that it makes the infants gray-haired?

فَكَيْفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِن كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْمًا يَجْعَلُ ٱلْوِلْدَٰنَ شِيبًا

fakayfa tattaqūna in kafartum yawman yajʿalu l-wil'dāna shība

The heaven will shatter therefrom. His promise is true.

ٱلسَّمَآءُ مُنفَطِرٌۢ بِهِۦ كَانَ وَعْدُهُۥ مَفْعُولًا

al-samāu munfaṭirun bihi kāna waʿduhu mafʿūla

This is a reminder; whoever wills, let him choose the path to his Lord.

إِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦ تَذْكِرَةٌ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًا

inna hādhihi tadhkiratun faman shāa ittakhadha ilā rabbihi sabīla

Your Lord knows that you meditate during two-thirds of the night, or half of it, or one-third of it, and so do some of those who believed with you. GOD has designed the night and the day, and He knows that you cannot always do this. He has pardoned you. Instead, you shall read what you can of the Quran. He knows that some of you may be ill, others may be traveling in pursuit of GOD's provisions, and others may be striving in the cause of GOD. You shall read what you can of it, and observe the contact prayers (Salat), give the obligatory charity (Zakat), and lend GOD a loan of righteousness. Whatever good you send ahead on behalf of your souls, you will find it at GOD far better and generously rewarded. And implore GOD for forgiveness. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

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 يُقَٰتِلُونَ 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

inna rabbaka yaʿlamu annaka taqūmu adnā min thuluthayi al-layli waniṣ'fahu wathuluthahu waṭāifatun mina alladhīna maʿaka wal-lahu yuqaddiru al-layla wal-nahāra ʿalima an lan tuḥ'ṣūhu fatāba ʿalaykum fa-iq'raū mā tayassara mina l-qur'āni ʿalima an sayakūnu minkum marḍā waākharūna yaḍribūna fī l-arḍi yabtaghūna min faḍli l-lahi waākharūna yuqātilūna fī sabīli l-lahi fa-iq'raū mā tayassara min'hu wa-aqīmū l-ṣalata waātū l-zakata wa-aqriḍū l-laha qarḍan ḥasanan wamā tuqaddimū li-anfusikum min khayrin tajidūhu ʿinda l-lahi huwa khayran wa-aʿẓama ajran wa-is'taghfirū l-laha inna l-laha ghafūrun raḥīmu