بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
73:1
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُزَّمِّلُ
73:1
O you the (sleeping) enwrapped one! - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
73:2
قُمِ ٱلَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
73:2
Stand up in Prayer by night, all but a small part of it; - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
73:3
نِّصْفَهُۥٓ أَوِ ٱنقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلًا
73:3
half of it, or reduce it a little; - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
73:4
أَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَتِّلِ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ تَرْتِيلًا
73:4
or add to it a little; and recite the Qur'an slowly and distinctly. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
73:5
إِنَّا سَنُلْقِى عَلَيْكَ قَوْلًا ثَقِيلًا
73:5
Behold, We shall cast upon you a Weighty Word. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
73:6
إِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ ٱلَّيْلِ هِىَ أَشَدُّ وَطْـًٔا وَأَقْوَمُ قِيلًا
73:6
Surely getting up at night is the best means of subduing the self and is more suitable for uprightness in speech. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
73:7
إِنَّ لَكَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ سَبْحًا طَوِيلًا
73:7
You are indeed much occupied during the day with the affairs of the world. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
73:8
وَٱذْكُرِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلْ إِلَيْهِ تَبْتِيلًا
73:8
So remember the name of your Lord and devote yourself to Him with exclusive devotion. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
73:9
رَّبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱتَّخِذْهُ وَكِيلًا
73:9
He is the Lord of the East and the West; there is no god but He. So take Him alone for your Guardian, - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
73:10
وَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَٱهْجُرْهُمْ هَجْرًا جَمِيلًا
73:10
And bear patiently the vain things they utter, and gracefully forsake them. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
73:11
وَذَرْنِى وَٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ أُو۟لِى ٱلنَّعْمَةِ وَمَهِّلْهُمْ قَلِيلًا
73:11
Leave it to Me to deal with the affluent ones who give the lie (to the Truth), and bear with them for a while. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
73:12
إِنَّ لَدَيْنَآ أَنكَالًا وَجَحِيمًا
73:12
We have heavy fetters and a blazing Fire in store for them; - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
73:13
وَطَعَامًا ذَا غُصَّةٍ وَعَذَابًا أَلِيمًا
73:13
and a food that chokes, and a grievous chastisement. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
73:14
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ وَكَانَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَثِيبًا مَّهِيلًا
73:14
(They will come across all this) on the Day when the earth and the mountains shall tremble violently and the mountains shall crumble into heaps of scattered sand. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
73:15
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ رَسُولًا شَـٰهِدًا عَلَيْكُمْ كَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ رَسُولًا
73:15
Surely We have sent to you a Messenger as a witness over you, just as We had sent a Messenger to Pharaoh. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
73:16
فَعَصَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُ أَخْذًا وَبِيلًا
73:16
But Pharaoh disobeyed Our Messenger, so We seized him with a terrible seizing. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
73:17
فَكَيْفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِن كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْمًا يَجْعَلُ ٱلْوِلْدَٰنَ شِيبًا
73:17
If you persist in disbelieving, how will you guard yourself against the (woe of the) Day that will turn children grey-haired, - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
73:18
ٱلسَّمَآءُ مُنفَطِرٌۢ بِهِۦ ۚ كَانَ وَعْدُهُۥ مَفْعُولًا
73:18
the Day whose severity shall cause the heaven to split asunder? Allah's promise is ever bound to be fulfilled. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
73:19
إِنَّ هَـٰذِهِۦ تَذْكِرَةٌ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًا
73:19
Indeed this is nothing but a Good Counsel; so let him who will take a way leading to his Lord. - Abul Ala Maududi (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
73:20
(O Prophet), your Lord knows that you sometimes stand up in Prayer nearly two-thirds of the night, and sometimes half or one-third of it, and so does a party of those with you; Allah measures the night and the day. He knows that you cannot keep an accurate count of it, so He has shown mercy to you. So now recite as much of the Qur'an as you can. He knows that there are among you those who are sick and others who are journeying in the land in quest of Allah's bounty, and still others who are fighting in the cause of Allah. So recite as much of the Qur'an as you easily can, and establish Prayer, and pay Zakah, and give Allah a goodly loan. Whatever good you send forth for yourselves, you shall find it with Allah. That is better and its reward is greater. And ask for Allah's forgiveness; surely He is Most Forgiving, Most Compassionate. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)