بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ
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يَٓا اَيُّهَا الْمُزَّمِّلُۙ
Ya ayyuha almuzzammil
O you cloaked one.
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قُمِ الَّيْلَ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاًۙ
Qumi allayla illa qaleela
Meditate during the night, except rarely.
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نِصْفَهُٓ اَوِ انْقُصْ مِنْهُ قَل۪يلاًۙ
Nisfahu awi onqus minhu qaleela
Half of it, or a little less.
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اَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَتِّلِ الْقُرْاٰنَ تَرْت۪يلاًۜ
Aw zid AAalayhi warattili alqur-anatarteela
Or a little more. And read the Quran from cover to cover.
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اِنَّا سَنُلْق۪ي عَلَيْكَ قَوْلاً ثَق۪يلاًۜ
Inna sanulqee AAalayka qawlan thaqeela
We will give you a heavy message.
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اِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ الَّيْلِ هِيَ اَشَدُّ وَطْـٔاً وَاَقْوَمُ ق۪يلاًۜ
Inna nashi-ata allayli hiya ashaddu wat-anwaaqwamu qeela
The meditation at night is more effective, and more righteous.
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اِنَّ لَكَ فِي النَّهَارِ سَبْحاً طَو۪يلاًۜ
Inna laka fee annahari sabhantaweela
You have a lot of time during the day for other matters.
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وَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلْ اِلَيْهِ تَبْت۪يلاًۜ
Wathkuri isma rabbikawatabattal ilayhi tabteela
You shall commemorate the name of your Lord, to come ever closer and closer to Him.
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رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ فَاتَّخِذْهُ وَك۪يلاً
Rabbu almashriqi walmaghribi lailaha illa huwa fattakhithhu wakeela
Lord of the east and the west; there is no other god beside Him. You should choose Him as your advocate.
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وَاصْبِرْ عَلٰى مَا يَقُولُونَ وَاهْجُرْهُمْ هَجْراً جَم۪يلاً
Wasbir AAala mayaqooloona wahjurhum hajran jameela
And remain steadfast in the face of their utterances, and disregard them in a nice manner.
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وَذَرْن۪ي وَالْمُكَذِّب۪ينَ اُو۬لِي النَّعْمَةِ وَمَهِّلْهُمْ قَل۪يلاً
Watharnee walmukaththibeenaolee annaAAmati wamahhilhum qaleela
And let Me deal with the rejectors, who have been generously blessed; just give them a little time.
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اِنَّ لَدَيْنَٓا اَنْكَالاً وَجَح۪يماًۙ
Inna ladayna ankalan wajaheema
We have severe punishments, and Hell.
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وَطَعَاماً ذَا غُصَّةٍ وَعَذَاباً اَل۪يماً
WataAAaman tha ghussatinwaAAathaban aleema
Food that can hardly be swallowed, and painful retribution.
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يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الْاَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ وَكَانَتِ الْجِبَالُ كَث۪يباً مَه۪يلاً
Yawma tarjufu al-ardu waljibaluwakanati aljibalu katheeban maheela
The day will come when the earth and the mountains will quake, and the mountains will turn into a weightless pile.
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اِنَّٓا اَرْسَلْنَٓا اِلَيْكُمْ رَسُولاً شَاهِداً عَلَيْكُمْ كَمَٓا اَرْسَلْنَٓا اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ رَسُولاًۜ
Inna arsalna ilaykum rasoolanshahidan AAalaykum kama arsalna ilafirAAawna rasoola
We have sent to you a messenger, just as we sent to Pharaoh a messenger.
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فَعَصٰى فِرْعَوْنُ الرَّسُولَ فَاَخَذْنَاهُ اَخْذاً وَب۪يلاً
FaAAasa firAAawnu arrasoolafaakhathnahu akhthan wabeela
Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger and, consequently, we punished him severely.
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فَـكَيْفَ تَتَّقُونَ اِنْ كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْماً يَجْعَلُ الْوِلْدَانَ ش۪يباًۗ
Fakayfa tattaqoona in kafartum yawmanyajAAalu alwildana sheeba
If you disbelieve, how can you evade a day so terrible that it makes the infants gray-haired?
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اَلسَّمَٓاءُ مُنْفَطِرٌ بِه۪ۜ كَانَ وَعْدُهُ مَفْعُولاً
Assamao munfatirunbihi kana waAAduhu mafAAoola
The heaven will shatter therefrom. His promise is true.
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اِنَّ هٰذِه۪ تَذْكِرَةٌۚ فَمَنْ شَٓاءَ اتَّخَذَ اِلٰى رَبِّه۪ سَب۪يلاً۟
Inna hathihi tathkiratun famanshaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi sabeela
This is a reminder; whoever wills, let him choose the path to his Lord.
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اِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَعْلَمُ اَنَّكَ تَقُومُ اَدْنٰى مِنْ ثُلُثَيِ الَّيْلِ وَنِصْفَهُ وَثُلُثَهُ وَطَٓائِفَةٌ مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ مَعَكَۜ وَاللّٰهُ يُقَدِّرُ الَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَۜ عَلِمَ اَنْ لَنْ تُحْصُوهُ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْرَؤُ۫ا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ الْقُرْاٰنِۜ عَلِمَ اَنْ سَيَكُونُ مِنْكُمْ مَرْضٰىۙ وَاٰخَرُونَ يَضْرِبُونَ فِي الْاَرْضِ يَبْتَغُونَ مِنْ فَضْلِ اللّٰهِۙ وَاٰخَرُونَ يُقَاتِلُونَ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِۘ فَاقْرَؤُ۫ا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُۙ وَاَق۪يمُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰتُوا الزَّكٰوةَ وَاَقْرِضُوا اللّٰهَ قَرْضاً حَسَناًۜ وَمَا تُقَدِّمُوا لِاَنْفُسِكُمْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ تَجِدُوهُ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ هُوَ خَيْراً وَاَعْظَمَ اَجْراًۜ وَاسْتَغْفِرُوا اللّٰهَۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ
Inna rabbaka yaAAlamu annaka taqoomu adnamin thuluthayi allayli wanisfahu wathuluthahu wata-ifatunmina allatheena maAAaka wallahu yuqaddiruallayla wannahara AAalima an lan tuhsoohufataba AAalaykum faqraoo ma tayassara minaalqur-ani AAalima an sayakoonu minkum marda waakharoonayadriboona fee al-ardi yabtaghoona min fadliAllahi waakharoona yuqatiloona fee sabeeliAllahi faqraoo ma tayassara minhu waaqeemooassalata waatoo azzakatawaaqridoo Allaha qardan hasanan wamatuqaddimoo li-anfusikum min khayrin tajidoohu AAinda Allahihuwa khayran waaAAthama ajran wastaghfirooAllaha inna Allaha ghafoorun raheem
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.