# 73. Surah Al-Muzzammil

> سورة المزمل — The Enshrouded One · 20 verses · Mushaf page: 574

- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-muzzammil
- **Translation:** Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

_In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful._

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

## Verse 1

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الْمُزَّمِّلُۙ

Ya ayyuha almuzzammil

O thou one enwrapped:

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muzzammil/verse-1.md_

## Verse 2

قُمِ الَّيْلَ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاًۙ

Qumi allayla illa qaleela

Arise thou the night save a little

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muzzammil/verse-2.md_

## Verse 3

نِصْفَهُٓ  اَوِ انْقُصْ مِنْهُ قَل۪يلاًۙ

Nisfahu awi onqus minhu qaleela

(A half thereof, or take thou a little therefrom,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muzzammil/verse-3.md_

## Verse 4

اَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَتِّلِ الْقُرْاٰنَ تَرْت۪يلاًۜ

Aw zid AAalayhi warattili alqur-anatarteela

Or add thou thereto) and recite thou the Qur’an distinctly.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muzzammil/verse-4.md_

## Verse 5

اِنَّا سَنُلْق۪ي عَلَيْكَ قَوْلاً ثَق۪يلاًۜ

Inna sanulqee AAalayka qawlan thaqeela

We will cast upon thee a weighty word;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muzzammil/verse-5.md_

## Verse 6

اِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ الَّيْلِ هِيَ اَشَدُّ وَطْـٔاً وَاَقْوَمُ ق۪يلاًۜ

Inna nashi-ata allayli hiya ashaddu wat-anwaaqwamu qeela

The emergence of the night: it is firmer of foot and more upright of speech.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muzzammil/verse-6.md_

## Verse 7

اِنَّ لَكَ فِي النَّهَارِ سَبْحاً طَو۪يلاًۜ

Inna laka fee annahari sabhantaweela

Thou hast by day much movement,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muzzammil/verse-7.md_

## Verse 8

وَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلْ اِلَيْهِ تَبْت۪يلاًۜ

Wathkuri isma rabbikawatabattal ilayhi tabteela

But remember thou the name of thy Lord, and devote thyself completely to Him.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muzzammil/verse-8.md_

## Verse 9

رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ فَاتَّخِذْهُ وَك۪يلاً

Rabbu almashriqi walmaghribi lailaha illa huwa fattakhithhu wakeela

The Lord of the East and the West; there is no god save He; so take thou Him as disposer of affairs.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muzzammil/verse-9.md_

## Verse 10

وَاصْبِرْ عَلٰى مَا يَقُولُونَ وَاهْجُرْهُمْ هَجْراً جَم۪يلاً

Wasbir AAala mayaqooloona wahjurhum hajran jameela

And be thou patient over what they say, and forsake thou them with a comely forsaking.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muzzammil/verse-10.md_

## Verse 11

وَذَرْن۪ي وَالْمُكَذِّب۪ينَ اُو۬لِي النَّعْمَةِ وَمَهِّلْهُمْ قَل۪يلاً

Watharnee walmukaththibeenaolee annaAAmati wamahhilhum qaleela

And leave thou Me with the deniers, the possessors of prosperity, and grant thou them respite a little.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muzzammil/verse-11.md_

## Verse 12

اِنَّ لَدَيْنَٓا اَنْكَالاً وَجَح۪يماًۙ

Inna ladayna ankalan wajaheema

With Us are shackles, and a raging fire,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muzzammil/verse-12.md_

## Verse 13

وَطَعَاماً ذَا غُصَّةٍ وَعَذَاباً اَل۪يماً

WataAAaman tha ghussatinwaAAathaban aleema

And a food that chokes, and a painful punishment,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muzzammil/verse-13.md_

## Verse 14

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الْاَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ وَكَانَتِ الْجِبَالُ كَث۪يباً مَه۪يلاً

Yawma tarjufu al-ardu waljibaluwakanati aljibalu katheeban maheela

The day the earth and the mountains convulse and the mountains become a sliding sandhill.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muzzammil/verse-14.md_

## Verse 15

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 as a witness against you, as We sent to Pharaoh a messenger,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muzzammil/verse-15.md_

## Verse 16

فَعَصٰى فِرْعَوْنُ الرَّسُولَ فَاَخَذْنَاهُ اَخْذاً وَب۪يلاً

FaAAasa firAAawnu arrasoolafaakhathnahu akhthan wabeela

But Pharaoh opposed the Messenger, so We seized him with a calamitous grip.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muzzammil/verse-16.md_

## Verse 17

فَـكَيْفَ تَتَّقُونَ اِنْ كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْماً يَجْعَلُ الْوِلْدَانَ ش۪يباًۗ

Fakayfa tattaqoona in kafartum yawmanyajAAalu alwildana sheeba

So how will you be in prudent fear, if you deny, of a day that will make the children white-haired?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muzzammil/verse-17.md_

## Verse 18

اَلسَّمَٓاءُ مُنْفَطِرٌ بِه۪ۜ   كَانَ وَعْدُهُ مَفْعُولاً

Assamao munfatirunbihi kana waAAduhu mafAAoola

The sky will break apart therein; His promise will be fulfilled.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muzzammil/verse-18.md_

## Verse 19

اِنَّ هٰذِه۪ تَذْكِرَةٌۚ  فَمَنْ شَٓاءَ اتَّخَذَ اِلٰى رَبِّه۪ سَب۪يلاً۟

Inna hathihi tathkiratun famanshaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi sabeela

This is a reminder, so whoso wills might take a path to his Lord.)

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muzzammil/verse-19.md_

## Verse 20

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

Thy Lord knows that thou standest nearly two-thirds of the night, or a half of it, or a third of it, as does a number of those with thee. And God determines the night and the day. He knew that you would not calculate it, and has turned towards you: — so recite what is made easy of the Qur’an. He knows that there will be some sick among you, and others travelling in the earth in search of the bounty of God, and others fighting in the cause of God: — so recite what is made easy thereof, and uphold the duty, and render the purity, and lend to God a goodly loan. And what good you send ahead for your souls — you will find it with God, better and greater in reward. And ask forgiveness of God; God is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muzzammil/verse-20.md_

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