O you who wraps himself [in clothing]

Ya ayyuha almuzzammil

Arise [to pray] the night, except for a little -

Qumi allayla illa qaleela

Half of it - or subtract from it a little

Nisfahu awi onqus minhu qaleela

Or add to it, and recite the Qur’ān with measured recitation.

Aw zid AAalayhi warattili alqur-anatarteela

Indeed, We will cast upon you a heavy word.

Inna sanulqee AAalayka qawlan thaqeela

Indeed, the hours of the night are more effective for concurrence [of heart and tongue] and more suitable for words.

Inna nashi-ata allayli hiya ashaddu wat-anwaaqwamu qeela

Indeed, for you by day is prolonged occupation.

Inna laka fee annahari sabhantaweela

And remember the name of your Lord and devote yourself to Him with [complete] devotion.

Wathkuri isma rabbikawatabattal ilayhi tabteela

[He is] the Lord of the East and the West; there is no deity except Him, so take Him as Disposer of [your] affairs.

Rabbu almashriqi walmaghribi lailaha illa huwa fattakhithhu wakeela

And be patient over what they say and avoid them with gracious avoidance.

Wasbir AAala mayaqooloona wahjurhum hajran jameela

And leave Me with [the matter of] the deniers, those of ease [in life], and allow them respite a little.

Watharnee walmukaththibeenaolee annaAAmati wamahhilhum qaleela

Indeed, with Us [for them] are shackles and burning fire.

Inna ladayna ankalan wajaheema

And food that chokes and a painful punishment -

WataAAaman tha ghussatinwaAAathaban aleema

On the Day the earth and the mountains will convulse and the mountains will become a heap of sand pouring down.

Yawma tarjufu al-ardu waljibaluwakanati aljibalu katheeban maheela

Indeed, We have sent to you a Messenger as a witness upon you just as We sent to Pharaoh a messenger.

Inna arsalna ilaykum rasoolanshahidan AAalaykum kama arsalna ilafirAAawna rasoola

But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger, so We seized him with a ruinous seizure.

FaAAasa firAAawnu arrasoolafaakhathnahu akhthan wabeela

Then how can you fear, if you disbelieve, a Day that will make the children white-haired?

Fakayfa tattaqoona in kafartum yawmanyajAAalu alwildana sheeba

The heaven will break apart therefrom; ever is His promise fulfilled.

Assamao munfatirunbihi kana waAAduhu mafAAoola

Indeed, this is a reminder, so whoever wills may take to his Lord a way.

Inna hathihi tathkiratun famanshaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi sabeela

Indeed, your Lord knows, [O Muḥammad], that you stand [in prayer] almost two thirds of the night or half of it or a third of it, and [so do] a group of those with you. And Allāh determines [the extent of] the night and the day. He has known that you [Muslims] will not be able to do it and has turned to you in forgiveness, so recite what is easy [for you] of the Qur’ān. He has known that there will be among you those who are ill and others traveling throughout the land seeking [something] of the bounty of Allāh and others fighting for the cause of Allāh. So recite what is easy from it and establish prayer and give zakāh and loan Allāh a goodly loan. And whatever good you put forward for yourselves - you will find it with Allāh. It is better and greater in reward. And seek forgiveness of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

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