Verse 73:5 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
1
یَـٰۤأَیُّهَا ٱلۡمُزَّمِّلُ ١
yāayyuhā l-muzamil
You [Prophet], enfolded in your cloak
2
قُمِ ٱلَّیۡلَ إِلَّا قَلِیلࣰا ٢
qumi al-layla illā qalīla
Stay up throughout the night, all but a small part of it
3
نِّصۡفَهُۥۤ أَوِ ٱنقُصۡ مِنۡهُ قَلِیلًا ٣
niṣ'fahu awi unquṣ min'hu qalīla
half, or a little less
4
أَوۡ زِدۡ عَلَیۡهِ وَرَتِّلِ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ تَرۡتِیلًا ٤
aw zid ʿalayhi warattili l-qur'āna tartīla
or a little more; recite the Quran slowly and distinctly
5
إِنَّا سَنُلۡقِی عَلَیۡكَ قَوۡلࣰا ثَقِیلًا ٥
innā sanul'qī ʿalayka qawlan thaqīla
We shall send a momentous message down to you
6
إِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ ٱلَّیۡلِ هِیَ أَشَدُّ وَطۡءࣰا وَأَقۡوَمُ قِیلًا ٦
inna nāshi-ata al-layli hiya ashaddu waṭan wa-aqwamu qīla
Night prayer makes a deeper impression and sharpens words––
7
إِنَّ لَكَ فِی ٱلنَّهَارِ سَبۡحࣰا طَوِیلࣰا ٧
inna laka fī l-nahāri sabḥan ṭawīla
you are kept busy for long periods of the day––
8
وَٱذۡكُرِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلۡ إِلَیۡهِ تَبۡتِیلࣰا ٨
wa-udh'kuri is'ma rabbika watabattal ilayhi tabtīla
so celebrate the name of your Lord and devote yourself wholeheart-edly to Him
9
رَّبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغۡرِبِ لَاۤ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱتَّخِذۡهُ وَكِیلࣰا ٩
rabbu l-mashriqi wal-maghribi lā ilāha illā huwa fa-ittakhidh'hu wakīla
He is Lord of the east and west, there is no god but Him, so take Him as your Protector
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