Night Prayer

Qur'anic Verses 20

Surahs with this theme: al-Muzammil (73)

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73:20
۞ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ یَعۡلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَقُومُ أَدۡنَىٰ مِن ثُلُثَیِ ٱلَّیۡلِ وَنِصۡفَهُۥ وَثُلُثَهُۥ وَطَاۤىِٕفَةࣱ مِّنَ ٱلَّذِینَ…
[Prophet], your Lord is well aware that you sometimes spend nearly two-thirds of the night at prayer––sometimes half, sometimes a third––as do some of your…
73:15
إِنَّاۤ أَرۡسَلۡنَاۤ إِلَیۡكُمۡ رَسُولࣰا شَـٰهِدًا عَلَیۡكُمۡ كَمَاۤ أَرۡسَلۡنَاۤ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ رَسُولࣰا ۝١٥
We have sent a messenger to you [people] to be your witness, just as We sent a messenger to Pharaoh
73:16
فَعَصَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنُ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَأَخَذۡنَـٰهُ أَخۡذࣰا وَبِیلࣰا ۝١٦
but Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger and so We inflicted a heavy punishment on him
73:17
فَكَیۡفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِن كَفَرۡتُمۡ یَوۡمࣰا یَجۡعَلُ ٱلۡوِلۡدَ ٰنَ شِیبًا ۝١٧
So if you disbelieve, how can you guard yourselves against a Day that will turn children’s hair grey
73:2
قُمِ ٱلَّیۡلَ إِلَّا قَلِیلࣰا ۝٢
Stay up throughout the night, all but a small part of it
73:18
ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ مُنفَطِرُۢ بِهِۦۚ كَانَ وَعۡدُهُۥ مَفۡعُولًا ۝١٨
a Day when the sky will be torn apart? God’s promise will certainly be fulfilled
73:3
نِّصۡفَهُۥۤ أَوِ ٱنقُصۡ مِنۡهُ قَلِیلًا ۝٣
half, or a little less
73:19
إِنَّ هَـٰذِهِۦ تَذۡكِرَةࣱۖ فَمَن شَاۤءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِیلًا ۝١٩
This is a reminder. Let whoever wishes take the way to his Lord
73:4
أَوۡ زِدۡ عَلَیۡهِ وَرَتِّلِ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ تَرۡتِیلًا ۝٤
or a little more; recite the Quran slowly and distinctly
73:5
إِنَّا سَنُلۡقِی عَلَیۡكَ قَوۡلࣰا ثَقِیلًا ۝٥
We shall send a momentous message down to you
73:6
إِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ ٱلَّیۡلِ هِیَ أَشَدُّ وَطۡءࣰا وَأَقۡوَمُ قِیلًا ۝٦
Night prayer makes a deeper impression and sharpens words––
73:7
إِنَّ لَكَ فِی ٱلنَّهَارِ سَبۡحࣰا طَوِیلࣰا ۝٧
you are kept busy for long periods of the day––
73:8
وَٱذۡكُرِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلۡ إِلَیۡهِ تَبۡتِیلࣰا ۝٨
so celebrate the name of your Lord and devote yourself wholeheart-edly to Him
73:9
رَّبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغۡرِبِ لَاۤ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱتَّخِذۡهُ وَكِیلࣰا ۝٩
He is Lord of the east and west, there is no god but Him, so take Him as your Protector
73:10
وَٱصۡبِرۡ عَلَىٰ مَا یَقُولُونَ وَٱهۡجُرۡهُمۡ هَجۡرࣰا جَمِیلࣰا ۝١٠
patiently endure what they say, ignore them politely
73:11
وَذَرۡنِی وَٱلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ أُو۟لِی ٱلنَّعۡمَةِ وَمَهِّلۡهُمۡ قَلِیلًا ۝١١
and leave to Me those who deny the truth and live in luxury. Bear with them for a little while
73:12
إِنَّ لَدَیۡنَاۤ أَنكَالࣰا وَجَحِیمࣰا ۝١٢
We have fetters, a blazing fire
73:13
وَطَعَامࣰا ذَا غُصَّةࣲ وَعَذَابًا أَلِیمࣰا ۝١٣
food that chokes, and agonizing torment in store for the
73:14
یَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ وَكَانَتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَثِیبࣰا مَّهِیلًا ۝١٤
on the Day when the earth and the mountains will shake. The mountains will become a heap of loose sand
73:1
یَـٰۤأَیُّهَا ٱلۡمُزَّمِّلُ ۝١
You [Prophet], enfolded in your cloak