Surah Al-Muzzammil (The Enshrouded One) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. يا أيها المزمل

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   O you wrapped up in your mantle!

   yā-ʾayyuhā l-muzzammilu

2. قم الليل إلا قليلا

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   Stand vigil through the night, except for a little [of it],

   qumi l-layla ʾillā qalīlan

3. نصفه أو انقص منه قليلا

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   a half, or reduce a little from that

   niṣfahū ʾawi nquṣ minhu qalīlan

4. أو زد عليه ورتل القرآن ترتيلا

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   or add to it, and recite the Quran in a measured tone.

   ʾaw zid ʿalayhi wa-rattili l-qurʾāna tartīlan

5. إنا سنلقي عليك قولا ثقيلا

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   Indeed soon We shall cast on you a weighty discourse.

   ʾinnā sa-nulqī ʿalayka qawlan thaqīlan

6. إن ناشئة الليل هي أشد وطئا وأقوم قيلا

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   Indeed the watch of the night is firmer in tread and more upright in respect to speech,

   ʾinna nāshiʾata l-layli hiya ʾashaddu waṭʾan wa-ʾaqwamu qīlan

7. إن لك في النهار سبحا طويلا

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   for indeed during the day you have drawn-out engagements.

   ʾinna laka fī n-nahāri sabḥan ṭawīlan

8. واذكر اسم ربك وتبتل إليه تبتيلا

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   So celebrate the Name of your Lord and dedicate yourself to Him with total dedication.

   wa-dhkuri sma rabbika wa-tabattal ʾilayhi tabtīlan

9. رب المشرق والمغرب لا إله إلا هو فاتخذه وكيلا

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   Lord of the east and the west, there is no god except Him; so take Him for your trustee,

   rabbu l-mashriqi wa-l-maghribi lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa fa-ttakhidhhu wakīlan

10. واصبر على ما يقولون واهجرهم هجرا جميلا

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    and be patient over what they say, and distance yourself from them in a graceful manner.

    wa-sbir ʿalā mā yaqūlūna wa-hjurhum hajran jamīlan

11. وذرني والمكذبين أولي النعمة ومهلهم قليلا

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    Leave Me [to deal] with the deniers, the opulent, and give them a little respite.

    wa-dharnī wa-l-mukadhdhibīna ʾulī n-naʿmati wa-mahhilhum qalīlan

12. إن لدينا أنكالا وجحيما

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    Indeed with Us are heavy fetters and a fierce fire,

    ʾinna ladaynā ʾankālan wa-jaḥīman

13. وطعاما ذا غصة وعذابا أليما

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    and a food that chokes [those who eat it], and a painful punishment [prepared for]

    wa-ṭaʿāman dhā ghuṣṣatin wa-ʿadhāban ʾalīman

14. يوم ترجف الأرض والجبال وكانت الجبال كثيبا مهيلا

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    the day when the earth and the mountains will quake, and the mountains will be like dunes of shifting sand.

    yawma tarjufu l-ʾarḍu wa-l-jibālu wa-kānati l-jibālu kathīban mahīlan

15. إنا أرسلنا إليكم رسولا شاهدا عليكم كما أرسلنا إلى فرعون رسولا

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    Indeed We have sent to you an apostle, to be a witness to you, just as We sent an apostle to Pharaoh.

    ʾinnā ʾarsalnā ʾilaykum rasūlan shāhidan ʿalaykum ka-mā ʾarsalnā ʾilā firʿawna rasūlan

16. فعصى فرعون الرسول فأخذناه أخذا وبيلا

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    But Pharaoh disobeyed the apostle; so We seized him with a terrible seizing.

    fa-ʿaṣā firʿawnu r-rasūla fa-ʾakhadhnāhu ʾakhdhan wabīlan

17. فكيف تتقون إن كفرتم يوما يجعل الولدان شيبا

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    So, if you disbelieve, how will you avoid the day, which will make children white-headed,

    fa-kayfa tattaqūna ʾin kafartum yawman yajʿalu l-wildāna shīban-i

18. السماء منفطر به كان وعده مفعولا

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    and wherein the sky will be rent apart? His promise is bound to be fulfilled.

    as-samāʾu munfaṭirun bihī kāna waʿduhū mafʿūlan

19. إن هذه تذكرة فمن شاء اتخذ إلى ربه سبيلا

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    This is indeed a reminder. So let anyone who wishes take the way toward his Lord.

    ʾinna hādhihī tadhkiratun fa-man shāʾa ttakhadha ʾilā rabbihī sabīlan