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Al-Muzzammil (The Enshrouded One)

المزمل

20 ayahs · Meccan

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

1. O you who wraps himself [in clothing], 2. Arise [to pray] the night, except for a little - 3. Half of it - or subtract from it a little 4. Or add to it, and recite the Qur'an with measured recitation. 5. Indeed, We will cast upon you a heavy word. 6. Indeed, the hours of the night are more effective for concurrence [of heart and tongue] and more suitable for words. 7. Indeed, for you by day is prolonged occupation. 8. And remember the name of your Lord and devote yourself to Him with [complete] devotion. 9. [He is] the Lord of the East and the West; there is no deity except Him, so take Him as Disposer of [your] affairs. 10. And be patient over what they say and avoid them with gracious avoidance. 11. And leave Me with [the matter of] the deniers, those of ease [in life], and allow them respite a little. 12. Indeed, with Us [for them] are shackles and burning fire 13. And food that chokes and a painful punishment - 14. On the Day the earth and the mountains will convulse and the mountains will become a heap of sand pouring down. 15. Indeed, We have sent to you a Messenger as a witness upon you just as We sent to Pharaoh a messenger. 16. But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger, so We seized him with a ruinous seizure. 17. Then how can you fear, if you disbelieve, a Day that will make the children white- haired? 18. The heaven will break apart therefrom; ever is His promise fulfilled. 19. Indeed, this is a reminder, so whoever wills may take to his Lord a way. 20. Indeed, your Lord knows, [O Muhammad], 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 Allah 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'an. 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 Allah and others fighting for the cause of Allah. So recite what is easy from it and establish prayer and give zakah and loan Allah a goodly loan. And whatever good you put forward for yourselves - you will find it with Allah. It is better and greater in reward. And seek forgiveness of Allah. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

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About Surah Al-Muzzammil: place, order and how to read it

Surah Al-Muzzammil (The Enshrouded One) is chapter 73 of the Quran and has 20 verses, making it a short surah. It was revealed in Mecca, before the migration to Medina, and it is number 3 in the chronological order of revelation. It falls in juz 29. It occupies 2 pages of the mushaf, from page 574 to page 575.

Where it sits in the mushaf

It is preceded by Surah Al-Jinn and followed by Surah Al-Muddaththir. Like every surah except At-Tawbah, it opens with the Basmalah. This surah contains no verse of prostration.

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