سورة المزمل
Surah Al-Muzzammil
The Enshrouded One
Surah Al-Muzzammil (The Enshrouded One) is the 73rd surah of the Quran. It has 20 verses and is a Meccan surah. Below is the complete Arabic text with an English translation and transliteration, verse by verse.
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بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُزَّمِّلُ﴿١﴾
Ya ayyuha almuzzammilu
O you who wraps himself [in clothing],
قُمِ ٱلَّيۡلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلࣰا﴿٢﴾
Qumi allayla illa qaleelan
Arise [to pray] the night, except for a little -
نِّصۡفَهُۥٓ أَوِ ٱنقُصۡ مِنۡهُ قَلِيلًا﴿٣﴾
Nisfahu awi onqus minhu qaleelan
Half of it - or subtract from it a little
أَوۡ زِدۡ عَلَيۡهِ وَ رَتِّلِ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ تَرۡتِيلًا﴿٤﴾
Aw zid ʿalayhi warattili alqurana tarteelan
Or add to it, and recite the Qur’ān with measured recitation.
إِنَّا سَنُلۡقِي عَلَيۡكَ قَوۡلࣰا ثَقِيلًا﴿٥﴾
Inna sanulqee ʿalayka qawlan thaqeelan
Indeed, We will cast upon you a heavy word.
إِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ ٱلَّيۡلِ هِيَ أَشَدُّ وَطۡـࣰٔا وَ أَقۡوَمُ قِيلًا﴿٦﴾
Inna nashiata allayli hiya ashaddu watan waaqwamu qeelan
Indeed, the hours of the night are more effective for concurrence [of heart and tongue] and more suitable for words.
إِنَّ لَكَ فِي ٱلنَّهَارِ سَبۡحࣰا طَوِيلࣰا﴿٧﴾
Inna laka fee alnnahari sabhan taweelan
Indeed, for you by day is prolonged occupation.
وَ ٱذۡكُرِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ وَ تَبَتَّلۡ إِلَيۡهِ تَبۡتِيلࣰا﴿٨﴾
Waothkuri isma rabbika watabattal ilayhi tabteelan
And remember the name of your Lord and devote yourself to Him with [complete] devotion.
رَّبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقِ وَ ٱلۡمَغۡرِبِ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱتَّخِذۡهُ وَكِيلࣰا﴿٩﴾
Rabbu almashriqi waalmaghribi la ilaha illa huwa faittakhithhu wakeelan
[He is] the Lord of the East and the West; there is no deity except Him, so take Him as Disposer of [your] affairs.
وَ ٱصۡبِرۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَ ٱهۡجُرۡهُمۡ هَجۡرࣰا جَمِيلࣰا﴿١٠﴾
Waisbir ʿala ma yaqooloona waohjurhum hajran jameelan
And be patient over what they say and avoid them with gracious avoidance.
وَ ذَرۡنِي وَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ أُوْلِي ٱلنَّعۡمَةِ وَ مَهِّلۡهُمۡ قَلِيلًا﴿١١﴾
Watharnee waalmukaththibeena olee alnnaʿmati wamahhilhum qaleelan
And leave Me with [the matter of] the deniers, those of ease [in life], and allow them respite a little.
إِنَّ لَدَيۡنَآ أَنكَالࣰا وَ جَحِيمࣰا﴿١٢﴾
Inna ladayna ankalan wajaheeman
Indeed, with Us [for them] are shackles and burning fire
وَ طَعَامࣰا ذَا غُصَّةࣲ وَ عَذَابًا أَلِيمࣰا﴿١٣﴾
Wataʿaman tha ghussatin waʿathaban aleeman
And food that chokes and a painful punishment -
يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَ ٱلۡجِبَالُ وَ كَانَتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَثِيبࣰا مَّهِيلًا﴿١٤﴾
Yawma tarjufu alardu waaljibalu wakanati aljibalu katheeban maheelan
On the Day the earth and the mountains will convulse and the mountains will become a heap of sand pouring down.
إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَآ إِلَيۡكُمۡ رَسُولࣰا شَٰهِدًا عَلَيۡكُمۡ كَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ رَسُولࣰا﴿١٥﴾
Inna arsalna ilaykum rasoolan shahidan ʿalaykum kama arsalna ila firʿawna rasoolan
Indeed, We have sent to you a Messenger as a witness upon you just as We sent to Pharaoh a messenger.
فَعَصَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنُ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُ أَخۡذࣰا وَبِيلࣰا﴿١٦﴾
Faʿasa firʿawnu alrrasoola faakhathnahu akhthan wabeelan
But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger, so We seized him with a ruinous seizure.
فَكَيۡفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِن كَفَرۡتُمۡ يَوۡمࣰا يَجۡعَلُ ٱلۡوِلۡدَٰنَ شِيبًا﴿١٧﴾
Fakayfa tattaqoona in kafartum yawman yajʿalu alwildana sheeban
Then how can you fear, if you disbelieve, a Day that will make the children white-haired?
ٱلسَّمَآءُ مُنفَطِرُۢ بِهِۦ ۚ كَانَ وَعۡدُهُۥ مَفۡعُولًا﴿١٨﴾
Alssamao munfatirun bihi kana waʿduhu mafʿoolan
The heaven will break apart therefrom; ever is His promise fulfilled.
إِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦ تَذۡكِرَةࣱ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًا﴿١٩﴾
Inna hathihi tathkiratun faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi sabeelan
Indeed, this is a reminder, so whoever wills may take to his Lord a way.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَعۡلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَقُومُ أَدۡنَىٰ مِن ثُلُثَيِ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَ نِصۡفَهُۥ وَ ثُلُثَهُۥ وَ طَآئِفَةࣱ مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَكَ ۚ وَ ٱللَّهُ يُقَدِّرُ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَ ٱلنَّهَارَ ۚ عَلِمَ أَن لَّن تُحۡصُوهُ فَتَابَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ ۖ فَٱقۡرَءُواْ مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ ۚ عَلِمَ أَن سَيَكُونُ مِنكُم مَّرۡضَىٰ وَ ءَاخَرُونَ يَضۡرِبُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ يَبۡتَغُونَ مِن فَضۡلِ ٱللَّهِ وَ ءَاخَرُونَ يُقَٰتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ فَٱقۡرَءُواْ مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنۡهُ ۚ وَ أَقِيمُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَ ءَاتُواْ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَ أَقۡرِضُواْ ٱللَّهَ قَرۡضًا حَسَنࣰا ۚ وَ مَا تُقَدِّمُواْ لِأَنفُسِكُم مِّنۡ خَيۡرࣲ تَجِدُوهُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ هُوَ خَيۡرࣰا وَ أَعۡظَمَ أَجۡرࣰا ۚ وَ ٱسۡتَغۡفِرُواْ ٱللَّهَ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورࣱ رَّحِيمُۢ﴿٢٠﴾
Inna rabbaka yaʿlamu annaka taqoomu adna min thuluthayi allayli wanisfahu wathuluthahu wataifatun mina allatheena maʿaka waAllahu yuqaddiru allayla waalnnahara ʿalima an lan tuhsoohu fataba ʿalaykum faiqraoo ma tayassara mina alqurani ʿalima an sayakoonu minkum marda waakharoona yadriboona fee alardi yabtaghoona min fadli Allahi waakharoona yuqatiloona fee sabeeli Allahi faiqraoo ma tayassara minhu waaqeemoo alssalata waatoo alzzakata waaqridoo Allaha qardan hasanan wama tuqaddimoo lianfusikum min khayrin tajidoohu ʿinda Allahi huwa khayran waaʿthama ajran waistaghfiroo Allaha inna Allaha ghafoorun raheemun
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.
Translation: Saheeh International · Transliteration
About this surah
Name
The Surah has been so designated after the word al-muzzammil occurring in the very first verse. This is only a name and not a title of its subject matter.
Period of Revelation
The two sections of this Surah were revealed in two separate periods.
The first section (vv. 1-19) is unanimously a Makki Revelation, and this is supported both by its subject matter and by the traditions of the Hadith. As for the question, in which specific period of the life at Makkah it was revealed, it is not answered by the tradition, but the internal evidence of the subject matter of this section helps to determine the period of its revelation.
First, in it the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) has been instructed to the effect: "Arise during the night and worship Allah so that you may develop the capability to shoulder the heavy burden of Prophethood and to discharge its responsibilities." This shows that this Command must have been given in the earliest period of the Prophethood when training was being imparted to the Holy prophet by Allah for this office.
Secondly, a Command has been given in it that the Qur'an be recited in, the Tahajjud Prayer for half the night, or thereabout. This Command by itself points out that by that time at least so much of the Qur'an had been revealed as could be recited for that long.
Thirdly, in this section the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) has been exhorted to have patience at the excesses being committed by his opponents, and the disbelievers of Makkah have been threatened with the torment. This shows that this section was revealed at a time when the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) had openly started preaching Islam and the opposition to him at Makkah had grown active and strong.
About the second section (v. 20) although many of the commentators have expressed the opinion that this too was sent down at Makkah, yet some other commentators regard it as a Madani Revelation, and this same opinion is confirmed by the subject matter of this section. For it mentions fighting in the way of Allah, and obviously, there could be no question of it at Makkah; it also contains the Command to pay the obligatory zakat, and it is fully confirmed that the zakat at a specific rate and with an exemption limit (nisab) was enjoined at Madinah.
Theme and Subject Matter
In the first seven verses the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) has been commanded to the effect: "Prepare yourself to shoulder the responsibilities of the great Mission that has been entrusted to you; its practical form is that you should rise during the hours of night and stand up in Prayer for half the night, or for a little more or less of it."
In vv. 8-14, he has been exhorted to the effect: "Devote yourself exclusively to that God Who is the Owner of the whole universe. Entrust all your affairs to Him with full satisfaction of the heart. Bear with patience whatever your opponents may utter against you. Do not be intimate with them. Leave their affair to God: He Himself will deal with them."
Then, in vv. 15-19, those of the people of Makkah, who were opposing the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) have been warned, so as to say: "We have sent a Messenger to you just as We sent a Messenger to the Pharaoh. Just consider what fate the Pharaoh met when he did not accept the invitation of the Messenger of Allah. Supposing that you are not punished by a torment in this world, how will you save yourselves from the punishment for disbelief on the Day of Resurrection."
This is the subject matter of the first section. The second section, according to a tradition from Hadrat Sa'id bin Jubair, was sent down ten years later, and in it the initial Command given in connection with the Tahajjud Prayer, in the beginning of the first section, was curtailed. The new Command enjoined, "Offer as much of the Tahajjud Prayer as you easily can, but what the Muslims should particularly mind and attend to is the five times obligatory Prayer a day:, they should establish it regularly and punctually; they should discharge their zakat dues accurately; and they should spend their wealth with sincere intentions for the sake of Allah. In conclusion, the Muslims have been exhorted, saying: "Whatever good works you do in the world, will not go waste, but they are like the provision which a traveler sends up in advance to his permanent place of residence. Whatever good you send up from the world, you will find it with Allah, and the provision thus sent up is much better than what you will have to leave behind in the world, and with Allah you will also get a much better and richer reward than what you have actually sent up before."
Source: Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Quran