المزمل

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُزَّمِّلُ ١

Yāayyuhā l-muzamilu

You [Prophet], enfolded in your cloak!

قُمِ ٱلَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا ٢

Qumi al-layla illā qalīlan

Stay up throughout the night, all but a small part of it,

نِّصْفَهُۥٓ أَوِ ٱنقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلًا ٣

Niṣ'fahu awi unquṣ min'hu qalīlan

Half, or a little less,

أَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَتِّلِ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ تَرْتِيلًا ٤

Aw zid ʿalayhi warattili l-qur'āna tartīlan

Or a little more; recite the Quran slowly and distinctly:

إِنَّا سَنُلْقِى عَلَيْكَ قَوْلًا ثَقِيلًا ٥

Innā sanul'qī ʿalayka qawlan thaqīlan

We shall send a momentous message down to you.

إِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ ٱلَّيْلِ هِىَ أَشَدُّ وَطْـًٔا وَأَقْوَمُ قِيلًا ٦

Inna nāshi-ata al-layli hiya ashaddu waṭan wa-aqwamu qīlan

Night prayer makes a deeper impression and sharpens words––

إِنَّ لَكَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ سَبْحًا طَوِيلًا ٧

Inna laka fī l-nahāri sabḥan ṭawīlan

You are kept busy for long periods of the day––

وَٱذْكُرِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلْ إِلَيْهِ تَبْتِيلًا ٨

Wa-udh'kuri is'ma rabbika watabattal ilayhi tabtīlan

So celebrate the name of your Lord and devote yourself wholeheart-edly to Him.

رَّبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱتَّخِذْهُ وَكِيلًا ٩

Rabbu l-mashriqi wal-maghribi lā ilāha illā huwa fa-ittakhidh'hu wakīlan

He is Lord of the east and west, there is no god but Him, so take Him as your Protector,

وَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَٱهْجُرْهُمْ هَجْرًا جَمِيلًا ١٠

Wa-iṣ'bir ʿalā mā yaqūlūna wa-uh'jur'hum hajran jamīlan

Patiently endure what they say, ignore them politely,