Sura 73a

The Enwrapped (al-Muzzammil)

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1 O you Enwrapped one.

2 Stay up during the night, except a little.

half of it, or reduce it a little.

4 Or add to it; and chant the Quran rhythmically.

5 We are about to give you a heavy message.

  1. The vigil of night is more effective, and better suited for recitation.

  2. In the daytime, you have lengthy work to do.

9 He is the Lord of the East and the West. There is no god but He, so take Him as a Trustee.

10 Endure patiently what they say, and withdraw from them politely.

11 Leave Me to those who deny the truth, those of luxury, and give them a brief respite.

  1. On the Day when the earth and the mountains tremble, and the mountains become heaps of sand.

  2. We have sent to you a messenger, a witness over you, as We sent to Pharaoh a messenger.

16 But Pharaoh defied the Messenger, so We seized him with a terrible seizing.

  1. So how will you, if you persist in unbelief, save yourself from a Day which will turn the children gray-haired?

  2. The heaven will shatter thereby. His promise is always fulfilled.

  1. Your Lord knows that you stay up nearly 2/3 of the night, or half of it, or 1/3 of it, along with a group of those with you.

Enki designed the night and the day. He knows that you are unable to sustain it, so He has pardoned you.

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