{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/yaq/yaq073.htm","path":"isl/yaq/yaq073.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/yaq/yaq073.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\nIn the name of God, Most Gracious,\n Most Merciful.\n1. O thou folded\n In garments!\n2. Stand (to prayer) by night,\n But not all night,\u2014\n3. Half of it,\u2014\n Or a little less,\n4. Or a little more;\n And recite the Qur-\u0101n\n In slow, measured rhythmic tones.\n5. Soon shall We send down\n To thee a weighty Message.\n6. Truly the rising by night\n Is most potent for governing\n (The soul), and most suitable\n For (framing) the Word\n (Of Prayer and Praise).\n7. True, there is for thee\n By day prolonged occupation\n With ordinary duties:\n8. But keep in remembrance\n The name of thy Lord\n And devote thyself\n To Him whole-heartedly.\n9. (He is) Lord of the East\n And the West: there is\n No god but He:\n Take Him therefore\n For (thy) Disposer of Affairs.\n10. And have patience with what\n They say, and leave them\n With noble (dignity).\n11. And leave Me\n (Alone to deal with)\n Those in possession of\n The good things of life,\n Who (yet) deny the Truth;\n And bear with them\n For a little while.\n12. With Us are Fetters\n(To bind them), and a Fire\n (To burn them),\n13. And a Food that chokes,\n And a Penalty Grievous.\n14. One Day the earth\n And the mountains\n Will be in violent commotion.\n And the mountains will be\n As a heap of sand\n Poured out and flowing down.\n15. We have sent to you,\n (O men!) an apostle,\n To be a witness concerning you,\n Even as We sent\n An apostle to Pharaoh.\n16. But Pharaoh disobeyed\n The apostle; so We\n Seized him with\n A heavy Punishment.\n17. Then how shall ye,\n If ye deny (God),\n Guard yourselves against\n A Day that will make\n Children hoary-headed?\u2014\n18. Whereon the sky will be\n Cleft asunder?\n His Promise needs must\n Be accomplished.\n19. Verily this is an Admonition:\n Therefore, whoso will, let him\n Take a (straight) path\n To his Lord!\n20. Thy Lord doth know\n That thou standest forth\n (To prayer) nigh two-thirds\n Of the night, or half\nThe night, or a third\n Of the night, and so doth\n A party of those with thee.\n But God doth appoint Night\n And Day in due measure.\n He knoweth that ye are\n Unable to keep count thereof.\n So He hath turned to you\n (In mercy): read ye,\n Therefore, of the Qur-\u0101n\n As much as may be\n Easy for you. He knoweth\n That there may be (some)\n Among you in ill-health;\n Others travelling through the land,\n Seeking of God's bounty;\n Yet others fighting\n In God's Cause. Read ye,\n Therefore, as much of the Qur-\u0101n\n As may be easy (for you);\n And establish regular Prayer\n And give regular Charity;\n And loan to God\n A Beautiful Loan.\nAnd whatever good\n Ye send forth\n For your souls,\n Ye shall find it\n In God's Presence,\u2014\n Yea, better and\n Greater, in Reward.\n And seek ye the Grace\n Of God: for God is\n Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.","title":"The Holy Quran: S\u016bra LXXIII. Muzzammil, or Folded in...","type":"page"}