سُورَةُ المُزَّمِّلِ

Surah Al-Muzzammil

The Enshrouded One · 20 verses · Meccan

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

About this surah

The name. Al-Muzzammil means "The Enshrouded One," or "The One Wrapped Up," addressing the Prophet directly as he was found wrapped in his garment, and instructing him to rise in prayer through the night, save for a little of it (73:1-2). It is Meccan, from very early in the message, understood as preparation for a mission whose weight the surah itself calls a heavy word about to be cast upon him (73:5).

What it is known for. The surah is known as the source of night prayer, tahajjud, in its most explicit form — precise fractions of the night are named, two-thirds, half, a third (73:2-4) — before a later verse eases that requirement once the Prophet and those with him are found to be doing what could not be measured so exactly, on account of illness, travel, and struggle in Allah's way, replacing the strict measure with reciting whatever is easy from the Quran (73:20). It also carries the description of the rising of the night as stronger in impression and more suited to clarity of speech (73:6), often cited on the particular quality of worship at that hour.

Reading it. At 20 ayahs it is a short surah, read easily in one sitting, though its final verse is markedly longer than any that came before it, carrying the whole revision of the night-prayer instruction in one extended sentence. A first-time reader should notice that length shift at the very end and treat it as the surah's real turning point rather than an afterthought.

Last updated: 2026-10-23

Translation: Sahih International · alquran.cloud

  1. 1

    بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُزَّمِّلُ

    O you who wraps himself [in clothing],

  2. 2

    قُمِ ٱلَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا

    Arise [to pray] the night, except for a little -

  3. 3

    نِّصْفَهُۥٓ أَوِ ٱنقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلًا

    Half of it - or subtract from it a little

  4. 4

    أَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَتِّلِ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ تَرْتِيلًا

    Or add to it, and recite the Qur'an with measured recitation.

  5. 5

    إِنَّا سَنُلْقِى عَلَيْكَ قَوْلًۭا ثَقِيلًا

    Indeed, We will cast upon you a heavy word.

  6. 6

    إِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ ٱلَّيْلِ هِىَ أَشَدُّ وَطْـًۭٔا وَأَقْوَمُ قِيلًا

    Indeed, the hours of the night are more effective for concurrence [of heart and tongue] and more suitable for words.

  7. 7

    إِنَّ لَكَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ سَبْحًۭا طَوِيلًۭا

    Indeed, for you by day is prolonged occupation.

  8. 8

    وَٱذْكُرِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلْ إِلَيْهِ تَبْتِيلًۭا

    And remember the name of your Lord and devote yourself to Him with [complete] devotion.

  9. 9

    رَّبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱتَّخِذْهُ وَكِيلًۭا

    [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. 10

    وَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَٱهْجُرْهُمْ هَجْرًۭا جَمِيلًۭا

    And be patient over what they say and avoid them with gracious avoidance.

  11. 11

    وَذَرْنِى وَٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ أُو۟لِى ٱلنَّعْمَةِ وَمَهِّلْهُمْ قَلِيلًا

    And leave Me with [the matter of] the deniers, those of ease [in life], and allow them respite a little.

  12. 12

    إِنَّ لَدَيْنَآ أَنكَالًۭا وَجَحِيمًۭا

    Indeed, with Us [for them] are shackles and burning fire

  13. 13

    وَطَعَامًۭا ذَا غُصَّةٍۢ وَعَذَابًا أَلِيمًۭا

    And food that chokes and a painful punishment -

  14. 14

    يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ وَكَانَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَثِيبًۭا مَّهِيلًا

    On the Day the earth and the mountains will convulse and the mountains will become a heap of sand pouring down.

  15. 15

    إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ رَسُولًۭا شَٰهِدًا عَلَيْكُمْ كَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ رَسُولًۭا

    Indeed, We have sent to you a Messenger as a witness upon you just as We sent to Pharaoh a messenger.

  16. 16

    فَعَصَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَأَخَذْنَٰهُ أَخْذًۭا وَبِيلًۭا

    But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger, so We seized him with a ruinous seizure.

  17. 17

    فَكَيْفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِن كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْمًۭا يَجْعَلُ ٱلْوِلْدَٰنَ شِيبًا

    Then how can you fear, if you disbelieve, a Day that will make the children white- haired?

  18. 18

    ٱلسَّمَآءُ مُنفَطِرٌۢ بِهِۦ ۚ كَانَ وَعْدُهُۥ مَفْعُولًا

    The heaven will break apart therefrom; ever is His promise fulfilled.

  19. 19

    إِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦ تَذْكِرَةٌۭ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًا

    Indeed, this is a reminder, so whoever wills may take to his Lord a way.

  20. 20

    ۞ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَقُومُ أَدْنَىٰ مِن ثُلُثَىِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَنِصْفَهُۥ وَثُلُثَهُۥ وَطَآئِفَةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَكَ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يُقَدِّرُ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ ۚ عَلِمَ أَن لَّن تُحْصُوهُ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ فَٱقْرَءُوا۟ مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ ٱلْقُرْءَانِ ۚ عَلِمَ أَن سَيَكُونُ مِنكُم مَّرْضَىٰ ۙ وَءَاخَرُونَ يَضْرِبُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَبْتَغُونَ مِن فَضْلِ ٱللَّهِ ۙ وَءَاخَرُونَ يُقَٰتِلُونَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ فَٱقْرَءُوا۟ مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُ ۚ وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَأَقْرِضُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًۭا ۚ وَمَا تُقَدِّمُوا۟ لِأَنفُسِكُم مِّنْ خَيْرٍۢ تَجِدُوهُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ هُوَ خَيْرًۭا وَأَعْظَمَ أَجْرًۭا ۚ وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۢ

    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.