Surah Al-Muzzammil

O thou enwrapped in thy robes,

keep vigil the night, except a little

(a half of it, or diminish a little,

or add a little), and chant the Koran very distinctly;

Behold, We shall cast upon thee a weighty word;

surely the first part of the night is heavier in tread, more upright in speech,

surely in the day thou hast long business.

And remember the Name of thy Lord, and devote thyself unto Him very devoutly.

Lord of the East and the West; there is no god but He; so take Him for a Guardian.

And bear thou patiently what they say, and forsake them graciously.

Leave Me to those who cry lies, those prosperous ones, and respite them a little,

for with Us there are fetters, and a furnace,

and food that chokes, and a painful chastisement,

upon the day when the earth and the mountains shall quake and the mountains become a slipping heap of sand.

Surely We have sent unto you a Messenger as a witness over you, even as We sent to Pharaoh a Messenger,