Al-Muzzammil

(1)O you wrapped in garments (i.e. Prophet Muhammad SAW)!

(2)Stand (to pray) all night, except a little.

(3)Half of it, or a little less than that,

(4)Or a little more; and recite the Qur'ân (aloud) in a slow, (pleasant tone and) style[] .

(5)Verily, We shall send down to you a weighty Word (i.e. obligations, legal laws, etc.).

(6)Verily, the rising by night (for Tahajjud prayer) is very hard and most potent and good for governing (the soul), and most suitable for (understanding) the Word (of Allâh).

(7)Verily, there is for you by day prolonged occupation with ordinary duties,

(8)And remember the Name of your Lord and devote yourself to Him with a complete devotion.

(9)(He Alone is) the Lord of the east and the west, Lâ ilâha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He). So take Him Alone as Wakîl (Disposer of your affairs)[] .

(10)And be patient (O Muhammad SAW) with what they say, and keep away from them in a good way.

(11)And leave Me Alone to deal with the beliers (those who deny My Verses, etc.), and those who are in possession of good things of life. And give them respite for a little while.

(12)Verily, with Us are fetters (to bind them), and a raging Fire.

(13)And a food that chokes, and a painful torment.

(14)On the Day when the earth and the mountains will be in violent shake, and the mountains will be a heap of sand poured out and flowing down.

(15)Verily, We have sent to you (O men) a Messenger (Muhammad SAW) to be a witness over you, as We did send a Messenger [Mûsa (Moses)] to Fir'aun (Pharaoh)[] .

(16)But Fir'aun (Pharaoh) disobeyed the Messenger [Mûsa (Moses)], so We seized him with a severe punishment.

(17)Then how can you avoid the punishment, if you disbelieve, on a Day that will make the children grey-headed (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)?

(18)Whereon the heaven will be cleft asunder? His Promise is certainly to be accomplished.

(19)Verily, this is an admonition, therefore whosoever will, let him take a Path to His Lord!

(20)Verily, your Lord knows that you do stand (to pray at night) a little less than two-thirds of the night, or half the night, or a third of the night, and so do a party of those with you, And Allâh measures the night and the day. He knows that you are unable to pray the whole night, so He has turned to you (in mercy). So, recite you of the Qur'ân as much as may be easy for you. He knows that there will be some among you sick, others travelling through the land, seeking of Allâh's Bounty; yet others fighting in Allâh's Cause. So recite as much of the Qur'ân as may be easy (for you), and perform As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât) and give Zakât, and lend to Allâh a goodly loan, and whatever good you send before you for yourselves, (i.e. Nawâfil non-obligatory acts of worship: prayers, charity, fasting, Hajj and 'Umrah, etc.), you will certainly find it with Allâh, better and greater in reward. And seek Forgiveness of Allâh. Verily, Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most-Merciful[].

Nûh

(1)Verily, We sent Nûh (Noah) to his people (Saying): "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful torment."

(2)He said: "O my people! Verily, I am a plain warner to you,

(3)"That you should worship Allâh (Alone), be dutiful to Him, and obey me,

(4)"He (Allâh) will forgive you of your sins and respite you to an appointed term. Verily, the term of Allâh when it comes, cannot be delayed, if you but knew."

(5)He said: "O my Lord! Verily, I have called my people night and day (i.e. secretly and openly to accept the doctrine of Islâmic Monotheism)[] ,

(6)"But all my calling added nothing but to (their) flight (from the truth).

(7)"And verily! Every time I called unto them that You might forgive them, they thrust their fingers into their ears, covered themselves up with their garments, and persisted (in their refusal), and magnified themselves in pride.

(8)"Then verily, I called to them openly (aloud);

(9)"Then verily, I proclaimed to them in public, and I have appealed to them in private,

(10)"I said (to them): 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; Verily, He is Oft-Forgiving;

(11)'He will send rain to you in abundance;

(12)'And give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers.' "

(13)What is the matter with you, [that you fear not Allâh (His punishment), and] you hope not for reward (from Allâh or you believe not in His Oneness).

(14)While He has created you in (different) stages [i.e. first Nutfah, then 'Alaqah and then Mudghah, see (VV.23:13,14) the Qur'ân].

(15)See you not how Allâh has created the seven heavens one above another,

(16)And has made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp?

(17)And Allâh has brought you forth from the (dust of) earth. [Tafsir At-Tabarî, Vol.29, Page 97].

(18)Afterwards He will return you into it (the earth), and bring you forth (again on the Day of Resurrection)?

(19)And Allâh has made for you the earth wide spread (an expanse).

(20)That you may go about therein in broad roads.

(21)Nûh (Noah) said: "My Lord! They have disobeyed me, and followed one whose wealth and children give him no increase but only loss.

(22)"And they have plotted a mighty plot.

(23)"And they have said: 'You shall not leave your gods, nor shall you leave Wadd, nor Suwâ', nor Yaghûth, nor Ya'ûq, nor Nasr (names of the idols);

(24)"And indeed they have led many astray. And (O Allâh): 'Grant no increase to the Zâlimûn (polytheists, wrong-doers, and disbelievers, etc.) save error.' "

(25)Because of their sins they were drowned, then were made to enter the Fire, and they found none to help them instead of Allâh.

(26)And Nûh (Noah) said: "My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers on the earth!

(27)"If You leave them, they will mislead Your slaves, and they will beget none but wicked disbelievers."

(28)"My Lord! Forgive me, and my parents, and him who enters my home as a believer, and all the believing men and women. And to the Zâlimûn (polytheists, wrong-doers, and disbelievers, etc.) grant You no increase but destruction!"