Surah Muzammil


You wrapping yourself,
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stand through the night, except a little—
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half, or a little less,
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or more; and chant the Qur’an rhythmically:
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for We will send you a weighty word.
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Indeed, rising by night is most intense as a discipline, and most appropriate for receptivity to the Word.
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You do have a long course during the day,
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yet remember the name of God, and devote yourself wholly to God,
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Lord of the East and the West— there is no other deity, so take God as a guardian,
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and endure what they say patiently, and remain aloof from them with a graceful detachment.
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