The Enshrouded One

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

[73:1]

O thou wrapped up in thy raiment!

[73:2]

Keep vigil the night long, save a little -

[73:3]

A half thereof, or abate a little thereof

[73:4]

Or add (a little) thereto - and chant the Qur’an in measure,

[73:5]

For we shall charge thee with a word of weight.

[73:6]

Lo! the vigil of the night is (a time) when impression is more keen and speech more certain.

[73:7]

Lo! thou hast by day a chain of business.

[73:8]

So remember the name of thy Lord and devote thyself with a complete devotion -

[73:9]

Lord of the East and the West; there is no God save Him; so choose thou Him alone for thy defender -

[73:10]

And bear with patience what they utter, and part from them with a fair leave-taking.

[73:11]

Leave Me to deal with the deniers, lords of ease and comfort (in this life); and do thou respite them awhile.

[73:12]

Lo! with Us are heavy fetters and a raging fire,

[73:13]

And food which choketh (the partaker), and a painful doom

[73:14]

On the day when the earth and the hills rock, and the hills become a heap of running sand.

[73:15]

Lo! We have sent unto you a messenger as witness against you, even as We sent unto Pharaoh a messenger.

[73:16]

But Pharaoh rebelled against the messenger, whereupon We seized him with no gentle grip.

[73:17]

Then how, if ye disbelieve, will ye protect yourselves upon the day which will turn children grey,

[73:18]

The very heaven being then rent asunder. His promise is to be fulfilled.

[73:19]

Lo! This is a Reminder. Let him who will, then, choose a way unto his Lord.