CHAPTER 73.  THE ONE WRAPPED IN GARMENTS                SECTION 1.  PART XXIX 

IN THE NAME OF GOD
THE MOST GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL GOD

1  OH YOU COVERING
IN WRAPPINGS

2  STAND TO PRAYER BY NIGHT
BUT NOT ALL NIGHT

3  HALF OF IT 
OR A LITTLE LESS THAN IT

4  OR A LITTLE MORE THAN IT
AND RECITE THE QURAN SLOWLY AND RHYTHMIC 

5  SOON WILL WE 
SEND DOWN TO YOU A MESSAGE THAT IS WEIGHTY

6  THE RISING BY NIGHT IS MOST POTENT FOR GOVERNING 
AND MOST SUITABLE FOR PRAYER AND PRAISING

7  TRUE THERE IS BY DAY FOR YOU 
PROLONGED OCCUPATION WITH ORDINARY DUES

8  BUT KEEP IN REMEMBRANCE GOD'S NAME DEVOTEDLY 
AND KEEP YOURSELF TO HIM WHOLE HEARTEDLY

9  HE IS LORD OF EAST AND WEST, THERE IS NO GOD BUT HE 
TAKE HIM FOR YOUR DISPOSER OF AFFAIRS IN SECURITY

10  AND HAVE PATIENCE WITH WHAT THEY SAY
AND LEAVE THEM IN A NOBLE WAY

11  AND THE DENIERS AND POSSESSORS OF PLENTY
LEAVE THEM WITH ME AND RESPITE THEM TEMPORARILY

12  WITH US ARE FETTERS TO BIND THEM 
AND A FIRE TO BURN THEM

13  AND FOOD THAT CHOKES THEM
AND A GRIEVOUS PENALTY FOR THEM

14  ONE DAY THE EARTH AND THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE 
IN VIOLENT COMMOTION AND THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE 
JUST A HEAP OF SAND POURED OUT FLOWING HELPLESSLY

15  WE HAVE SENT TO YOU TO BE A WITNESS, AN APOSTLE 
EVEN AS WE SENT TO PHARAOH AN APOSTLE

16  BUT PHARAOH DISOBEYED THE APOSTLE 
SO WE SEIZED HIM WITH A PENALTY THAT WAS TERRIBLE

17  HOW WILL YOU IF YOU TURN AWAY
THEN GUARD YOURSELVES AGAINST A DAY 
THAT WILL MAKE CHILDREN'S HAIR GRAY

18  ON WHICH THE SKY WILL BE CLEFT ASUNDER 
HIS PROMISE MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED FOR SURE

19  SURELY THIS IS AN ADMONITION FROM YOUR LORD
WHOEVER WILL LET HIM TAKE A STRAIGHT PATH TO HIS LORD

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CHAPTER 73.  THE ONE WRAPPED IN GARMENTS               SECTION 2.  PART XXIX 

20  YOUR LORD KNOWS THAT DURING THE NIGHT
YOU STAND UP PRAYING FOR TWO THIRDS OF THE NIGHT 
OR HALF OF THE NIGHT OR A THIRD OF THE NIGHT 

AND SO DO A PARTY OF THOSE WITH YOU
GOD APPOINTS DAY AND NIGHT AND KNOWS THAT YOU 
ARE UNABLE TO KEEP COUNT SO HE HAS TURNED TO YOU 
SO READ OF THE QURAN AS MUCH AS MAY BE EASY FOR YOU
HE KNOWS THAT THERE MAY BE SOME AMONG YOU 
IN ILL HEALTH, OTHERS TRAVELING THE EARTH THROUGH 

SEEKING OF THEIR LORD'S BOUNTY
OTHERS FIGHTING IN GOD'S CAUSE EARNESTLY
SO READ AS MUCH OF THE QURAN AS MAY BE EASY 
AND ESTABLISH PRAYER REGULARLY 
ALSO PRACTICE REGULAR CHARITY 
AND LOAN TO GOD A LOAN OF BEAUTY

AND WHATEVER GOOD YOU SEND FORWARD 
YOU WILL FIND IT WITH GOD GREATER IN REWARD 
AND SEEK THE GRACE OF YOUR LORD 
FOR FORGIVING AND MERCIFUL IS YOUR LORD

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