73:1  O THOU ENFOLDED in thy mantle

73:2  Stand up all night, except a small portion of it, for prayer

73:3  Half; or curtail the half a little,

73:4  Or add to it: And with measured tone intone the Koran

73:5  For we shall devolve on thee weighty words

73:6  Verily, at the oncoming of night are devout impressions strongest, and words are most collected

73:7  But in the day time thou hast continual employ

73:8  And commemorate the name of thy Lord, and devote thyself to Him with entire devotion

73:9  Lord of the East and of the West! No God is there but He! Take Him for thy protector

73:10  And endure what they say with patience, and depart from them with a decorous departure

73:11  And let Me alone with the gainsayers, rich in the pleasures of this life; and bear thou with them yet a little while

73:12  For with Us are strong fetters, and a flaming fire

73:13  And food that choketh, and a sore torment

73:14  The day cometh when the earth and the mountains shall be shaken; and the mountains shall become a loose sand heap

73:15  Verily, we have sent you an Apostle to witness against you, even as we sent an Apostle to Pharaoh

73:16  But Pharaoh rebelled against the Apostle, and we therefore laid hold on him with a severe chastisement

73:17  And how, if ye believe not, will you screen yourselves from the day that shall turn children greyheaded

73:18  The very heaven shall be reft asunder by it: this threat shall be carried into effect

73:19  Lo! this is a warning. Let him then who will, take the way to his Lord

73:20  Of a truth, thy Lord knoweth that thou prayest almost two-thirds, or half, or a third of the night, as do a part of thy followers. But God measureth the night and the day: He knoweth that ye cannot count its hours aright, and therefore, turneth to you mercifully. Recite then so much of the Koran as may be easy to you. He knoweth that there will be some among you sick, while others travel through the earth in quest of the bounties of God; and others do battle in his cause. Recite therefore so much of it as may be easy. And observe the Prayers and pay the legal Alms, and lend God a liberal loan: for whatever good works ye send on before for your own behoof, ye shall find with God. This will be best and richest in the recompense. And seek the forgiveness of God: verily, God is forgiving, Merciful