In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Conclusion from Al-Tabari’s interpretation
It was summarized by Dr. Aqeel bin Salem Al-Shammar
Surat Al-Muzzammil
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Oh, you who are humble!
Stay up all night except for a little while
Half of it or a little less
Or add to it and recite the Qur’an in a resonant manner
O you, the one who is wrapped in his clothes
He is the Prophet of God, may God bless him and grant him peace
Stay up all night, O Muhammad, except a little of it
Get up at midnight
Or less than half of it a little
Or add to it
And make the Qur’an clear to me, when you read it, you will clearly understand it and be guided in it
We will give you a heavy word
The beginning of the night is the most severe and the strongest
You have a long praise during the day
We will deliver to you a heavy and loaded statement
The work is heavy with its limits and obligations
The hours of the night are more stable than the days and are firmer in the heart
O Muhammad, you have a long free time during the day in which you expand and change
And remember the name of your Lord and seek Him with complete devotion
Lord of the East and the West, there is no god but Him, so take Him as a representative
Be patient with what they say and abandon them with grace
And remember, O Muhammad, the name of your Lord, and call upon Him by it
And devote yourself to Him to fulfill your needs and worship to the exclusion of all other things
Lord of the people of the East, the West, and the world in between
No god but God should be worshiped
So take him as your agent in what he commands you and delegate your reasons to him
And be patient, O Muhammad, with what the polytheists from your people say to you and their harm
And abandoning them for the sake of God is a beautiful abandonment
Leave me and the liars, the recipients of grace, and give them a little reprieve
We have ankala and hell
And bitter food and painful torment
So leave me, O Muhammad, and those who deny My verses, the people of luxury in this world
And He will delay them with the torment which He has inflicted on them for a little while until the prescribed time is reached
Indeed, We have for those who deny Our signs chains and a burning Fire
And food that makes the eater suffocate
It is neither coming down from his throat nor coming out of it
A painful and excruciating torment
On the day when the earth and the mountains would shake, and the mountains would be huge dunes
We have these polytheists from Quraish who are harming you, O Muhammad
The punishments he described on the day the earth and the mountains tremble
The mountains were scattered liquid sand
We have sent to you a messenger as a witness over you, just as We sent a messenger to Pharaoh
So Pharaoh disobeyed the Messenger, so we seized him with a harsh punishment
We have sent to you, O people, a messenger as a witness over you
With the response of those of you who responded to my invitation and the refusal of those of you who refused to answer
The day you meet me in the Resurrection
Like We sent before you to the Pharaoh of Egypt a messenger calling him to the truth
Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger we sent to him
So we seized him severely and destroyed him and all those with him
So how can you fear the Day when children become grey?
The sky was broken by him, his promise was fulfilled
O people, how do you fear a day when children will turn gray if you disbelieve in God and do not believe in Him?
The sky was heavy that day, cracked and cracked
Whatever God promised to do would be effective because He does not break His promise
This is a reminder, so whoever wishes may take a way to his Lord
These are the verses in which the matter of the Resurrection and its horrors are mentioned
What is done in it to the people of disbelief is an example and an admonition to those who consider it and a lesson
Whoever wants to take a path to his Lord by believing in Him and acting in obedience to Him
Your Lord knows that you are standing nearer than two-thirds of the night, half or a third of the night, and a group of those with you
And God determines night and day
He knew that you would not be able to count it, so he turned to you, so read what you can from the Qur’an
He knew that there would be sickness among you and others wandering in the land seeking God’s bounty and others fighting in the cause of God
So they recited whatever of it was possible, established prayer, paid zakat, and lent God a good loan
And whatever good you put forward for yourselves, you will find with God that it is better and greater in reward
And ask forgiveness from God. Indeed, God is Forgiving and Merciful
Your Lord, O Muhammad, knows that you stand up closer than two-thirds of the night praying, and half or a third of it, along with a group of the Companions of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace.
Those who believed in God when He imposed on them the night prayers, and God determines the night and the day with hours and times
Your Lord knew that you would not be able to endure the Resurrection, so He turned to you when you were unable and weak for Him and returned to you to ease your burden.
So recite at night what is easy for you from the Qur’an in your prayers
Your Lord knows, O believers, that there will be sick people among you whose illness has weakened them from praying at night
Others travel through the land, seeking God’s bounty through trade
They had traveled to seek livelihood, but they were unable and weak to perform the night prayers
There are also others among you who strive against the enemy and fight them in support of God’s religion
May God have mercy on you and ease your burden and remove the obligation of praying the night prayers from you
So now, since this has lightened your prayers at night, recite as much of the Qur’an as you can
And perform the obligatory prayers, which are the five daily prayers per day and night
And give the zakat imposed on your wealth to those who deserve it
And spend for the sake of God from your wealth
And do not advance, O believers, for yourselves in the abode of this world
From charity or expenses you spend for the sake of God
Or other expenses for charitable purposes
Or an act of obedience to God, such as prayer, fasting, or Hajj
Or other good deeds in pursuit of what God has
You will find him with God on the Day of Resurrection at your appointed time
It is better for you than what you gave in this world and greater in reward
Ask God to forgive your sins by forgiving you about them
God is the One who forgives the sins of any of His servants who repent of their sins
And He is merciful to punish them for it after they repent from it