In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
73:1O you cloaked one.
73:2Meditate during the night, except rarely.
73:3Half of it, or a little less.
73:4Or a little more. And read the Quran from cover to cover.
73:5We will give you a heavy message.
73:6The meditation at night is more effective, and more righteous.
73:7You have a lot of time during the day for other matters.
73:8You shall commemorate the name of your Lord, to come ever closer and closer to Him.
73:9Lord of the east and the west; there is no other god beside Him. You should choose Him as your advocate.
73:10And remain steadfast in the face of their utterances, and disregard them in a nice manner.
73:11And let Me deal with the rejectors, who have been generously blessed; just give them a little time.
73:12We have severe punishments, and Hell.
73:13Food that can hardly be swallowed, and painful retribution.
73:14The day will come when the earth and the mountains will quake, and the mountains will turn into a weightless pile.
73:15We have sent to you a messenger, just as we sent to Pharaoh a messenger.
73:16Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger and, consequently, we punished him severely.
73:17If you disbelieve, how can you evade a day so terrible that it makes the infants gray-haired?
73:18The heaven will shatter therefrom. His promise is true.
73:19This is a reminder; whoever wills, let him choose the path to his Lord.
73:20Your Lord knows that you meditate during two-thirds of the night, or half of it, or one-third of it, and so do some of those who believed with you. GOD has designed the night and the day, and He knows that you cannot always do this. He has pardoned you. Instead, you shall read what you can of the Quran. He knows that some of you may be ill, others may be traveling in pursuit of GOD’s provisions, and others may be striving in the cause of GOD. You shall read what you can of it, and observe the contact prayers (Salat), give the obligatory charity (Zakat), and lend GOD a loan of righteousness. Whatever good you send ahead on behalf of your souls, you will find it at GOD far better and generously rewarded. And implore GOD for forgiveness. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.