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Surah Al-Muzzammil, Verse 2

سورة المزمل، الآية ٢

73:2 Juz 29 Hizb 58 Page 574 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 73:2

قُمِ ٱلَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا ۝٢

Transliteration

qumi al-layla illā qalīlan

Translation

Arise [to pray] the night, except for a little -

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Verse 2 of Surah Al-Muzzammil (73:2), a Meccan surah, is in juz 29, on page 574 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 2

Al-Mukhtasar

Offer prayer at night except for a little part of it.

Tafsir of the whole Surah Al-Muzzammil

Other translations of verse 2

Stand up in prayer at night except a little,

Stand (to pray) all night, except a little -

Keep vigil the night long, save a little -

Stand (to prayer) by night, but not all night,-

Rise to pray in the night except a little,

Rise up (to pray during) the night, except a little,

Verse 2 word by word

  1. قُمِ qumi Stand ق و م
  2. ٱلَّيْلَ al-layla (in) the night ل ي ل
  3. إِلَّا illā except
  4. قَلِيلًا qalīlan a little ق ل ل

Hadiths that cite this verse

Good (hasan) Sunan Abu Dawud 1304

In Surat al-Muzzammil (73), the verse: "Keep vigil at night but a little, a half thereof" (2-3) has been abrogated by the following verse: "He knoweth that ye count it not, and turneth unto you in mercy. Recite then of the Qur'an that which is easy for you" (v.20). The phrase "the vigil of the…

قَالَ فِي الْمُزَّمِّلِ ‏‏{‏ قُمِ اللَّيْلَ إِلاَّ قَلِيلاً * نِصْفَهُ ‏}‏ نَسَخَتْهَا الآيَةُ الَّتِي فِيهَا ‏‏{‏ عَلِمَ أَنْ لَنْ تُحْصُوهُ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْرَءُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ ‏}‏ وَنَاشِئَةُ…

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