Text of verse 73:3
نِّصْفَهُۥٓ أَوِ ٱنقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلًا ٣
Transliteration
niṣ'fahu awi unquṣ min'hu qalīlan
Translation
Half of it - or subtract from it a little
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Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary
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Surah Al-Muzzammil, Verse 3
سورة المزمل، الآية ٣
Verse 3 of Surah Al-Muzzammil (73:3), 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 3
Al-Mukhtasar
Pray for half of it if you wish, or pray for a little less than half until you reach one third.
Other translations of verse 3
half of it, or a little less,
Half of it or a little less than that,
A half thereof, or abate a little thereof
Half of it,- or a little less,
Half of it, or lessen it a little,
A half of it, or diminish a little thereof,
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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…