۞ إِنَّ
رَبَّكَ
يَعْلَمُ
أَنَّكَ
تَقُومُ
أَدْنَىٰ
مِن
ثُلُثَىِ
ٱلَّيْلِ
وَنِصْفَهُۥ
وَثُلُثَهُۥ
وَطَآئِفَةٌۭ
مِّنَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
مَعَكَ ۚ
وَٱللَّهُ
يُقَدِّرُ
ٱلَّيْلَ
وَٱلنَّهَارَ ۚ
عَلِمَ
أَن
لَّن
تُحْصُوهُ
فَتَابَ
عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ
فَٱقْرَءُوا۟
مَا
تَيَسَّرَ
مِنَ
ٱلْقُرْءَانِ ۚ
عَلِمَ
أَن
سَيَكُونُ
مِنكُم
مَّرْضَىٰ ۙ
وَءَاخَرُونَ
يَضْرِبُونَ
فِى
ٱلْأَرْضِ
يَبْتَغُونَ
مِن
فَضْلِ
ٱللَّهِ ۙ
وَءَاخَرُونَ
يُقَـٰتِلُونَ
فِى
سَبِيلِ
ٱللَّهِ ۖ
فَٱقْرَءُوا۟
مَا
تَيَسَّرَ
مِنْهُ ۚ
وَأَقِيمُوا۟
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ
وَءَاتُوا۟
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ
وَأَقْرِضُوا۟
ٱللَّهَ
قَرْضًا
حَسَنًۭا ۚ
وَمَا
تُقَدِّمُوا۟
لِأَنفُسِكُم
مِّنْ
خَيْرٍۢ
تَجِدُوهُ
عِندَ
ٱللَّهِ
هُوَ
خَيْرًۭا
وَأَعْظَمَ
أَجْرًۭا ۚ
وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟
ٱللَّهَ ۖ
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
غَفُورٌۭ
رَّحِيمٌۢ
٢٠
[Prophet], your Lord is well aware that you sometimes spend nearly two-thirds of the night at prayer––sometimes half, sometimes a third––as do some of your followers. God determines the division of night and day. He knows that you will not be able to keep a measure of it and He has relented towards all of you, so recite as much of the Quran as is easy for you. He knows that some of you will be sick, some of you travelling through the land seeking God’s bounty, some of you fighting in God’s way: recite as much as is easy for you, keep up the prayer, pay the prescribed alms, and make God a good loan. Whatever good you store up for yourselves will be improved and increased for you. Ask God for His forgiveness, He is most forgiving, most merciful.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem