إِنَّ ناشِئَةَ اللَّيلِ هِيَ أَشَدُّ وَطئًا وَأَقوَمُ قيلًا

The night vigil is more effective, and more suitable for understanding.

إِنَّ لَكَ فِي النَّهارِ سَبحًا طَويلًا

You have during the day long engagements.

وَاذكُرِ اسمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّل إِلَيهِ تَبتيلًا

Invoke the name of your Lord, and dedicate yourself to Him wholeheartedly.

رَبُّ المَشرِقِ وَالمَغرِبِ لا إِلـٰهَ إِلّا هُوَ فَاتَّخِذهُ وَكيلًا

Lord of the east and the west, there is no deity except Him, so take Him as Trustee.

وَاصبِر عَلىٰ ما يَقولونَ وَاهجُرهُم هَجرًا جَميلًا

And bear patiently what they say, and leave them in a dignified manner.

إِنَّ لَدَينا أَنكالًا وَجَحيمًا

We prepared chains, and a blazing fire.

وَطَعامًا ذا غُصَّةٍ وَعَذابًا أَليمًا

And food that gags, and a torment most painful.

يَومَ تَرجُفُ الأَرضُ وَالجِبالُ وَكانَتِ الجِبالُ كَثيبًا مَهيلًا

The Day the earth and the mountains will quake, and the mountains will become like shifting mounds of sand.

إِنّا أَرسَلنا إِلَيكُم رَسولًا شاهِدًا عَلَيكُم كَما أَرسَلنا إِلىٰ فِرعَونَ رَسولًا

We have sent to you a Messenger, a witness over you, just as We sent a Messenger to Pharaoh.

فَعَصىٰ فِرعَونُ الرَّسولَ فَأَخَذناهُ أَخذًا وَبيلًا

But Pharaoh defied the Messenger, so We seized him with a devastating grip.