أَو زِد عَلَيهِ وَرَتِّلِ القُرآنَ تَرتيلًا

Or add to it, and recite the Quran with measured recitation.

إِنّا سَنُلقي عَلَيكَ قَولًا ثَقيلًا

We will send down to you a heavy word.

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.

وَاصبِر عَلىٰ ما يَقولونَ وَاهجُرهُم هَجرًا جَميلًا

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

وَذَرني وَالمُكَذِّبينَ أُولِي النَّعمَةِ وَمَهِّلهُم قَليلًا

And leave Me and the deniers, the possessors of ease and comfort; and respite them for a while.

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.