O you who have wrapped up in your garments!

Rise to pray in the night except a little,

Half of it, or lessen it a little,

Or add to it, and recite the Quran as it ought to be recited.

Surely We will make to light upon you a weighty Word.

Surely the rising by night is the firmest way to tread and the best corrective of speech.

Surely you have in the day time a long occupation.

And remember the name of your Lord and devote yourself to Him with (exclusive) devotion.

The Lord of the East and the West-- there is no god but He-- therefore take Him for a protector.

And bear patiently what they say and avoid them with a becoming avoidance.

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