In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. 
| |1*	O thou folded in garments! 
| |2*	Stand (to prayer) by night, but not all night,- 
| |3*	Half of it,- or a little less, 
| |4*	Or a little more; and recite the Quran in slow, measured rhythmic tones. 
| |5*	Soon shall We send down to thee a weighty Word. 
| |6*	Truly the rising by night is a time when impression is more keen and speech more certain. 
| |7*	True, there is for thee by day prolonged occupation with ordinary duties: 
| |8*	But keep in remembrance the name of thy Lord and devote thyself to Him whole-heartedly. 
| |9*	(He is) Lord of the East and the West: there is no god but He: take Him therefore for (thy) Disposer of Affairs. 
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