Al-Jalalayn

Al-Jalalayn — Al-Jalalayn

O you enwrapped in your garment! the Prophet al-muzzammil is actually al-mutazammil but the tā’ has been assimilated with the zāy that is to say the one who wraps himself up in his clothes when the Revelation Gabriel comes to him in fear of him because of his awe-inspiring presence.

Al-Jalalayn — Al-Jalalayn

Stand vigil perform prayer through the night except a little

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a half of it nisfahu substitutes for qalīlan with ‘little’ being little by taking into account the whole night or reduce of it of the half a little up to a third

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or add to it up to two thirds aw implies free choice and recite the Qur’ān recite it carefully in a measured tone.

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Verily soon We shall cast on you a weighty an awe-inspiring or stern word a weighty Qur’ān because of the prescriptions imposed in it.