Al-Muzzammil
سورة المزملThis is the Arabic text of the Tafsīr al-Jalālayn of Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī and Jalāl al-Dīn as-Suyūṭī as the OpenITI corpus has it, from the copy of altafsir.com that the COBHUNI project of Hamburg University took: only the commentary on the verses, with no introductions, no edition and no pagination. Nobody has compared it with a printed book or a manuscript, and no scholar has reviewed it. Each passage stands beside the verses it comments on, which are the Qur’ān text of Tanzil, shown as it is there. Beneath each passage stands its English translation by Feras Hamza, as the copy of Tarteel’s Quranic Universal Library has it; nobody has compared that copy with the printed book either.
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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُزَّمِّلُ 1
{ يأيها المزمل } النبي وأصله المتزمل أدغمت التاء في الزاي، أي المتلفف بثيابه حين مجيء الوحي له خوفا منه لهيبته.
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.
قُمِ ٱلَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا 2
{ قم اليل } صل { إلا قليلا }.
Stand vigil, perform prayer, through the night, except a little,
نِّصْفَهُۥٓ أَوِ ٱنقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلًا 3
{ نصفه } بدل من «قليلا» وقلته بالنظر إلى الكل { أو انقص منه } من النصف { قليلا } إلى الثلث.
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,
أَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَتِّلِ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ تَرْتِيلًا 4
{ أو زد عليه } إلى الثلثين، وأو للتخيير { ورتل القرءان } تثبت في تلاوته { ترتيلا }.
or add to it, up to two thirds (aw implies [free] choice), and recite the Qur’ān, recite it carefully, in a measured tone.
إِنَّا سَنُلْقِى عَلَيْكَ قَوْلًا ثَقِيلًا 5
{ إنا سنلقى عليك قولا } قرآنا { ثقيلا } مهيبا أو شديدا لما فيه من التكاليف.
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.
إِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ ٱلَّيْلِ هِىَ أَشَدُّ وَطْـًٔا وَأَقْوَمُ قِيلًا 6
{ إن ناشئة اليل } القيام بعد النوم { هى أشد وطئا } موافقة السمع للقلب على تفهم القرآن { وأقوم قيلا } أبين قولا.
Assuredly rising in the night, to wake up after [having been in] sleep, is firmer in tread, [more] conducive to [establishing] harmony between the hearing and the heart for the purpose of comprehending the Qur’ān, and more upright in respect to speech, clearer for utterance [of devotions].
إِنَّ لَكَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ سَبْحًا طَوِيلًا 7
{ إن لك فى النهار سبحا طويلا } تصرفا في إشغالك لا تفرغ فيه لتلاوة القرآن.
[For] assuredly during the day you have extended engagements, administering your affairs, and you do not have the time to recite Qur’ān.
وَٱذْكُرِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلْ إِلَيْهِ تَبْتِيلًا 8
{ واذكر اسم ربك } أي قل «بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم» في ابتداء قراءتك { وتبتل } انقطع { إليه } في العبادة { تبتيلا } مصدر بتل جيء به رعاية للفواصل وهو ملزوم التبتل.
And mention the Name of your Lord, that is, say, bi’smi’Llāhi’l-rahmāni’l-rahīm, ‘In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful’, to begin your recitation, and devote yourself [exclusively] to Him with complete devotion (tabtīlan is the verbal noun from batala, used here [instead of tabattulan] in order to concord with the end-rhyme of the verses) for he [the Prophet] is obliged to devote himself to God.
رَّبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱتَّخِذْهُ وَكِيلًا 9
هو { رب المشرق والمغرب لآ إله إلا هو فاتخذه وكيلا } موكلا له أمورك.
He is, Lord of the east and the west; there is no god except Him, so take Him for a Guardian, entrusting your affairs to Him,
وَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَٱهْجُرْهُمْ هَجْرًا جَمِيلًا 10
{ واصبر على ما يقولون } أي كفار مكة من أذاهم { واهجرهم هجرا جميلا } لا جزع فيه وهذا قبل الأمر بقتالهم.
and bear patiently what they say, that is, the disbelievers of Mecca, in the way of their maltreatment [of you], and part with them in a gracious manner, without any anguish — this was [revealed] before the command to fight them.
وَذَرْنِى وَٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ أُو۟لِى ٱلنَّعْمَةِ وَمَهِّلْهُمْ قَلِيلًا 11
{ وذرنى } اتركني { والمكذبين } عطف على المفعول، أو مفعول معه، والمعنى أنا كافيكهم. وهم صناديد قريش { أولى النعمة } التنعم { ومهلهم قليلا } من الزمن فقتلوا بعد يسير منه ببدر.
And leave Me [to deal] with the deniers (wa’l-mukadhdhibīna is a supplement to the direct object, or [it is] an object of accompaniment; the meaning is: ‘I will avail you of them’, they being the doughty [leaders] of Quraysh), those enjoying affluence, and respite them a little, while — they were killed soon afterwards at Badr.
إِنَّ لَدَيْنَآ أَنكَالًا وَجَحِيمًا 12
{ إن لدينآ أنكالا } قيودا ثقالا جمع نكل بكسر النون { وجحيما } نارا محرقة.
[For] indeed with Us are heavy fetters (ankāl is the plural of nikl), heavy shackles, and a hell-fire, a scorching Fire,