Surah Al-Muzzammil · Ayah 2·Makkī

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إِلَّا ﴿٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Arise [to pray] the night, except for a little -

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 3 roots in 3 of 4 words

Recitation · 3 points across 2 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī2
  • Ikhfāʾ1

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

4 words · 14 letters · āyah 2 of 20

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • Quran 73:20 · Al-Muzzammilvery close

    إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَقُومُ أَدْنَىٰ مِن ثُلُثَىِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَنِصْفَهُۥ وَثُلُثَهُۥ وَطَآئِفَةٌ مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَكَ وَٱللَّهُ يُقَدِّرُ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ عَلِمَ أَن لَّن تُحْصُوهُ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ فَٱقْرَءُوا۟ مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ ٱلْقُرْءَانِ عَلِمَ أَن سَيَكُونُ مِنكُم مَّرْضَىٰ وَءَاخَرُونَ يَضْرِبُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَبْتَغُونَ مِن فَضْلِ ٱللَّهِ وَءَاخَرُونَ يُقَٰتِلُونَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱقْرَءُوا۟ مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُ وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَأَقْرِضُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا وَمَا تُقَدِّمُوا۟ لِأَنفُسِكُم مِّنْ خَيْرٍ تَجِدُوهُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ هُوَ خَيْرًا وَأَعْظَمَ أَجْرًا وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌۢ

    Indeed, your Lord knows, [O Muhammad], that you stand [in prayer] almost two thirds of the night or half of it or a third of it, and [so do] a group of those with you. And Allah…

  • Quran 73:7 · Al-Muzzammilclose

    إِنَّ لَكَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ سَبْحًا طَوِيلًا

    Indeed, for you by day is prolonged occupation.

  • Quran 17:79 · Al-Israaclose

    وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهِۦ نَافِلَةً لَّكَ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَبْعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقَامًا مَّحْمُودًا

    And from [part of] the night, pray with it as additional [worship] for you; it is expected that your Lord will resurrect you to a praised station.

  • Quran 76:26 · Al-Insaanclose

    وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَٱسْجُدْ لَهُۥ وَسَبِّحْهُ لَيْلًا طَوِيلًا

    And during the night prostrate to Him and exalt Him a long [part of the] night.

  • Quran 25:46 · Al-Furqaanclose

    ثُمَّ قَبَضْنَٰهُ إِلَيْنَا قَبْضًا يَسِيرًا

    Then We hold it in hand for a brief grasp.

  • Quran 74:1 · Al-Muddaththirclose

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ

    O you who covers himself [with a garment],

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Adh-Dhaariyat 51:172 shared roots

    كَانُوا۟ قَلِيلًا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ

    ق-ل-لل-ي-ل

  • Nooh 71:52 shared roots

    قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِى لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا

    ل-ي-لق-و-م

  • Yunus 10:62 shared roots

    إِنَّ فِى ٱخْتِلَٰفِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَّقُونَ

    ل-ي-لق-و-م

  • Yunus 10:672 shared roots

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ لِتَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَسْمَعُونَ

    ل-ي-لق-و-م

  • An-Naml 27:862 shared roots

    أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا جَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِيَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    ل-ي-لق-و-م

  • Al-Muzzammil 73:62 shared roots

    إِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ ٱلَّيْلِ هِىَ أَشَدُّ وَطْـًٔا وَأَقْوَمُ قِيلًا

    ل-ي-لق-و-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 73:2?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 73:2 include Quran 73:20 (Surah Al-Muzzammil), Quran 73:7 (Surah Al-Muzzammil), Quran 17:79 (Surah Al-Israa), and Quran 76:26 (Surah Al-Insaan). For example, 73:20 reads: “Indeed, your Lord knows, [O Muhammad], that you stand [in prayer] almost two thirds of the night or half of it or a third of it, and [so do] a group of those with you. And Allah…” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 73:2 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 73:2 (Surah Al-Muzzammil, The Enshrouded One) reads: “Arise [to pray] the night, except for a little -”

Which surah is verse 73:2 in?

Quran 73:2 is āyah 2 of Surah Al-Muzzammil (The Enshrouded One), chapter 73 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 20 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 73:2?

Tartīl presents Quran 73:2 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.