 your lord knows that you sometimes stand up in prayer nearly twothirds of the night and sometimes half or onethird of it and so does a party of those with you allah measures the night and the day. he knows that you cannot keep an accurate count of it so he has shown mercy to you. so now recite as much of the quran as you can. he knows that there are among you those who are sick and others who are journeying in the land in quest of allahs bounty and still others who are fighting in the cause of allah. so recite as much of the quran as you easily can and establish prayer and pay zakah and give allah a goodly loan. whatever good you send forth for yourselves you shall find it with allah. that is better and its reward is greater. and ask for allahs forgiveness surely he is most forgiving most compassionate.
إن ربك يعلم أنك تقوم أدنى من ثلثي الليل ونصفه وثلثه وطائفة من الذين معك والله يقدر الليل والنهار علم أن لن تحصوه فتاب عليكم فاقرءوا ما تيسر من القرآن علم أن سيكون منكم مرضى وآخرون يضربون في الأرض يبتغون من فضل الله وآخرون يقاتلون في سبيل الله فاقرءوا ما تيسر منه وأقيموا الصلاة وآتوا الزكاة وأقرضوا الله قرضا حسنا وما تقدموا لأنفسكم من خير تجدوه عند الله هو خيرا وأعظم أجرا واستغفروا الله إن الله غفور رحيم