English - Maududi

Stand up in Prayer by night, all but a small part of it;

or add to it a little; and recite the Qur'an slowly and distinctly.

Surely getting up at night is the best means of subduing the self and is more suitable for uprightness in speech.

So remember the name of your Lord and devote yourself to Him with exclusive devotion.

And bear patiently the vain things they utter, and gracefully forsake them.

We have heavy fetters and a blazing Fire in store for them;

(They will come across all this) on the Day when the earth and the mountains shall tremble violently and the mountains shall crumble into heaps of scattered sand.

But Pharaoh disobeyed Our Messenger, so We seized him with a terrible seizing.

the Day whose severity shall cause the heaven to split asunder? Allah's promise is ever bound to be fulfilled.

(O Prophet), your Lord knows that you sometimes stand up in Prayer nearly two-thirds of the night, and sometimes half or one-third 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 Qur'an 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 Allah's bounty, and still others who are fighting in the cause of Allah. So recite as much of the Qur'an 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 Allah's forgiveness; surely He is Most Forgiving, Most Compassionate.