Surely your Lord knows that you (O Messenger) rise and keep vigil sometimes nearly two-thirds of the night or (other times) a half of it or a third of it, and so do some of those who are in your company as believers. God determines the measure of the night and day (which He has created). He knows that you (O believers) are unable to sustain (such long vigils every night) and He has turned to you in mercy: so recite (when you do the Prayer) from the Qur’ān what is easy for you (to sustain as regular practice). He knows that there will be among you those who are sick, and others going about the land seeking of God’s bounty, and still others fighting in God’s cause. Recite from it, then, as much as is easy (for you).¹ But establish the Prayer in conformity with its conditions as prescribed, pay the Prescribed Purifying Alms (the Zakāh), and lend God a good loan (by spending in His cause and for the needy). Whatever of good you forward (to your future, eternal life) for your own selves, you will find it with God, better and greater in reward (than all that you have left behind in the world, and much increased in value). And seek God’s forgiveness (in all circumstances and eventualities).² God is All-Forgiving, All-Compassionate (especially toward His believing, penitent servants).