أَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَتِّلِ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ تَرْتِيلًا
Aw zid 'alaihi wa rattilil Qur'aana tarteela
Ey örtünüp bürünen! Gecenin yarısında, istersen biraz sonra, istersen biraz önce bir müddet için kalk ve ağır ağır Kuran oku.
or a little more — and recite the Qur'an with measured clarity.
Measured recitation is prescribed here as a manner rather than a quantity, so the surah can later loosen the amount without touching it: 73:20 cuts back the night standing and still asks for recitation. The same word describes how the revelation came down, since 25:32 answers the objection that it did not arrive all at once by saying it was given in stages. Sending and saying are held to one tempo.