51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 17
كَانُوا قَل۪يلاً مِنَ الَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ
Kanoo qaleelan mina allayli mayahjaAAoon
The part of the night they spent asleep was small
- Progressive Muslims
They used to rarely sleep the whole night.
- Shabbir Ahmed
And rarely did they fall asleep at night without reflection. ('Haju' = Fall asleep instantly like an exhausted horse).
- Sam Gerrans
They slept but little of the night,
- The Monotheist Group
They used to rarely sleep the whole night.
- Edip-Layth
They used to rarely sleep the whole night.
- Aisha Bewley
The part of the night they spent asleep was small
- Rashad Khalifa
Rarely did they sleep the whole night.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
They slept little in the night,
- Sahih International
They used to sleep but little of the night,
- Muhammad Asad
they would lie asleep during but a small part of the night,
- Marmaduke Pickthall
They used to sleep but little of the night,
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
They hardly missed a night but apportioned part of it, be it little or much, to divine worship at the expense of their sleep.
- Bijan Moeinian
They cut their sleeping at night short to worship their Lord.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
They used to sleep but little by night [invoking their Lord (Allâh) and praying, with fear and hope].
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
They were in the habit of sleeping but little by night,
- Mustafa Khattab
they used to sleep only little in the night,
- Taqi Usmani
They used to sleep little in the night;
- Abdul Haleem
sleeping only little at night,
- Arthur John Arberry
Little of the night would they slumber,
- E. Henry Palmer
But little of the night they slept;
- Hamid S. Aziz
They used to sleep but little in the night.
- Mahmoud Ghali
They used to slumber (only) little of the night;
- George Sale
They slept but a small part of the night;
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
They were in the habit of sleeping but little by night,
- Amatul Rahman Omar
They were in the habit of sleeping but a little by night (for their being occupied in God's worship).
- Ali Quli Qarai
They used to sleep a little during the night,