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← Surah 51

51:17

كَانُوا۟ قَلِيلًا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ

Word by word

كَانُوا۟
They used to
Verb
Root: كون
قَلِيلًا
little
Noun
Root: قلل
مِّنَ
of
Preposition
ٱلَّيْلِ
the night
Noun
Root: ليل
مَا
[what]
Noun
يَهْجَعُونَ
sleep
Verb
Root: هجع

Translation

They were in the habit of sleeping but little by night,

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

Onlar geceleyin pek az uyurlardı.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

Geceleri az uyurlardı.

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

They used to sleep but little of the night,

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain