← Surah 51

51:17

كَانُوا۟ قَلِيلًا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ

Word by word

كَانُوا۟
They used to
Verb
Root: كون
Grammar (i'rab)
كَانُVerbperfect، 3rd masc. plur.
وا۟Nounpronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
قَلِيلًا
little
Noun
Root: قلل
Grammar (i'rab)
قَلِيلًاNounmasc. sing.، indefinite، accusative
مِّنَ
of
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
مِّنَPrepositionpreposition
ٱلَّيْلِ
the night
Noun
Root: ليل
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلَّPrepositiondefinite، prefix
يْلِNounmasculine، genitive
مَا
[what]
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
مَاNounrelative
يَهْجَعُونَ
sleep
Verb
Root: هجع
Grammar (i'rab)
يَهْجَعُVerbimperfect، 3rd masc. plur.
ونَNounpronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.

Translation

EN

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

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

sleeping only little at night,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

They used to sleep but little of the night,

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

They used to sleep but little of the night,

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Onlar, geceleri az uyuyanlardı.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Onlar geceleyin pek az uyurlardı.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Geceleri az uyurlardı.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

كان هؤلاء المحسنون قليلا من الليل ما ينامون، يُصَلُّون لربهم قانتين له، وفي أواخر الليل قبيل الفجر يستغفرون الله من ذنوبهم.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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