The Winnowing Winds, The Scatterers — Verse 17
51:17 · adh-Dhariyat
The Winnowing Winds, The Scatterers 51:17
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كَانُوا۟ قَلِیلࣰا مِّنَ ٱلَّیۡلِ مَا یَهۡجَعُونَ ١٧
kānū qalīlan mina al-layli mā yahjaʿūn
sleeping only little at night
They used to sleep but little by the night,
Little of the night they were wont to slumber
They slept little in the night
They would sleep in a small portion of the night.
The part of the night they spent asleep was small
They used to sleep a little during the night
They used to sleep but little by night (almost never missing the Tahajjud Prayer)
They were in the habit of sleeping but a little by night (for their being occupied in God's worship)
Little of the night would they slumber
They used to sleep a little of the night,
They cut their sleeping at night short to worship their Lord
They were in the habit of sleeping only a little at night
they used to lie down but little of the night,
But little of the night they slept
They used to sleep only a little during the night
They used to sleep but little in the night.
They slept but a small part of the night
They used to sleep but little in the night
They slept but a little at night
But little of the night was it that they slept
They are — a small period out of the night which they pass in rest and sleep
They had been slumbering little during the night.
They had a habit of sleeping only a little at night.
They used to sleep but little in the night time
they used to sleep but little by night
The used to sleep but little at night
It was (only) a small (part) of the night (during) which they used to sleep,
They slept but little at nigh
They used to sleep at night only for a short while
They used to rarely sleep the whole night
They used to rarely sleep the whole night.
They used to rarely sleep the whole night.
They were little from the night what they (spend in) sleep
they would lie asleep during but a small part of the night
They used to slumber (only) little of the night
They used to sleep but little of the night
They slept very little during the nigh
They used to sleep little in the night
They used to sleep but a little of the night,
They did not sleep much at night, but only a part of the time
They used to sleep but a little of the night,
They hardly missed a night but apportioned part of it, be it little or much, to divine worship at the expense of their sleep
they slept little at night,
they used to sleep only little in the night,
They slept little at night.
sleeping but little in the night-time
Rarely did they sleep the whole night.
They used to sleep a little at night,
They used to sleep a little at night,
They were, a little from the night, resting.
And rarely did they fall asleep at night without reflection. ('Haju' = Fall asleep instantly like an exhausted horse)
They used to sleep but little in the night
They slept but a little of the night
Little of the night did they slumber
They were in the habit of sleeping but little by night
They hardly slept during the night.
They used to sleep a little at night
They used to sleep but little of the night
They used to sleep little of the night;
They were in the habit of sleeping but little by night
They were in the habit of sleeping but little by night