Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
they would lie asleep during but a small part of the night
Arthur John Arberry
Little of the night would they slumber
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
They were in the habit of sleeping but little by night
Arabic
كَانُوا۟ قَلِیلࣰا مِّنَ ٱلَّیۡلِ مَا یَهۡجَعُونَ ١٧
Transliteration (2021)
kānū qalīlan mina al-layli mā yahjaʿūn