كَانُوا قَلِيلًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ

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 (Orig. 1938)

They were in the habit of sleeping but little by night

Arabic

كَانُوا۟ قَلِيلًۭا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ ۝١٧

Transliteration

kānū qalīlan mina al-layli mā yahjaʿūn