Quran Ayah al-Muzammil (The Enshrouded One, Bundled Up, The Mantled One) 73:3 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad   
of one-half thereof - or make it a little less than that
Arthur John Arberry   
(a half of it, or diminish a little
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Half of it,- or a little less

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Source Arabic and Literal tools
Arabic   
نِّصۡفَهُۥۤ أَوِ ٱنقُصۡ مِنۡهُ قَلِیلًا ۝٣
Transliteration (2021)   
niṣ'fahu awi unquṣ min'hu qalīla
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
Half of it, or lessen from it a little,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
of one-half thereof - or make it a little less than that
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
˹pray˺ half the night, or a little less,
M. M. Pickthall   
A half thereof, or abate a little thereon
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Half of it,- or a little less
Safi Kaskas   
for half of it, or a little less,
Wahiduddin Khan   
or a little more, but recite for much of the night
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
for half of it or reduce it a little.
T.B.Irving   
half of it or a trifle less than that,
Shakir   
Half of it, or lessen it a little
Abdul Hye   
half of it or a little less than that,
Saeed Malik   
Half of it, or lessen a little from it--
The Study Quran   
half of it or reduce it a little
Talal Itani & AI (2025)   
Half of it, or reduce from it a little.
Talal Itani (2012)   
For half of it, or reduce it a little
Dr. Kamal Omar   
(i.e., you stand during the later) half of it or delete from it a little (and add it to your rest and sleep portion)
Dr. Munir Munshey   
Half (the night), or a little less than that
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
A half of it, or diminish a little thereof
Hamid S. Aziz   
Half of it, or lessen it a little
Abdel Haleem   
half, or a little less
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
A half thereof, or abate a little thereof
Ahmed Ali   
A half of it or a little les
Aisha Bewley   
half of it, or a little less,
Ali Ünal   
Half of it, or lessen it a little
Ali Quli Qara'i   
a half, or reduce a little from tha
Shabbir Ahmed   
- Half an effort or less than perfect
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
__half of it, or make it a little less
Muhammad Sarwar   
(Worship Him) for more or less than half of the nigh
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
Half of it - or subtract from it a little
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
Half of it (the night), or less than that by a little
M. Farook Malik   
half of it or a little less
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)   
Half of it, or a little less than that.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
Half of it, or a little less
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
half of it or a little less of it
Musharraf Hussain   
half the night or even less;
Maududi   
half of it, or reduce it a little
Mohammad Shafi   
Half of it [night] or a little les

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
Half night or make it a little less than that.
Rashad Khalifa   
Half of it, or a little less.
Sher Ali   
Half of it, or reduce from it a little
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
half the night, or a little les
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
Half of it, or lessen it a little
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
Its half/middle or reduce/decrease from it little
Faridul Haque   
For half the night, or reduce some from it
Bijan Moeinian   
… and recite as much as Qur’an which is so far revealed to you…
Edip Yuksel   
Half of it, or a little less than that.
Amatul Rahman Omar   
Half of it or you may however reduce it a little
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
Half the night or decrease it a little
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
Half of it, or a little less than that

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
N J Dawood (2014)   
half the night, or even less
Arthur John Arberry   
(a half of it, or diminish a little
Edward Henry Palmer   
the half or deduct therefrom a little
George Sale   
except a small part; that is to say, during one half thereof: Or do thou lessen the same a little
John Medows Rodwell   
Half; or curtail the half a little,

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi   
half of it 1 (Nis'fa-hu) or (Awi) decrease (Enqus') a little (Qaliilaa) from it 2 (Min'hu)
Fode Drame   
half of it or make it a little less than that.
Munir Mezyed   
Half of it, or lessen it a little,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
Half of it, or a little less,
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
[Stand] half of it or a little less…
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
for half of it or reduce it a little
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
half of it or a trifle less than that,
Samy Mahdy   
Half of it or decrease from it a little.
Ali Quli Qarai   
a half, or reduce a little from that
Ahmed Hulusi   
Half of it or less,
Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri   
Half of it or less than that, a little.
A. S. Mohamed   
half of it, or reduce from it a little,
Mir Aneesuddin   
half of it or a little less than that
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
About half of it or less the little
The Wise Quran Project   
Half of it or decrease from it a little,

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
Half of it,- or a little less
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
Half of it, or a little less than that.
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
Half of it, or a little less than that
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Half of it, or lessen from it a little
OLD Transliteration   
Nisfahu awi onqus minhu qaleelan