Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:17 — translation and meaning

الذاريات · Verse 17 / 60 · Page 521

كَانُوا قَلِيلًا مِّنَ اللَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ

Word by Word

كَانُوا
kanu
They used (to)
قَلِيلًا
qalilan
little
مِّنَ
mina
of
اللَّيْلِ
al-layli
the night
مَا
ma
[what]
يَهْجَعُونَ
yahja'una
sleep

Transliteration

kaanoo qaleelam minal laili maa yahja'oon

Translation

They used to sleep but little of the night,

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

They used to pray at night, not sleeping except a little.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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