Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:17

The Winnowing Winds · Verse 17 of 60 · Juz 26 · Page 521

كَانُوا۟ قَلِيلًا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ

They used to sleep but little of the night,

Translation: Saheeh International

Tafsir

Little of the night did they use to sleep mā is extra; yahja‘ūna is the predicate of kānū; qalīlan ‘little’ is an adverb in other words they used to sleep for a small portion of the night and perform prayers during most of it

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