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Qur’an 51:17 Adh-Dhariyat, verse 17

كَانُوا۟ قَلِيلًۭا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ

They used to sleep but little of the night,

Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.

Surah
Adh-Dhariyat (51)
Verse
17 of 60
Revealed
Makki
Juz
26
Mushaf page
521

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaning
كَانُوا۟kānūThey used to
قَلِيلًۭاqalīlanlittle
مِّنَminaof
ٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe night
مَاmā[what]
يَهْجَعُونَyahjaʿūnasleep

In context

The verses around 51:17 in Adh-Dhariyat.

  • 51:15إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍIndeed, the righteous will be among gardens and springs,
  • 51:16ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَAccepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good.
  • 51:18وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَAnd in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness,
  • 51:19وَفِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّۭ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِAnd from their properties was [given] the right of the [needy] petitioner and the deprived.

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