Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Muzzammil Verse 3

Mufti Taqi Usmani

-half of it, or make it a little less,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

˹pray˺ half the night, or a little less,

Ruwwad Translation Center

half of it, or a little less,

A. J. Arberry

(a half of it, or diminish a little,

Abdul Haleem

half, or a little less,

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

A half thereof, or abate a little thereof,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Half of it,- or a little less,

Abul Ala Maududi

half of it, or reduce it a little;

Ahmed Ali

A half of it or a little less

Ahmed Raza Khan

For half the night, or reduce some from it.

Ali Quli Qarai

a half, or reduce a little from that

Ali Ünal

Half of it, or lessen it a little;

Amatul Rahman Omar

Half of it or you may however reduce it a little,

English Literal

Its half/middle or reduce/decrease from it little .

Faridul Haque

For half the night, or reduce some from it.

Hamid S. Aziz

Half of it, or lessen it a little,

Hilali & Khan

Half of it, or a little less than that,

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Surely We shall charge thee with a weighty word.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Half of it, or lessen it a little,

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

A half thereof, or abate a little thereof

Muhammad Sarwar

(Worship Him) for more or less than half of the night

Qaribullah & Darwish

half the night, or a little less

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

Half of it or less than that, a little.

Wahiduddin Khan

It may be half the night or a little less than that

Talal Itani

For half of it, or reduce it a little.

Tafsir jalalayn

a half of it (nisfahu substitutes for qallan, with `little' [being little by] taking into account the whole [night]), or reduce of it, of the half, a little, up to a third,

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

نِصْفَهُ

Half of it,

means, instead of the whole night.

أَوِ انقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلً