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Muhammad Asad   
[and] who are impelled to rise from their beds [at night] to call out to their Sustainer in fear and hope; and who spend on others out of what We provide for them as sustenance
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
They abandon their beds, invoking their Lord with hope and fear, and donate from what We have provided for them.
Safi Kaskas   
They forsake their beds as they call upon their Lord in fear and hope, and they share with others from what We have provided them.

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Arabic   
تَتَجَافَىٰ جُنُوبُهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلۡمَضَاجِعِ یَدۡعُونَ رَبَّهُمۡ خَوۡفࣰا وَطَمَعࣰا وَمِمَّا رَزَقۡنَـٰهُمۡ یُنفِقُونَ ۝١٦
Transliteration (2021)   
tatajāfā junūbuhum ʿani l-maḍājiʿi yadʿūna rabbahum khawfan waṭamaʿan wamimmā razaqnāhum yunfiqūn
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Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
Forsake their sides from (their) beds; they call their Lord (in) fear and hope, and out of what We have provided them they spend.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
[and] who are impelled to rise from their beds [at night] to call out to their Sustainer in fear and hope; and who spend on others out of what We provide for them as sustenance
M. M. Pickthall   
Who forsake their beds to cry unto their Lord in fear and hope, and spend of that We have bestowed on them
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Their limbs do forsake their beds of sleep, the while they call on their Lord, in Fear and Hope: and they spend (in charity) out of the sustenance which We have bestowed on them
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
They abandon their beds, invoking their Lord with hope and fear, and donate from what We have provided for them.
Safi Kaskas   
They forsake their beds as they call upon their Lord in fear and hope, and they share with others from what We have provided them.
Wahiduddin Khan   
They forsake their beds, calling upon their Lord in fear and in hope, and spend out of what We have provided them with
Shakir   
Their sides draw away from (their) beds, they call upon their Lord in fear and in hope, and they spend (benevolently) out of what We have given them
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
whose sides deliberately avoided their sleeping places to call to their Lord in fear and hope. And they spend of what We provided them.
T.B.Irving   
They slip quietly away from their beds to appeal to their Lord in fear and anticipation, and spend [charitably] whatever We have provided them with.
Abdul Hye   
Their sides forsake their beds, they invoke their Lord in fear and hope, and they spend (in Our Cause) out of what We have bestowed on them.
The Study Quran   
whose sides shun [their] beds, calling upon their Lord out of fear and hope, and who spend from that which We have provided them
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
Their sides shun their beds to call upon their Lord in fear and hope. And from what We’ve provided for them, they spend.
Talal Itani (2012)   
Their sides shun their beds, as they pray to their Lord, out of reverence and hope; and from Our provisions to them, they give
Dr. Kamal Omar   
Their sides forsake the beds; they invoke their Nourisher-Sustainer in fear and hope; and of the provisions We bestowed unto them — they spend (in accordance with the counselling and advice available in Al-Kitab)
M. Farook Malik   
Who forsake their beds and invoke their Lord with fear and hope; and they spend in charity out of the sustenance which We have given them
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Their sides often shun (their) recumbencies (i.e., beds, places for reclining) to invoke their Lord in fear and in longing (from Him); and they expend of what We have provided them
Muhammad Sarwar   
Their sides give-up rest in beds in order to pray before their Lord in fear and hope. They spend for the cause of God out of what we have given them
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
Their sides remain apart from their beds. They call their Lord with fear and hope, and spend (in charity) out of what We have given to them
Shabbir Ahmed   
They forsake their 'comfort zone' in calling people to their Lord, fearing that they have not done enough and hoping to do better. And they keep open for the needy the provision that We have given them. ('Madhaje' = Beds = Present circumstances = Comfort zone)
Dr. Munir Munshey   
They withdraw from their beds (at night), and stay up praying to their Lord. They spend (in charity) out of what We provide them
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
Their limbs leave their beds of sleep, during the time that they invoke their Lord, with fear and hope: And they spend (in charity) from of things that We have given them
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
They arise from [their] beds; they supplicate their Lord in fear and aspiration, and from what We have provided them, they spend
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
Their sides readily forsake their beds, to call on their Lord out of fear and hope, and from Our provisions to them they give
Abdel Haleem   
Their sides shun their beds in order to pray to their Lord in fear and hope; they give to others some of what We have given them
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
Their sides leave off the couches calling upon their Lord in fear and in desire, and of that wherewith We have provided them they expend
Ahmed Ali   
Their backs do not rest on their beds, and they pray to their Lord in fear and hope, and spend of what We have given them (in charity)
Aisha Bewley   
Their sides eschew their beds as they call on their Lord in fear and ardent hope. And they give of what We have provided for them.
Ali Ünal   
Their sides forsake their beds at night, calling out to their Lord in fear (of His punishment) and hope (for His forgiveness, grace, and good pleasure), and out of what We have provided for them (of wealth, knowledge, power, etc.,) they spend (to provide sustenance for the needy and in God’s cause, purely for the good pleasure of God and without placing others under obligation)
Ali Quli Qara'i   
Their sides vacate their beds to supplicate their Lord in fear and hope, and they spend out of what We have provided them
Hamid S. Aziz   
Their sides draw away from their beds, they call upon their Lord in fear and in hope, and they spend (benevolently) out of what We have given them
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
Their sides separate from the beds (as they get up) to call on their Lord afraid and hopeful, and they spend (in God's way) from what We have provided for them.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
Their limbs forsake their beds of sleep, while they call on their Lord in fear and hope, and they give out of the sustenance which We have given them
Musharraf Hussain   
They drag themselves out of bed to worship their Lord, with fear and hope, and they spend in charity from what We provided them.
Maududi   
Their sides forsake their beds, and they call upon their Lord in fear and hope, and expend (in charity) out of the sustenance We have granted them
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
Their sides readily forsake their beds, to call on their Lord out of fear and hope, and from Our provisions to them they give
Mohammad Shafi   
They keep themselves out of their beds, praying to their Lord in fear and in hope. And they spend out of what We have given them

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
Their sides keep away from beds and they call upon their Lord in fear and hope and spend in charity out of what We have provided them.
Rashad Khalifa   
Their sides readily forsake their beds, in order to worship their Lord, out of reverence and hope, and from our provisions to them, they give.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
whose sides forsake their couches as they supplicate to their Lord in fear and hope; who give in charity of that which We have given them
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
They forsake (their) beds, calling upon their Lord in fear and in hope, and spend out of what We have given them
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
Their sides distances/becomes restless from the places of laying down (beds), they call their Lord fearfully and desiring/coveting , and from what We provided for them they spend
Bijan Moeinian   
The true believers are those who sacrifice a part of their sleeping time to worship their Lord. They are afraid to offend their Lord with [the least of] their action and hope in getting their rewards from Him. They are the one who devote a part of their resources [which is given to them by God at first place] to God pleasing ends
Faridul Haque   
Their sides stay detached from their beds and they pray to their Lord with fear and hope - and they spend from what We have bestowed upon them
Sher Ali   
Their sides keep away from their beds; and they call on their Lord in fear and hope, and spend out of what WE have bestowed on them
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
Their sides stay away from their beds and they call out to their Lord in a (mingled state) of fear and hope and spend (in Our way) out of the sustenance We have provided them
Amatul Rahman Omar   
(While getting up for late-night, Tahajjud Prayer) they forsake (their comfortable) beds calling upon their Lord with an awe-inspired and hopeful state of mind. And they spend out of that which We have provided them
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
Their sides forsake their beds, to invoke their Lord in fear and hope, and they spend (charity in Allahs Cause) out of what We have bestowed on them

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
Their sides shun their couches as they call on their Lord in fear and hope; and they expend of that We have provided them
George Sale   
Their sides are raised from their beds, calling on their Lord with fear and with hope; and they distribute alms out of what We have bestowed on them
Edward Henry Palmer   
As their sides forsake their beds, they call upon their Lord with fear and hope; and of what we have bestowed upon them do they give alms
John Medows Rodwell   
Who, as they raise them from their couches, call on their Lord with fear and desire, and give alms of that with which we have supplied them
N J Dawood (2014)   
who forsake their beds to pray to their Lord in fear and hope; who give from what We gave them

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
And their flanks shun their beds. They call out to their Lord out of fear and hope and they spend out of that which We have provided them with.
Munir Mezyed   
They abandon (their) beds, praying to their Lord in veneration and hope. And they expend of what We have bestowed upon them.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
They abstain from resting to call their Lord in fear and hope and spend of what We have provided them with.
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
They forsake [lying on] their sides in their beds while they call on their Lord in fear and hope. They invest out of the sustenance that We have bestowed on them.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
Their sides shun the beds as they pray to their Lord out of fear and ardent hope, and from Our provisions to them they spend.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
They slip quietly away from their beds to appeal to their Lord in fear and anticipation, and spend [charitably] whatever We have provided them with.
Samy Mahdy   
Their sides shun about their sleep sites, they are calling their Lord, in fear and covetousness; and from what We had livelihood them, they are spending.
Sayyid Qutb   
who drag themselves out of their beds at night to pray to their Lord in fear and hope; and who are charitable with what We provide for them.
Ahmed Hulusi   
They arise from their beds (at night) and pray to their Rabb with fear and with hope... They unrequitedly give from the life sustenance with which We have provided them!
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
Their sides draw away from (their) beds, they call upon their Lord in fear and in hope, and they spend (in charity) out of the sustenance that We have bestowed on them
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
Their sides desert the beds for nocturnal devotion in exchange for Allah's mercy and blessings: They prostrate their reason to divine revelation and they make invocation unto Him by comely prostration of their bodies, which act reflects dread that is mingled with veneration and reflects hope that springs eternal in their bosoms for His pitiful forbearance toward them, and they spend in benevolence of Our grace that was made to abound in them
Mir Aneesuddin   
Their sides keep away from their beds, they pray to their Fosterer in fear and in hope and they spend from that which We have provided them.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
Their limbs do forsake their beds of sleep, the while they call on their Lord, in Fear and Hope: and they spend (in charity) out of the sustenance which We have bestowed on them
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Forsake their sides from (their) beds; they call their Lord (in) fear and hope, and out of what We have provided them they spend
OLD Transliteration   
Tatajafa junoobuhum AAani almadajiAAi yadAAoona rabbahum khawfan watamaAAan wamimma razaqnahum yunfiqoona