they would lie asleep during but a small part of the night

they used to sleep only little in the night,

They used to sleep a little at night,

kānū qalīlan mina al-layli mā yahjaʿūn

They used to little of the night [what] sleep.

they would lie asleep during but a small part of the night

They used to sleep but little of the night

They were in the habit of sleeping but little by night

they used to sleep only little in the night,

They used to sleep a little at night,

sleeping little in the night-time

They used to sleep but little in the night

They had been slumbering little during the night.

they used to slumber only a portion of the night

They used to sleep but little by the night,

Little of the night did they slumber

They are — a small period out of the night which they pass in rest and sleep

They used to sleep but little in the night time

They used to sleep a little at night

They used to slumber (only) little of the night

They slept very little during the nigh

They used to sleep little in the night

And rarely did they fall asleep at night without reflection. ('Haju' = Fall asleep instantly like an exhausted horse)

They did not sleep much at night, but only a part of the time

They were in the habit of sleeping but little by night

They used to sleep but little of the night

They used to rarely sleep the whole night

sleeping only little at night

Little of the night they were wont to slumber

They slept little in the night

The part of the night they spent asleep was small

They used to sleep but little by night (almost never missing the Tahajjud Prayer)

They used to sleep a little during the night

They used to sleep but little in the night

They used to sleep a little of the night

They were in the habit of sleeping only a little at night

they slept little at night,

they used to sleep but little by night

They used to rarely sleep the whole night.

They slept but little at nigh

They used to sleep little by night.

Rarely did they sleep the whole night.

They slept but a little at night

The used to sleep but little at night

They were little from the night what they (spend in) sleep

They cut their sleeping at night short to worship their Lord

They used to sleep only a little during the night

They slept but a little of the night

They used to sleep at night only for a short while

They were in the habit of sleeping but a little by night (for their being occupied in God's worship)

They used to sleep but little by night (invoking their Lord (Allah) and praying, with fear and hope)

Little of the night would they slumber

They slept but a small part of the night

But little of the night they slept

But little of the night was it that they slept

sleeping but little in the night-time

They had a habit of sleeping only a little at night.

they used to slumber only a portion of the night

They would sleep in a small portion of the night.

It was (only) a small (part) of the night (during) which they used to sleep,

They hardly missed a night but apportioned part of it, be it little or much, to divine worship at the expense of their sleep

They were in the habit of sleeping but little by night

They used to little of the night [what] sleep