Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
of one-half thereof - or make it a little less than that
M. M. Pickthall
A half thereof, or abate a little thereo
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Half of it,- or a little less
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
˹pray˺ half the night, or a little less,
Wahiduddin Khan
or a little more, but recite for much of the night
Safi Kaskas
for half of it, or a little less,
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
for half of it or reduce it a little.
T.B.Irving
half of it or a trifle less than that,
Shakir
Half of it, or lessen it a little
Abdul Hye
half of it or a little less than that,
The Study Quran
half of it or reduce it a little
Talal Itani (2012)
For half of it, or reduce it a little
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Half of it, or reduce a little from it.
Dr. Kamal Omar
(i.e., you stand during the later) half of it or delete from it a little (and add it to your rest and sleep portion)
Dr. Munir Munshey
Half (the night), or a little less than that
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Half of it (the night), or less than that by a little
Half of it - or subtract from it a littl
half of it or a little less
Muhammad Sarwar
(Worship Him) for more or less than half of the nigh
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
__half of it, or make it a little less
Shabbir Ahmed
- Half an effort or less than perfect
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
A half of it, or diminish a little thereof
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Half of it, or a little less than that
Abdel Haleem
half, or a little less
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
A half thereof, or abate a little thereof
Ahmed Ali
A half of it or a little les
Aisha Bewley
half of it, or a little less,
Ali Ünal
Half of it, or lessen it a little
Ali Quli Qara'i
a half, or reduce a little from tha
Hamid S. Aziz
Half of it, or lessen it a little
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Half of it, or a little less
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
half of it or a little less of it
Musharraf Hussain
half the night or even less;
Maududi
half of it, or reduce it a little
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Half of it, or a little less than that.
Mohammad Shafi
Half of it [night] or a little les
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Half night or make it a little less than that.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
half the night, or a little les
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Half of it, or lessen it a little
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
Its half/middle or reduce/decrease from it little
Bijan Moeinian
… and recite as much as Qur’an which is so far revealed to you…
Faridul Haque
For half the night, or reduce some from it
Half of it, or a little less.
Sher Ali
Half of it, or reduce from it a little
Amatul Rahman Omar
Half of it or you may however reduce it a little
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Half the night or decrease it a little
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Half of it, or a little less than that
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
half of it or make it a little less than that.
Munir Mezyed
Half of it, or lessen it a little,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Half of it, or a little less,
Linda “iLHam” Barto
[Stand] half of it or a little less…
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
for half of it or reduce it a little
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
half of it or a trifle less than that,
Samy Mahdy
Half of it or decrease from it a little.
Ahmed Hulusi
Half of it or less,
Mir Aneesuddin
half of it or a little less than that
About half of it or less the little
The Wise Quran
Half of it or decrease from it a little,