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Muhammad Asad   
of one-half thereof - or make it a little less than that
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
A half of it, or diminish a little thereof
Safi Kaskas   
for half of it, or a little less,

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Arabic   
نِّصۡفَهُۥۤ أَوِ ٱنقُصۡ مِنۡهُ قَلِیلًا ۝٣
Transliteration (2021)   
niṣ'fahu awi unquṣ min'hu qalīla
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
Half of it, or lessen from it a little,

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,
Safi Kaskas   
for half of it, or a little less,
Wahiduddin Khan   
or a little more, but recite for much of the night
Shakir   
Half of it, or lessen it a little
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
for half of it or reduce it a little.
T.B.Irving   
half of it or a trifle less than that,
Abdul Hye   
half of it or a little less than that,
The Study Quran   
half of it or reduce it a little
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
Half of it, or reduce a little from it.
Talal Itani (2012)   
For half of it, or reduce it a little
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)
M. Farook Malik   
half of it or a little less
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
A half of it, or diminish a little thereof
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
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
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
Half of it - or subtract from it a littl
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 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
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
half of it or a little less of it
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
Half of it, or a little less
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.
Rashad Khalifa   
Half of it, or a little less.
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
Sher Ali   
Half of it, or reduce from it a little
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
Half the night or decrease it a little
Amatul Rahman Omar   
Half of it or you may however reduce it a little
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
Half of it, or a little less than that

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
(a half of it, or diminish a little
George Sale   
except a small part; that is to say, during one half thereof: Or do thou lessen the same a little
Edward Henry Palmer   
the half or deduct therefrom a little
John Medows Rodwell   
Half; or curtail the half a little,
N J Dawood (2014)   
half the night, or even less

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
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
About half of it or less the little
The Wise Quran   
Half of it or decrease from it a little,

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
Half of it,- or a little less
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Half of it, or lessen from it a little
OLD Transliteration   
Nisfahu awi onqus minhu qaleelan