Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Keep awake [in prayer] at night, all but a small par
M. M. Pickthall
Keep vigil the night long, save a little
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Stand (to prayer) by night, but not all night,
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Stand all night ˹in prayer˺ except a little—
Safi Kaskas
stay up during the night, except for a little,
Wahiduddin Khan
stand up to pray tha
Shakir
Rise to pray in the night except a little
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
stand up during the night, but for a little part ,
T.B.Irving
stay up all night, except for a little while:
Abdul Hye
Stand to pray all night, except a little,
The Study Quran
Stand vigil at night, save a little
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Stand in prayer at night, except for a little.
Talal Itani (2012)
Stay up during the night, except a little
Dr. Kamal Omar
Keep standing (in Prayer) through the night except a small portion (which you may utilize for rest and sleep)
Stand in prayers at night, but not the whole night
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Rise up (to pray during) the night, except a little
Muhammad Sarwar
worship (God) for a few hours at night
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
stand at night (for prayer) except a little_
Shabbir Ahmed
Stay vigilant even by night, and never fall short on it
Dr. Munir Munshey
(Arise and) stand (in ´salat´) during the night, save a little while
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Stand up (in prayer) by night, except a little (less)—
Arise [to pray] the night, except for a little
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Stand the night except for a little
Abdel Haleem
Stay up throughout the night, all but a small part of it
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Stay up the night long save a little
Ahmed Ali
Keep watch all the night except some
Aisha Bewley
stay up at night, except a little,
Ali Ünal
Rise to keep vigil at night, except a little
Ali Quli Qara'i
Stand vigil through the night, except a little
Hamid S. Aziz
Rise to pray in the night except a little (or but not all night)
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
get up at night, except a little,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Arise at night, but not all night
Musharraf Hussain
Pray standing during the night for a little while;
Maududi
Stand up in Prayer by night, all but a small part of it
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Stand the night except for a little.
Mohammad Shafi
Keep up at night, but a little
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Stand praying at night except a small portion thereof.
Meditate during the night, except rarely.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
rise (to pray) the night except a little
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Rise to pray by night except a little
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
Stand the night except little
Bijan Moeinian
Rise to worship your Lord at night;…. half of the night, a little bit more or a little bit less…
Faridul Haque
Stand up for worship during the night, except for some part of it
Sher Ali
Stand up in Prayer at night except a small portion thereof
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Rise and stand (in Prayer) at night but (for) a short while
Amatul Rahman Omar
Stand up (in Prayer) at night except for a small portion of it
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Stand (to pray) all night, except a little
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Stand [for the prayer] through the night except for a little;
Munir Mezyed
Stand (to pray) all night, except for a little,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Stand (in prayer) most of the night,
Linda “iLHam” Barto
…stand by night [in prayer], except a little.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
stand up during the night except a little–
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
stay up all night, except for a little while:
Samy Mahdy
Stand at night, except a little.
Ahmed Hulusi
Arise in the night, except for a little;
Mir Aneesuddin
Rise (to pray in) the night except a little,
Stand fair by night except for a little
The Wise Quran
Stand in the night except a little,