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)
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
Half of it - or subtract from it a littl
[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
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.
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
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,