51:17

Surah Adh-Dhariyat, ayah 17

Surah Adh-Dhariyat (chapter 51) · Ayah 17 · Juz 26 · Page 521

Surah Adh-Dhariyat, ayah 17 (51:17) means: “They used to sleep but little of the night,[1538]” (Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2))

Updated: Nov 10, 2026
Text: Uthmani script (Tanzil)
Translation: Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

51:17

Adh-Dhariyat · Ayah 17

كَانُوا۟ قَلِيلًا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ

They used to sleep but little of the night,[1538]

Translator's notes

[1538] i.e., spending a portion of the night in prayer and supplication.

Quran 51:17 (Adh-Dhariyat) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

Text sources

Arabic text · Tanzil Project (tanzil.net), Uthmani text version 1.1, CC BY 3.0, copied without changes
Translation · English Translation - Noor International Center · QuranEnc.com v1.1.2
Juz & pages · Tanzil Quran Metadata 1.0 (Madinah mushaf, 604 pages), CC BY 3.0