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Adh-Dhariyat · 51:17

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كَانُواْ قَلِيلٗا مِّنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ مَا يَهۡجَعُونَ

They used to sleep but little of the night

Surah Adh-Dhariyat (The Winnowing Winds) · 51:17
Translation: Sahih International. Qur'an text: Uthmani script (The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia, quranenc.com), distributed via quran-json.
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  1. ذُوقُواْ فِتۡنَتَكُمۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ

    51:14[And will be told], "Taste your torment. This is that for which you were impatient

  2. إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ وَعُيُونٍ

    51:15Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and springs

  3. ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَبۡلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحۡسِنِينَ

    51:16Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good

  4. كَانُواْ قَلِيلٗا مِّنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ مَا يَهۡجَعُونَ

    51:17They used to sleep but little of the night

  5. وَبِٱلۡأَسۡحَارِ هُمۡ يَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ

    51:18And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness

  6. وَفِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقّٞ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ

    51:19And from their properties was [given] the right of the [needy] petitioner and the deprived

  7. وَفِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ءَايَٰتٞ لِّلۡمُوقِنِينَ

    51:20And on the earth are signs for the certain [in faith]

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