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quran:51:17 –

They used to sleep but little of the night,  

Little of the night did they use to sleep (mā is extra; yahja‘ūna is the predicate of kānū; qalīlan, ‘little’, is an adverb), in other words, they used to sleep for a small portion of the night and perform prayers during most of it,
القرآن:٥١:١٧ –

كَانُوا قَلِيلًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ  

{كانوا قليلا من الليل ما يهجعون} ينامون، وما زائدة ويهجعون خبر كان وقليلا ظرف، أي ينامون في زمن يسير من الليل ويصلون أكثره.

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