Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Adh-Dhaariyat, Ayah 17
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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
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In my house he (Prophet (p.b.u.h) ) never passed the last hours of the night but sleeping.
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
(They used to sleep but little of the night) He says: they hardly slept at night,