نِّصْفَهُۥٓ أَوِ ٱنقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلًا
Ni s fahu awi onqu s minhu qaleel a n of one-half thereof2 - or make it a little less than that,
- Mohammad Asad
half of it or a little less,
- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
'pray' half the night, or a little less,
- Mustafa Khattab
A half thereof, or abate a little thereof
- Marmaduke Pickthall
Half of it or a little less
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali