Arise [to pray] the night, except for a little - (73:2)

Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim

Stand fair by night except for a little

Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(73:2) Stand up in Prayer by night, all but a small part of it; *2

Arise [to pray] the night, except for a little - meaning

*2) This can have two meanings:
(1) "Pass the night standing up in the Prayer and spend only a little of it in sleep"; and
(2)"there is no demand from you to pass the whole night in the Prayer, but have rest as well and spend a little part of the night in worship too." But in view of the theme that follows the first meaning seems to be more relevant, and the same is supported by Ad-Dahr: 26, in which it has been said: "Prostrate yourself before Him in the night and glorify Him during the long hours of night."
 

Arise [to pray] the night, except for a little - meaning in Urdu

رات کو نماز میں کھڑے رہا کرو مگر کم